Relativity Media and Hasbro Find A New Writer For STRETCH ARMSTRONG

Relativity Media and Hasbro Find A New Writer For STRETCH ARMSTRONG

Work has once again started on the planned big screen version of the popular children's toy, with a new writer brought on board to deliver a more serious take. Hit the jump for more details.

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By JoshWilding - Apr 24, 2012 02:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Variety

Variety reports that Relativity Media and Hasbro have hired Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, The Manchurian Candidate) to write the planned big screen version of Stretch Armstrong. The film (based on the popular toy) is being lined up as a potential new franchise and will apparently be developed as a, "plausible, action-oriented family pic than a live-action cartoon that'd be strictly for kids." Twilight star Taylor Lautner was attached to star when the property was with Universal and it is unknown whether that will still happen. Stretch Armstrong is currently set to be released on April 11, 2014 (a week after Captain America 2).

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TokenNerd
TokenNerd - 4/24/2012, 2:42 AM
Do we really need this movie?
Do we really need to encourage the Twilight Wolf guy to keep making "movies"?
mob7medina
mob7medina - 4/24/2012, 3:25 AM
fml this is going to be a movie?
thedude2936
thedude2936 - 4/24/2012, 3:44 AM
oh man...Hollywood has definately fished the bottom of the barrel on this one
blvdnoise
blvdnoise - 4/24/2012, 3:49 AM
xstryker
xstryker - 4/24/2012, 5:36 AM
WTF!!!!!!!! Die Hollywood, die!
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 4/24/2012, 6:36 AM
When Hollywood is reduced to making movies out of old toys from the '70s and board games, it truly is official that they are out of ideas.

Strider: I'm also tired of these lame links at the bottom. Does anyone actually look at that crap?
OnLeatherWings
OnLeatherWings - 4/24/2012, 6:46 AM
God help us all.....
ThatOneDude
ThatOneDude - 4/24/2012, 6:57 AM
No... this is just wrong
hoodedjester
hoodedjester - 4/24/2012, 7:45 AM
who in the hell thought this was a good idea for a movie? Might as well make a movie about mighty max or polly pocket too? I knew Hollywood was scraping the bottom of the barrel but this is stupid
Rodimus9
Rodimus9 - 4/24/2012, 7:50 AM
I'm waiting for the live action
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HELLO KITTY FTW!!!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 4/24/2012, 8:13 AM
THIS IS SUCH A BAD IDEA.
SageMode
SageMode - 4/24/2012, 8:42 AM
LMAO x Infinite and Beyond.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 4/24/2012, 9:35 AM
No No and No
headlopper
headlopper - 4/24/2012, 10:45 AM
Does Stretch have a wife named Sue?
DocDangerous
DocDangerous - 4/24/2012, 12:08 PM
Mighty Max was pretty cool.

Stretch Armstrong movie though? That sounds as ridiculous as a movie done on battlesh.....

Oh.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 4/24/2012, 4:11 PM
I don't see myself watching a movie based on the Stretch Armstrong toy.

If I want to see a character than can stretch himself get their own movie: give me the Fantastic Four, Plastic Man, and Elastic Man instead.

@DocDangerous A Mighty Max movie would be awesome. I even had the Skull Mountain playset.



Mighty Max should be getting a live-action movie. Not Stretch Armstrong.
thedude2936
thedude2936 - 4/25/2012, 6:04 PM
@mgeoff88 i second the idea mighty max should be getting a movie
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