Twilight‘s Taylor Lautner hasn’t appeared in many films or TV shows in the last few years. But the actor may soon get a comeback vehicle in a new Amazon Prime Video original series in which he will play himself as a werewolf hunter.
Lautner famously portrayed a werewolf named Jacob Black in all of the Twilight movies, and it remains his most well-known role. Variety broke the story about Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter, which is currently in development. That report also included a synopsis of the show, which playfully explains why Lautner has been out of the spotlight for so long.
“After wrapping the final Twilight film, Taylor Lautner vanished from the spotlight. Fans speculated, tabloids theorized — but the truth is wilder than fiction. Taylor wasn’t just taking a mental health break. He was preparing for his real calling…Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter.
Playing himself, Taylor is drawn into a secret society of werewolf trackers who need his unique expertise. As he navigates his double life — Hollywood actor by day, supernatural warrior by night — Taylor must wrestle with the ultimate irony: fighting the very creatures that made him famous. Between saving the world, reviving his career, and falling in love, he faces the ultimate question—what happens when your biggest role becomes your greatest enemy?”
Single Drunk Female‘s Daisy Gardner created the new series and she will be the showrunner if it goes forward.
Outside of the Twilight movies, Lautner has appeared in Netflix’s Ridiculous Six and Home Team, as well as Scream Queens on Fox. However, his turn as Jacob does not appear in our roundup of the 7 best werewolf movies of all time.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.