Taylor Lautner in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1
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Taylor Lautner set to return to his werewolf roots in bizarre Amazon series

On the other side of lycanthropy

Taylor Lautner, perhaps best known for his role as Jacob Black in the Twilight movies, is set to return to his glory days of werewolves (sadly, no vampires have been confirmed) in the newly announced upcoming Amazon series Taylor Lautner: Vampire Hunter

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Let’s face it, while Lautner has gone on to feature in a few movies and TV series since his breakout role as Black (Grown Ups 2, The Ridiculous 6, Home Team), he is definitely remembered mo✨st as part of the will-they-won’t-th𒆙ey love triangle between a werewolf, a vampire, and an infuriatingly moody teenage girl. 

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson in the Twilight movies
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In what seems like an attempt to bring back his now grown-up fans🐼, has revealed that Lautner will be starring in a new series… As himself. 

Brought to Amazon by Tornante (the studio behind Bojack Horseman, which gives me some hope), Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter will bizarrely follow on from Lautner’s appearance in the Twilight films (in a fourth-wall-breaking kind of way), with Lautner wrapping up filming on Breaking Dawn Part 2 before teaming up with a “real-life” team or werewolf hunters to, I’ဣm assuming, save the world from the 👍lycanthrope threat. 

There are several levels of i𓆉rony here, not least of which is the fact that the series will center on Lautner fighting the very creatures that made him famous. There’s also set to be a love story (hopefully with someone more palatable than Bella), and still maintaining his Hollywood career during the day🐟.

Taylor Lautner in the Twlight movies
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Honestly, the final aspect might be a bit of a stretch. Lautner has had arguably the least significant Hollywood presence of the main Twilight cast since the last movie wrapped, but that’s why the Bojack connection makes me hopeful. Bojack Horseman is a masterpiece of a tragicomedy, very much centered on the storyline of a struggling former star who has lost his waꦏy, so fingers crossed Amazon can pull this off. 


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