REMINDER: Channing Tatum’s ‘Dear John’ Premieres in Korea, Australia, and Thailand

When Chan's movies start releasing outside of the US, they often create new versions of the posters. I'm using the three new Korean posters created for his latest film, 'Dear John', to remind all of Channing Tatum's Fabulous Fans in Korea, Australia, and Thailand that the movie just premiered in your countries THIS WEEK!!!

'Dear John' tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation. It's based on a Nicholas Sparks' best-selling book, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area in December of 2008.

Fans can get more info on the film on the Australian and Korean official sites. Below, you can also watch a newly released high quality Korean extended trailer I just found...

I also found some new wallpapers on the Korean official site. You can click on them to view and download...

In case you haven't already, fans can check out tons of photos from the film in the CTU Photo Gallery and can watch trailers and cast interviews on CTU's Youtube channel.

What's up next for 'Dear John'? The movie is being released in the Netherlands on March 11th and will be released in France on March 31st. Fans can CLICK HERE to view future release dates for other countries.

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum at TheWrap.com's Pre-Oscar Party

TheWrap.com held their 2010 Awards Season Nominee Celebration at the new Four Seasons Hotel Italian restaurant on March 1, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California.

Since Channing Tatum is currently filming Steven Soderbergh's 'Knockout' overseas, wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum attended the event with her manager instead.

On today's post in the CTU Photo Gallery, fans can check out some gorgeous new photos of Jenna in Alice + Olivia at the event, a three-way outfit face-off where Hollywood Life's readers choose Jenna by a landslide as the best-dressed, and can read an interview she did with People Magazine where we learn a little more about how she's adjusting to married life and her upcoming PETA campaign...

Jenna Dewan Really Cooking with Husband Channing Tatum
By Scott Huver

Newlywed Jenna Dewan says that while her life with Channing Tatum has "just gotten better" since they tied the knot last July, she admits she's still making progress on one spousal ambition.

"I've been trying really hard to be more domesticated," Dewan told PEOPLE during TheWrap.com's awards season party. "It's not in my nature to clean and cook, and so I've been really good about it. And we just actually had professional organizers that came to our house and did a whole bunch of organizing, which was the best thing that I could've done for the New Year, ever!

"And I've been learning to cook so I'm very excited about that!"

After seven months of marriage, Dewan says her relationship with her husband continues to hit new heights. "It's literally just gotten better," said the former Melrose Place actress, 29. "I know that I'm in that weird minority of people that say it got better, but it really did. We got married and it got a ton better!"

As she settles down, Dewan also recently took a walk on the wilder side, having just posed for a PETA photo shoot in full snakeskin body paint.

"It was amazing, but it was five hours standing up without sitting down, painting my entire body like a snake," said Dewan. "They said, 'It comes off in water. ' "

She laughed as she pointed out a smudge of paint still clinging to her calf. "Let me tell you that it does not come off in water

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Channing Tatum in 'Morgan & Destiny's Eleventeeth Date'

As I previously posted, Channing Tatum decided to flex his comedic chops in the next installment of one of HitRECord.org's most popular collaborations, 'Morgan M. Morganson's Date with Destiny'.

HitRECord.org was started by Chan's longtime friend Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is a place where artists and filmmakers can post their work and then collaborate with a community of users who can contribute to the work by adding their own tweaks.

The new, unfinished film short is called 'Morgan & Destiny's Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo' and is a sequel to 'Morgan M. Morganson's Date with Destiny'. It was written by Metaphorest, and stars Chan, Lexy Hulme (aka Lula) and Joe as Lionel, Destiny, and Morgan.

Now that they've finished shooting the "white walls" version of the video, the HitRECord.org community will collaborate to create the remaining special effects (e.g. art work, visuals, animation, music, etc.) for the film.

Without further ado, the "white walls" version of 'Morgan & Destiny's Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo'...

Although Chan has said he's more comfortable in dramatic roles, I would love to see him in more comedy in the future. Until then, stay tuned to CTU and I'll post future incarnations of 'Morgan & Destiny's Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo' when they're released!

On a related note...Chan has been posting some more of his own work on HitRecord.org over the past few days. Check out an original writing, an oration of Metaphorest's "Mister White Rabbit", and (my favorite) a song he re-recorded when he couldn't sleep a few nights ago. Who knew he could sing too! Make sure you check it all out!

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UNWRAPPED PHOTOS | Channing Tatum Leaving Chelsea Lately

After his first ever appearance on Ellen Degeneres, Channing Tatum made his way to E!'s Chelsea Lately show (another first) where he wrapped up the 'Dear John' Press Tour with yet another hilarious interview.

The movie, which hit theaters on February 5, 2010 and skyrocketed to #1 by beating Avatar (the box office leader for 7 consecutive weeks), tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation.

‘Dear John‘ is based on a Nicholas Sparks book by the same name, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area in December 2008.

Fans can now check out new pics of the hard-working star leaving the E! studios with his publicist after the show courtesy of Socialite Life, and you can watch Chan's really funny Chelsea Lately interview below...

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Channing Tatum Wraps Up ‘Dear John’ Press Tour in NYC and Takes Theaters By Storm Across the Country

In case you missed it, Variety and tons of other news outlets are reporting that Channing Tatum's romantic drama 'Dear John' is now officially the first movie to take on Avatar and WIN!

Against all estimates, odds, rain, and what's being call "the storm of the century" in the North East, Chan's fans showed up in droves to the sold-out midnight screenings all over the country and packed theaters during the day to help the film reach $13.8 million on Friday. The movie is now projected to make over $30 million for the entire weekend, beating everyone's original estimates by leaps and bounds.

Regardless of the final weekend number, 'Dear John' has already set records. It's the highest Friday opening for Screen Gems and is also the highest opening for a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. The last two Sparks films, 2008’s "Nights in Rodanthe" and "The Notebook," charted opening weekends just north of $13 million, which is what 'Dear John' made on Friday alone.

I couldn't be happier for Chan and everyone involved with the film. Their hard work is paying off and fans are loving the movie. This kind of success doesn't come easily and both Chan and his 'Dear John' co-star Amanda Seyfried have been working non-stop to promote the film across the country.

They just wrapped up the New York leg of their 'Dear John' press tour yesterday after stops in Fort Bragg, Charleston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, San Fransisco, and Los Angeles.

Below you can check out some of the new photos from fans and the media for this interview-packed stop that included appearances on Regis and Kelly, The Today Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and a fan Q&A with Amanda Seyfried at the Soho Apple Store. Enjoy!!!

Fans can also CLICK HERE to check out a ton more photos from New York City and HERE for pics from the entire 'Dear John' press tour in the CTU Photo Gallery.

Here's what one fan had to say about her fan encounter with Chan outside the Soho Apple Store appearance on Thursday...

"I went to see Channing Tatum at the Soho Apple Store for the Dear John Q&A. I actually got to meet him on his way in, he was generous enough to pose with fans and chat up a bit. The Q&A was not allowed to be recorded or anything, and will be available on itunes soon. Channing has such an amazing charm that made the Q&A so much more entertaining. I hope to meet him again soon enough! - Chelsea"

Chelsea also sent a couple of videos from that day. You all can watch videos of Chan and Amanda graciously signing autographs for all the fans both inside and outside the packed event...

As Chelsea said, fans were not able to record the Q&A, but I talked with Apple and they are planning on posting an enhanced podcast on iTunes with audio and photos from the event early next week. I'll let you all know when that's available for download.

You can also check out videos of Chan from his Fallon, Today Show, and Regis and Kelly appearances (both inside and outside) this past week below. Enjoy!!!

You can CLICK HERE to watch the entire show and see Chan's first segment with Jimmy.

Thanks to Chelsea for the great fan encounter and videos from the Soho Apple Store event!

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UNWRAPPED PHOTOS | New Pics of Chan and Jenna at ‘Dear John’’s L.A. Premiere

I honestly don't know where Channing Tatum gets the energy. He's one of the hardest working people I know and manages to do it all with a smile on his face.

After two premieres in Fort Bragg and Charleston, countless stops in Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago and San Fransisco, and launching a new website, the press tour for Chan's romantic drama 'Dear John' finally made it to the Los Angeles red carpet premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Monday night.

Fans can check out new photos I added to the CTU photo gallery, which include pics of both Chan and Jenna Dewan-Tatum from fans and the media and a few articles that also featured the event.

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There are a ton of interviews out right now, but below you'll find some of my favorites. You can check out interviews from MaximoTV, Pacific Rim Video Press, ReelzChannel, and a local news interview Chan told me he did the morning of the premiere for KTLA...

I can't embed them in this post, but you can also check out a couple more red carpet interviews at RadarOnline.com and EOnline.

The movie will hit theaters tomorrow, February 5, 2010, and tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation.

‘Dear John‘ is based on a Nicholas Sparks book by the same name, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area in December 2008.

Believe it or not, Chan still has more 'Dear John' promotions coming up, which includes, but is not limited to, the following...

• Thursday (February 4th): Soho Apple Store Q&A with Amanda Seyfried


• Thursday (February 4th): Late Night with Jimmy Fallon


• Wednesday (February 10th): Ellen Degeneres

As always, stay tuned to CTU and I'll let you know if I find out about any other appearances for the tour!

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IN THE PRESS | Channing Tatum in Details, Instyle, Entertainment Weekly, Intouch, and OK Magazine

Channing Tatum is all over the magazines lately, the most I've honestly ever seen in a single week. Fans can find Chan in the latest issues of Details (February 2010), Instyle (February 2010), Entertainment Weekly (January 22nd) for both 'Dear John' and 'Eagle of the Ninth', Intouch (January 25th), AND OK (January 25th) magazine, and you can check out all the high quality scans for each on today's post in the CTU Photo Gallery.

In addition to being featured in the print magazine, Chan and his upcoming movie 'Eagle of the Ninth' were also featured on Entertainment Weekly's website this week. Here's EW's first look at 'Eagle'...

"...EW chatted with Tatum last week about the movie in question, The Eagle of the Ninth, which Focus Features will release this fall. “It’s almost like an old western, like The Searchers,” Tatum said, while pointing out that the film’s still very much an epic in the tradition of Gladiator and Braveheart. “Are you going to get big, huge battles and things you’d expect in an epic? Yeah, absolutely. But it’s smarter than just a big epic. It’s more of a personal, relationship story about these two guys that have to go on this journey together.”

Tatum plays Marcus Aquila, a Roman army officer in 140 A.D. whose father was the commander of the legendary Ninth Legion — a unit of soldiers that mysteriously disappeared 20 years earlier in the mountains of present-day Scotland while trying to conquer the region’s various Celtic tribes. For Aquila, the legion’s presumed defeat has brought considerable shame to the family, so he decides to embark on a quest into those northern tribal lands in hopes of learning exactly what happened to his dad. Accompanying Aquila is his British slave Esca, played by Jamie Bell (King Kong, Billy Elliot). “They’re really just two broken, lonely people,” said Tatum. “They welcome death, and then they find a reason to live and a purpose and honor through this journey.”

The Eagle of the Ninth is directed by Scottish filmmaker and documentarian Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void), so naturally the movie was shot in Scotland for maximum authenticity. And with authenticity comes extreme weather conditions. “Scotland might have been one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen, but it hated us,” Tatum confessed. “I have never imagined conditions like this. You’d look around the set and all you could see would be two inches in front of you. It was raining every single day, and Jamie and I would be on the back of a horse, freezing and soaked to the bone. When you see us cold and tired and shivering in the movie, none of that’s acting!”..."

'Eagle of the Ninth' is scheduled to hit theaters this summer! Fans can check out photos from the film in the CTU Photo Gallery, and you can CLICK HERE to get the latest news on the movie.

Finally, you can find all of the magazines I mentioned above on newsstands right now, so make sure to run out and get your copies!!!

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UNWRAPPED PHOTOS | New Pics of Chan & Jenna at Art of Elysium, Energy Muse, BCS Party, & 'Dear John' Press Conference

I have added a ton of new photos of Channing Tatum and his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum to the CTU photo gallery this week. In case you missed it, here's some of the new goodies fans can find...

We have new pics of Chan attending GBK's official gifting lounge at the BCS National Championship Party and doing interviews with the Hollywood Foreign Press interviews for 'Dear John'. We also have Chan and Jenna leaving Energy Muse Jewelery and at last night's Art of Elysium’s Charity Gala.

First up, prior to taking his dad Glenn (a diehard Alabama fan) to the BCS National Championship game, Chan attended pre-game festivities thrown by GBK on January 6th at the Pasadena Convention Center. Fans can check out some of the pics of Chan arriving at the official gifting lounge with LeAnn Rimes and Joe Jonas and in the words of Chan's mom Kay...ROLL TIDE!!!...

CLICK HERE to see all the rest of the BCS Championship Party photos in the CTU Photo Gallery.

Next up we have new pics of Chan doing his Hollywood Foreign Press interviews for 'Dear John' on January 11th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. I actually attended this particular set of interviews when I was in L.A. last week and will post some great behind-the-scenes pics from that day on CTU soon. For now, you can check out some of the new pics below and even more in the gallery...

We also have some cute new pics of Chan and Jenna leaving Energy Muse Jewelery in Torrance, California on January 6th via Pacific Coast News. Chan was wearing his new jewelry when I saw him last week and both Chan and Jenna (who picked out a High Priestess necklace) and their jewelry choices are actually featured on the EnergyMuse.com website for Valentine's day. You can check out some of the pics below and head on over to the gallery for the rest...

Last but not least, we have some extremely stunning new photos of Chenna from last night's Art of Elysium 3rd Annual Black Tie “Heaven” Charity Gala held in Beverly Hills, California. The organization encourages actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions. Here's what Jenna tweeted about the event...

"Had the best time at artofelysium last nite. Great people, great charity, get all dolled up! It was my ode to the year of "vamps" :)"

Wonderwall reports...

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan stayed by each other's sides all evening. Though she worried that she might fall out of her dress, she said Channing gave her the seal of approval: "When you look that good, you might as well show it off!"

Couldn't agree with him more!

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