Huh? Stretch Armstrong movie...WTF?

Breck Eisner in Talks to Direct 'Stretch Armstrong' (Exclusive)

The Habsro toy property has been quietly in development at Relativity, which picked up its rights from Universal.

Breck Eisner is in negotiations to direct Stretch Armstrong, the movie project based on the classic Hasbro toy and set up at Relativity.
Stretch was introduced as a toy in 1976. The toy was different from other action figures in the sense he could be stretched out, twisted and folded but he always returned to his original form. The toy had a big relaunch in the 1990s and that’s when Hollywood took serious interest.
Stretch 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 left the studio only to be snapped up by Relativity in January.
The company has been quietly developing the project, hiring Greg Poirier, who wrote National Treasure: Book of Secret and created the TV show Missing, to write the script.
Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh, Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennet Schnier are producing while Relativity’s Tucker Tooley is exec producing.
Eisner is best known for directing The Crazies, Overture’s remake of a George Romero horror movie, and the adventure movie Sahara. He is repped by CAA and attorney Karl Austen of Jackoway Tyerman.

Breck Eisner in Talks to Direct 'Stretch Armstrong' (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter

I have a 2" scar over my right eye that I received back in 1980 because of that toy..I will boycott this movie

Mine leaked it's innards all over a shelf I left him on.

I remember reading an article reporting that Universal Studios voluntarily paid a major settlement to get out of a contract with Hasbro. After they determined Battleship was a failure before it even hit theaters. The contract with hasbro was for several more films based off of popular toys and board games from the company. This makes me wonder if this was one of the dumped properties...I hope so.

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A line from one of my favorite movies sums it up.

"You have got to be effing kidding me!"

allosaur176 said:

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I have a 2" scar over my right eye that I received back in 1980 because of that toy..I will boycott this movie

We need more info... come on..what happened?

Weequay said:

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We need more info... come on..what happened?

Well if you insist, I was A playful 4 yr old child, and one day my older brother had its ARM stretched to the max and was whirling it around his head like a helicopter...Here comes innocent little me running around the corner and wham! Nearly knocked me unconscious and put a nice gash above my eye...ever since then, even the name makes it hurt as if Voldimort himself was near

I can see this possibly working as a fun animated film, but as a live-action movie? um, no thanks...

MaddMaxx82 said:

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I remember reading an article reporting that Universal Studios voluntarily paid a major settlement to get out of a contract with Hasbro. After they determined Battleship was a failure before it even hit theaters. The contract with hasbro was for several more films based off of popular toys and board games from the company. This makes me wonder if this was one of the dumped properties...I hope so.

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Good. The fewer licensed-property films, the better. Seriously. I've been waiting for them to announce Hungry Hungry Hippos as the next project, because that'll be the point at which the universe implodes from the sheer force of fail emanating from Hollywood.

But everyone wanted to see the Monopoly movie.

Honestly though, how stupid can you be to think that was even a good idea? And realizing it's a turkey before it hits theater's? Paramount and Universal need to think.

Solo4114 said:

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Good. The fewer licensed-property films, the better. Seriously. I've been waiting for them to announce Hungry Hungry Hippos as the next project, because that'll be the point at which the universe implodes from the sheer force of fail emanating from Hollywood.

Ask and you shall receive:-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0UnC...feature=fvwrel

Although he is too old now, I always though Hulk Hogan would be ideal to play the role of Stretch Armstrong