The First 'Max Steel' Trailer Turns a Teenager Into a Superhero

To most people the name Max Steel is probably meaningless. It sounds like it would be the name of an action hero from the late ’80s played by Jesse Ventura, but it’s actually a toy line from the early 2000s that was launched as part of a CGI-animated kids show that only lasted for 3 short seasons.

Basically, the only way you’d really remember Max Steel is if you were a kid in 2001 who happened to have been given one as a present. It’s not exactly G.I. Joe or Transformers we’re talking about, but if you were at the right age to remember the toys, have we got some bombshell news for you: the live-action Max Steel movie now has a trailer.

Originally Taylor Lautner had been attached to the project, but he dropped out and the movie stalled for a while as a result. Director Stewart Hendler (Sorority Row) kept on it, though, eventually casting Ben Winchell as Max, a teenager who combines with an alien robot thing called Steel to become a superhero named…wait for it…Max Steel.

Check it out.

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Max Steel hits theaters on October 21, 2016.

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