Taylor Lautner Going Indie with Gus Van Sant

As the case with teen heart-throbs, they get older and interest begins to wane. Not right off but slowly all those fainting teenage girls standing in line for hours to see the object of their desire/lust give an autograph migrate to someone else. Sometimes said idol has the talent and drive to prove their more than a pretty face rocking Teen Beat. Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio are prime examples.

Taylor Lautner is hoping he can following in that direction.

THR reports Lautner is teaming with helmer Gus Van Sant on a low-budget affair with the sole information being a non-fiction The New Yorker magazine as the film's source.

He's beginning to face the twilight (errr, no spun intended, I swear!) of his career after the failure of his first non-Twilight solo endeavor Abduction. It was shit as was his performance. He might be a nice kid but severely lacking in the thespian department, he is. The hope is Van Sant, a hit-and-miss director let's be honest, can reach in and get something outta him we've yet to see onscreen. The script, for which a writer is expected to be announced later in the week, will help too.