According to the LA Times, Taylor Lautner is in talks to play teen superhero Max Steel. Max Steel was a Mattel action figure released in 2001, and there was an animated show that ran for three seasons. It's still very popular in Latin America.
Lautner would play Josh McGrath, a 19-year-old extreme-sports athlete who is accidentally exposed to the unleashed power of nanotechological machines, which become part of him and (in the old show, at least) give him increased strength, near-invulnerability and the ability to change his appearance.Taylor appears next in a small role in the film Valentine's Day, and next week hosts SNL.
