Universal has signed Taylor Lautner (Twilight) to star in their 3D adaptation of Stretch Armstrong. According to THR, Lautner will play “an uptight spy who stumbles across a stretching formula, which he takes and must now adjust to in everyday life and when fighting crime.” The action-comedy script was written by Steve Oedekerk (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls).

Stretch Armstrong is the latest toy-into-movie property part of a six-year deal between the studio and Hasbro. There currently isn’t a director officially attached and the release date has been pushed to March 2012.