Stretch Armstrong is an awesome guy. Growing up, my brothers and I would test the limits of the poor toy just to see what was inside. Obviously, I would be excited to hear of a movie about Stretch Armstrong. Universal Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. are teaming up to release the film. Producer, Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) is working on the new project, along with screenwriter, Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty).
With a nice shiny Oscar to add to his trophy case and several movies including a Three Stooges flick in the works, Sean Penn is really milking his recent success (okay- that was bad). But Penn is in talks for several more big screeners, including Cartel, a new drama scripted by Peter Craig from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. The Milk-man himself is in talks to star as Ed Marker as he travels to protect his son after his wife is tragically murdered in an incident with Mexican cartels.
The film, which is expected to begin production by summer, is a remake of 1993 Italian film La scorta, which revolves around a clash between mob bosses and four cops as they attempt to protect a prosecutor.
