Rumours are currently spreading around the web that Ron Howard is to direct Stretch Armstrong, a film due for release in April 2011. Business Week got people talking by saying that Howard is to direct the film, is it really plausible though that such a high quality director genuinely is directing Stretch Armstrong, or is this just a mistake?
Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons recently hit cinemas around the world, and Howard has an impressive back catalogue which includes such films as Cocoon, A Beautiful Mind, and Apollo 13. He’s won Oscar’s for his work, what needs to be remembered here though is that one of Howard’s Oscar’s was for 2000s How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
It is possible that Ron Howard could direct Stretch Armstrong, and if he does then he’ll surely do an excellent job; is it likely that he will direct the film though? I’m not really sure.
Brian Grazer is producing Stretch Armstrong, and this may have been the reason for the confusion (if indeed there is any confusion), as Grazer is co-chairman of Imagine Entertainment along with Ron Howard. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have worked together for a number of films throughout the years, and it may have been assumed by Business Week that this was again the case here. At the same time they might know something that we don’t though, and maybe Ron Howard really will be directing Stretch Armstrong.
Right now there’s no official word about who will be directing Stretch Armstrong; if Ron Howard does direct it then I’d like to see what he can do with it though, and am currently feeling quite excited at the prospect of a Ron Howard directed Stretch Armstrong film.
UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
