The rumor is now official. Taylor Lautner is ditching the werewolf lifestyle long enough to play nano-tech based extreme sports superhero Max Steel. This is both a blow to Twilight and an awesome resurrection of an obscure series we all watched as a kid! Everyone wins … except for Twilight fans. [Variety]

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