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Taylor Lautner To Star In Max Steel

Variety is reporting that Taylor Lautner will star in Paramount’s “Max Steel”. The movie is based on the Mattel action figure. Max Steel is a 19-year old who is into extreme sports. He is recruited by a secret agency after an accident involving nanobots gives him super strength, and the ability to change his appearance. [...]

Warner Bros Walks Away From HE-Man

Warner Bros. and Mattel couldn’t agree on the direction of “Masters of the Universe” (the live-action HE-Man film), so they let the option lapse. Warner Bros and producer Joel Silver have been developing  the project since 2007. Mattel will take back the property and set it up elsewhere. It is expected that “Kung Fu Panda” [...]