After years of sitting in the wings iconic action figure Stretch Armstrong is finally getting his own movie.
Relativity Media has officially partnered with Hasbro, Inc. to develop and produce a live-action tent-pole film that will finally bring the beloved figure to the big screen. Though no details about the project have been released, Relativity has said they are aiming for an April 11, 2014 release date.
Stretch Armstrong was first introduced to the public in 1976 and was later re-released in the 90s to extreme popularity. It was the first action figure that could be repeatedly stretched, only to return to its original size. Because of this the action figure is considered a rare and collectable find today.
This will be another in a long line of films based on Hasbro, Inc products. BothTransformers and GI Joe have spawned sequels on their way to a combined $3 billion in worldwide box office receipts. Battleship, a film based on the popular board game is set to hit theaters this April.
About Stephen Davis
I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.
