Been hearing about this since I was an avid reader of Wizard Magazine, that tells you how long this has been in development hell. I won't be heartbroken if it never happens, but I think the property is a decent enough one for a comedy superhero adaption.
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:56:41 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > and I'm ok with this... > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/relativity-abandons-stretch-armstrong-movie-648060 > > Relativity Abandons 'Stretch Armstrong' Movie > > The long-gestating *Stretch Armstrong* film project has hit another major > roadblock, with Relativity Media ending its involvement. > > Relativity and partner Hasbro have quietly taken *Stretch Armstrong* off > the release calendar. Based on the classic Hasbro toy, the movie was to > have opened April 11, although it never went into production. > > *STORY: An Oral History of the Never Made 'Stretch Armstrong' > Movie*<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mel-gibson-taylor-lautner-20-585619> > > "*Stretch Armstrong* is an incredible character who will make an amazing > movie, and we know that Hasbro has some new ideas they are looking at," > Relativity said in a statement. "Relativity and Hasbro have a tremendous > relationship, and we decided to focus on other projects. We look forward to > continuing to work together." > > *Stretch Armstrong* was introduced as a toy in 1976. It was different > from other action figures in the sense he could be stretched out, twisted > and folded but always returned to his original form. The toy had a big > relaunch in the 1990s, and that’s when Hollywood took serious interest. > > *Stretch Armstrong* was part of a series of properties that were part of > a Hasbro-Universal pact made in 2008. But after several release dates and > even having *Taylor Lautner* attached, the project was dropped by > Universal and picked up by Relativity in January 2012. > > <https://twitter.com/PamelaDayM/status/389050281758973952> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
