What I don’t get about Taylor Lautner is that he’s actually got a reasonable amount of potential, but keeps finding himself in the world’s stupidest roles on a semi-regular basis. Generic action film Abduction was utterly panned by critics, so of course, the logical next move would be to throw his lot in with a production that’s a little better-suited to furthering his career and helping him move away from his Twilight-era “Jacob Black” image.

So he went with STRETCH ARMSTRONG.

The film is literally about the titular hero, possibly playing out similarly to a story based around Mr. Fantastic (aka Reed Richards) of Fantastic Four. Initially, Universal were heading up the project, but Relativity Media have since taken over, as Universal has dumped the project. I think we can all agree it’s for the best, and I’m not sure how well Relativity Media think this film is going to go, although I have nothing against seeing Stretch Armstrong toys on sale once more. More on this, well, if it happens.

“It’s a story about a guy stretching, if you will, the limits of what is possible to become all that he can be,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. Riiiight…. The release date is pencilled for 15 April 2011, so they have a while longer to, er, bounce around some ideas.