The popular Twilight novel series by Stephenie Meyer are being made into a movie by the same name. The story concerns Jacob Black, a sixteen-year-old boy from the Quileute tribe who can change into a werewolf, and his family's ancient rivalry with vampires. The actor chosen to play him is Taylor Lautner, who previously starred in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. As Jacob, he's trying to deal with school, family, a girl he's crushing on, a bad temper and sudden unexplained appearances of body hair. Just your everyday, normal high school stuff, in other words.

Recently, Lautner debuted his new Jacob hair. (Video here.) It looks like they may have grabbed an extra wig out of America Ferrara's trailer on the set of Ugly Betty and slapped it on this kid. Add a poncho and some braces and he's this close to being a plucky young assistant from Queens trying to make it in the cutthroat world of fashion magazine publishing. But Lautner has some considerable shoes to fill, if werewolves can be said to wear shoes... In the books, Jacob Black is an imposing, muscular figure nearly seven feet tall. The big screen version looks like he may find himself crushed under the weight of his own hair. That he can get around with that thing on his head at all is an accomplishment.

Perhaps he'll seem like more of a menacing canine once the sound track and slick editing and effects are added in. Expectations are likely to run high, considering the fan following the books have. If all else fails, they could wait a year before filming and hope the actor hits a serious growth spurt.