Jason KingTaylor Lautner is Now the Highest Paid Teenage Actor
January 6th 2010 19:38
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Maybe he can use that money for acting lessons :)
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Nikki Finke from deadline.com reports that Taylor Lautner is now being paid oodles and oodles of dollars per ab. That's right, the 17-year-old co-star of the Twilight Saga franchise who's famous for his buff physique that is making girls (and a certain Salty Popcorner) scream when he takes off his shirt in New Moon, is getting $7.5 million for his next pic.
It's called Northern Lights, a Tom Cruise vehicle to be directed by John Moore (Max Payne) with a start date of April 1st. The logline says the pic is about "a gifted, young, aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father and falls in love with a gifted, female pilot). It's being made by David Ellison's new company Skydance Productions, and Paramount has a first look at his development. It has also been dubbed the "Top Gun Sequal" but I think that is a stretch.
That shitload of money negotiated now makes Taylor Lautner into the highest paid Hollywood teenage actor around. (neither Zac Efron nor Miley Cyrus have ever gotten a salary even close to that for their films).
So the question is whether Paramount, which is in the Taylor Lautner business in a big way with the recently announced Max Steel, will pony up an even huger salary for the teen who'll be starring as the title lead in their own upcoming blockbuster.
When you think about it he could easily pass as a young Tom Cruise without that early nose and a way better body. I just hope with all that money he can get some great mentoring from Mr Cruise and other actors and also become a way better actor. Because he is very easy on the eye and could go so far if he could actually act.
It's called Northern Lights, a Tom Cruise vehicle to be directed by John Moore (Max Payne) with a start date of April 1st. The logline says the pic is about "a gifted, young, aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father and falls in love with a gifted, female pilot). It's being made by David Ellison's new company Skydance Productions, and Paramount has a first look at his development. It has also been dubbed the "Top Gun Sequal" but I think that is a stretch.
That shitload of money negotiated now makes Taylor Lautner into the highest paid Hollywood teenage actor around. (neither Zac Efron nor Miley Cyrus have ever gotten a salary even close to that for their films).
So the question is whether Paramount, which is in the Taylor Lautner business in a big way with the recently announced Max Steel, will pony up an even huger salary for the teen who'll be starring as the title lead in their own upcoming blockbuster.
When you think about it he could easily pass as a young Tom Cruise without that early nose and a way better body. I just hope with all that money he can get some great mentoring from Mr Cruise and other actors and also become a way better actor. Because he is very easy on the eye and could go so far if he could actually act.
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Big Day Plunge
Now that I've gotten that out, woohoo Taylor! I'm looking forward to watching "Valentine's Day"! That's his next film for release right?
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I was pretty sure he was not in Valentines Day, but after checking it he is and so is Taylor Swift, bitch
So is Jamie Foxx, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Shirley MacLaine, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, George Lopez, Queen Latifah, as well as young teenage stars Emma Roberts, Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner, and Carter Jenkins.
What a cast - Carter Jenkins is my fave kid actor and Ashton is gasp worthy and I want to marry Jennifer Garner
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I have a girl crush on Jennifer Garner. She's just plenty awesome.
Ashton looks super cute in that film. And gaaaah, so does Topher Grace looking all mature and manly. Well, compared to his character on That '70's show!