No More Stretching Out For Taylor Lautner
Tue, January 31, 2012 
Three years of unmitigated hype (Nice a kid as he seemed, that was all about his six-pack and the popularity of the books that pre-dated him) and the bubble is bursting on Taylor Lautner. But you know that's what happens with someone gets "hot" and studios' knee-jerk reaction is to start brokering projects left and right. Sometimes it's smart to avoid the rabble-rousing and see if the latest teen heartthrob transcends past the Teen Beat crowd before committing yourself to pricey "Pay or Play" deals.
As the Twilight phenomenon draws to an end this November and the failure of his first solo-vehicle Abduction, Universal has dropped their long-planned Stretch Armstrong movie Lautner was attached to headline, "TOLDJA" reports.
The GE underling isn't just getting out of the Taylor Lautner business. They've dropped the Hasbro-project altogether. For better or worse, Relativity Media seems to think there is money to be made from a Stretch Armstrong film (Under the influence that it's 1976 and not 2012?) and grabbed the rights. Noticeably not included in their plans is one Mr. Lautner.
Not that the kid will stop getting work, but his glory days are wrapping up. If he's smart, he saved his big Twilight sequels bucks.
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