Heads up, Twi-hards — we might have a werewolf superhero on our hands!
Okay, maybe not a superhero who IS a werewolf — but Taylor Lautner, who plays the werewolf/giant ab muscle Jacob in New Moon, is apparently in talks to play Max Steele.
Who’s that? According to the LA Times, Steele is “a 19-year-old extreme-sports athlete who is accidentally exposed to the unleashed power of nanotechological machines, which become part of him and (in the old show, at least) give him increased strength, near-invulnerability and the ability to change his appearance.”
Additionally, the LA Times reports that Paramount has J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani — who are also slated to work on Rob Liefeld properties Capeshooters and Youngblood — on board to write the Max Steele script.
December 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Good to see his Twilight success is landing him other rolls! I am Team Edward but I tell everyone it’s only because I WANT Bella and Edward to be together so I can have Jacob all to myself LOL I’ve even decorated my room with Twilight stuff…I guess I’m a little twihard. I got some cool stuff from this place http://www.wallingsdecor.com if you are a big fan like me check it out
December 7th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Isn’t this pretty much the same story line as the show I believe was called Jake 2.0? There doesn’t seem to me to be much originality here.
December 7th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Wait, wait, wait. They’re *relaunching* MAX STEEL (no ‘e’ at the end, at least when I worked on it.)
For those who’ve forgotten, MAX STEEL was a pretty terrible kids’ show that debuted in early 2000 and lasted for three seasons. Season one just got put up on YouTube not long ago (and was on Hulu.)
Color me surprised, I guess.
December 8th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
hey he was Sharkboy long before he became a werewolf.
April 17th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
JACOB YOU ARE SOOOOOO CUTE BABY