Taylor Lautner
Get ready for Taylor Lautner, independent film star.
"The Twilight" actor is about to move into arthouse territory. Sources tell THR that Lautner is finalizing a deal to team with director Gus Van Sant on a small-budget film based on a nonfiction article that appeared in The New Yorker magazine.
Details are still emerging about the project, but sources say an announcement is expected later this week, revealing who will write the script for the Van Sant film. The aim is to shoot the film in the first quarter of next year.
The move is an interesting one for the "Twilight" star, who has shown eagerness to capitalize on his burst of fame from the blockbuster teen fantasy series, the penultimate installment of which, "Breaking Dawn: Part I," hits theaters November 18.
Since becoming a star in 2008's "Twilight," Lautner has attached himself to several projects — with his price tag ratcheting up to $7.5 million. He circled "Max Steel," based on a Mattel action figure, then decided to make "Stretch Armstrong," based on a Hasbro property, at Universal. That project has lost momentum at the studio but sources say it is not dead.
Lautner also flirted with "Northern Lights," a project from producer David Ellison about extreme flying, but he chose to do "Abduction" for Lionsgate instead. That movie, which opened in September, pulled in only $26.9 million in the U.S. It managed another $44.5 million overseas.
The new project would almost certainly take Lautner's career in a new direction. He is said to be determined to work only with top directors and writers from now on as he strives to define himself as an actor.
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