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There's really nothing good to be said about the prospect of a Stretch Armstrong movie, whether you're a fan of the classic toy or just the concept of original movies. But at least MTV has found a tiny, tiny glimmer of hope in all this: Stretch Armstrong, the movie, will at the very least be a comedy. First it's being directed by Steve Oedekerk, the man responsible for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Bruce Almighty</I., so we really knew all along it'd be a farce. But Hasbro exec Brian Goldner explained to them, "You have to treat it comically, you have to find the right comic beats. "Clearly Steve Oedekerk as our writer has the right kind of pedigree. So it's a sort of a big comedic superhero movie that will play to a very broad audience." So sure, it's well and good that there seems to ...

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Universal Pictures has hired Steve Oedekerk to write Stretch Armstrong, a superhero comedy which marks the latest film to be based on a Hasbro-owned toy. The toy, a 13-inch, blond-haired muscled figure whose limbs could be stretched to nearly four feet, was launched by Kenner in the '70s. He had a dog named Fetch Armstrong, and a sibling, Evil X-Ray Wretch Armstrong. Attempts to turn him into a movie stretch back to 1998, when Disney tried to make the film with Danny DeVito and later Jackie Chan.Hasbro's Brian Goldner, who will produce, reacquired the rights, and Oedekerk is starting from scratch. Oedekerk’s writing credits include The Nutty Professor, Patch Adams and Bruce Almighty and its sequel. He also wrote and directed Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Barnyward, Nothing to Lose and Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. Hasbro made an overall deal with Universal. The two are
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