Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:27PM - By Krystal Clark
Nicholas Stoller is the director behind one of our favorite films, the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Since then he’s expanded his horizons going from Marshall to Get Him to the Greek to Gulliver’s Travels to Stretch Armstrong. He’s rewriting the live action toy adaptation featuring Taylor Lautner as the title character. Stoller recently spoke to the folks over at Coming Soon where he described Armstrong as “a superhero origin story..kind of like Iron Man” (face palms).
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:50PM - By Krystal Clark
Depressing news to report, Nicholas Stoller a man who’s written and directed some pretty decent comedies has decided to take on the live action adaptation of Stretch Armstrong. The film will feature Twilight star Taylor Lautner as the famous flexible hero who will be modernized for today’s young audiences. Just typing that last sentence made my stomach turn but there’s more…
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Friday, February 26, 2010 12:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Taylor Lautner is taking a serious look at all the projects he’s signed on for in the past few months. Between Max Steel and Stretch Armstrong, his future looks overtly campy and bright, but according to an exclusive report from Vulture one of these projects won’t survive.
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Friday, February 5, 2010 6:10PM - By Krystal Clark
Taylor Lautner has landed another big name project, and this time it’s the live action adaptation of Stretch Armstrong. According to THR, Universal has tapped the Twilight star to take on the lead role in the film that they believe has serious franchise potential.
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Friday, February 13, 2009 2:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Here are some of the top news stories of the day…..
- Speaking of Friday the 13th, check out some video interviews with the film’s cast. The actors featured include Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti and Danielle Panabaker. Watch as “they talk about their roles in this reboot of the long-running slasher franchise and their encounters with Jason Voorhees.” [Shocktillyoudrop]
- Sad news to report. They’re making a movie based on the children’s toy, Stretch Armstrong. It’s disturbing, but true. Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights from Hasbro, and they’ve hired Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty) to write the script. [Variety]
- Academy Award winning director Curtis Hanson has signed on for a new film entitled, Gemini Man.”The Disney project involves a government agent on the verge of retirement, only to wind up in the sights of an assassin who is actually a young clone of himself.” [Joblo]
