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Sunday, January 10, 2010

RUMOR OR REEL?: Channing Tatum to Star in Steven Soderbergh's 'Knockout'

The Playlist is exclusively reporting that Channing Tatum has been cast in Steven Soderbergh's next movie. For those who don't know, Soderbergh has a huge laundry list of successful projects that includes films like Julia Roberts' award-winning drama Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen. Here's what the site is reporting...

Alright, the final piece of the puzzle has arrived.

Channing Tatum has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's action-revenge spy thriller "Knockout" which will star Mixed Martial Arts champion and non-act0r Gina Carano in the lead role of a black ops spy that is betrayed by her team.

Meanwhile, a last minute addition to the cast is in the works. Antonio Banderas is in talks to join the cast playing the head of a Black-ops European unit.

On Thursday, we exclusively revealed that Michael Douglas, Dennis Quaid, Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender ("Inglourious Basterds," "Hunger") had all joined the cast in supporting roles.

Tatum will play one of the elite specialists on Carano's team named Aaron — a military gearhead-type who's sent to try and bring her back in once she's been double-crossed and gone rogue; trying to figure out who exactly is setting her uhttp://channingtatumunwrapped.com/channingtatumblog/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1623p. But there is no love lost between the characters which makes his mission more difficult. But we're told the role is actually relatively small in the scope of things.

While everyone is on the same side initially, "Knockout" features a lot of duplicity, double crosses and even reversals of allegiances. Fassbender plays an untrustworthy teammate, Douglas ultimately proves to be an ally and McGregor, the owner of the Blackwater-type special ops team (and once a romantic interest to the lead) is instrumental in trying to make Carano's character, Mallory Kane take the fall for an incident that goes wrong and involves a murder. Dennis Quaid plays her father...

...Tatum will likely shoot his role in two or three weeks and then be whisked off to start production on Dito Montiel's "Son of No One" starring Robert Deniro in March (if everything goes according to plan on that particular project). Montiel directed Tatum in the 2009 film, "Fighting" and "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints."

David Holmes, the composer behind Soderbergh's "Oceans 11-13" series and "Out Of Sight" will be writing the score. It'll be interesting to see what he comes up with. Spy films aren't exactly known for their funky scores, that is unless he's going for a '70s Bond vibe (which would be pretty fresh).

Soderbergh is currently location scouting as we speak and Turkey is now officially off the locale plan due to poor tax incentives. The film will now be primarily shot in Barcelona, Dublin and New Mexico. The picture is set to start shooting in February and Lionsgate hopes to have the film in theaters for August. That seems fast, but the filmmaker is rather notorious for the speed in which he shoots and edits. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, making this date is definitely feasible.

If what The Playlist is reporting is true, then I want to say a BIG congrats to CHAN!! I haven't had a chance to confirm the story yet, but I did recently hear Chan mention that he may be filming another movie before 'Son of No One', which puts this report in the realm of possibility as far as I'm concerned.

Another rumor that recently hit the airwaves....

Although it was news to Chan yesterday at the 'Dear John' press junket, it was recently reported that writers (Zombieland’s Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) have been hired for 'G.I. Joe 2'. So if the recent Collider.com report is true, the sequel to 'G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra' may be yet another project that our busy bee will film in 2010 or 2011.

Finally, I was able to attend a press screening for Chan's movie 'Dear John', which hits theaters on February 5th. I will post a full review of the film and story about my day at the press junket on CTU closer to the release date.

But I do have to tell you that 'Dear John' is hands-down the most beautiful and heartfelt performance I've ever seen from Chan. I was a blubbering mess and could not have been more proud of what I saw. I really feel that you all are going to truly fall in love the film. Stay tuned, because I'll post more about 'Dear John' soon!

UPDATE (1/11/2010): Chan told me that the rumors are true. He will be working on 'Knockout' with Soderbergh, and he'll be filming in Barcelona in February. CONGRATS to Chan for landing another great role with such an accomplished director. His career continues to be on fire, and I think it couldn't happen to a better person!

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

LIVE Coverage and New Photos from the Dizzy Feet Foundation 2009 Benefit Gala

Sadly, I wasn't able to make it to Los Angeles to attend tonight's Dizzy Feet benefit gala where Jenna Dewan-Tatum will be perform with Briana Evigan ('Step Up 2') and Sharni Vinson ('Step Up 3') and Channing Tatum will also present with Rob Hoffman ('Step Up 2') and Rick Malambri ('Step Up 3'), but I won't let that stop any of us from getting the very latest news from the event.

For those who don't know, Dizzy Feet Foundation was founded in 2009 by producer Nigel Lythgoe, director Adam Shankman, "Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba and actress Katie Holmes to help underprivileged young people realize their dream of becoming professional dancers and to support, improve, and increase access to dance education in the Unites States.

I have setup a new Twitter list on Chan's official Twitter that will let fans follow over 70 (and counting) Dizzy Feet benefit gala participants and fan attendees so you can get the inside scoop on the event as it happens.

Jenna has said she'll try to tweet photos and video from the event if possible and you can follow her, Chan, some of the other attendees, and fans tweeting about the event in the Cover It Live event window below. Enjoy!!!

UPDATE: The sold out benefit is not televised, so fans can check out all of the red carpet and behind-the-scenes photos of Chan and Jenna from the event in the CTU Photo Gallery. I've also posted a few of the new pics below...

And thanks to the magic of the internet, I have a video that a Dizzy Feet attendee posted tonight on Youtube. Right around the 2:16 mark, you can check out Chan presenting his "beautiful wife" and watch a part of Jenna's performance to Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams"! Enjoy!!!

What's next for the always busy couple? With this event completed, Chan can now focus on promoting his next film, 'Dear John', which hits theaters on February 5th and can prepare for his next role in 'Son of No One', which is scheduled to start filming in New York in February too.

Jenna will start filming her next movie, 'Slightly Single in L.A.', with best friend Haylie Duff this Wednesday, and her drama 'Falling Awake' is scheduled to be released in theaters in January via IFC Films.

Since this is the first time I've mentioned 'Slightly Single' by name, here's what the romantic comedy is all about...

Dale Squire is a hip, quirky, independent single gal living in the glossy city of Los Angeles. She makes ends meet by working in the obscure world of reality television, while pursuing her passion as a photographer. After several failed attempts in quasi-relationships, Dale concludes that finding a meaningful relationship in L.A. is impossible. After all, a girl can only take so many toe-sucking fashion photographers and star-seeking personal trainers. And in Los Angeles, there are many of these men. But being anti-social is tough for any young girl in Hollywood, and with Dale's entourage - Jill: a high maintenance ex-soap star obsessed with her own wedding, Becca: an honest C-list actress waiting for her big break in Hollywood, Seven: Dale's flamboyant house mate, and Hallie: a super sexy, laid back jewelry designer - she is lucky to have such a reliable group of friends in a city where it's easy to get lost. With Jill's frantic wedding right around the corner, Dale finds herself reflecting on the significance of marriage, and the mutual respect needed for a successful relationship. When Zach, a successful heartthrob actor and old friend of Dale's, finds his way back into her life, Dale slowly starts to think that maybe finding love in L.A. is possible - the only problem is that her realization might have come too late, leaving Dale in a silent love triangle, with no way out.

After a ton of travel, Jenna told me she's excited to be able to film close to home. Good luck to Jen on her new role!

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Friday, October 30, 2009

NEWS FLASH: Jenna Dewan-Tatum Joins the Cast of 'The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy'

A little over a week ago Channing Tatum's wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, tweeted that she is going to be filming a western soon and told us to stay tuned for more info on the project. Today she came through on that promise and tweeted...

"The next movie I'm going to do is called The Legend of Hells Gate. It's a western period film. Very excited to work with grt character actors."

In CTU fashion, I used that little tidbit of info to learn what I could about the new project and here's what I found...

The full title of the movie is 'The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy', is written and directed by Tanner Beard and also stars James Lafferty ("One Tree Hill"), Robert Buckley ("Lipstick Jungle", "Priviledged", "One Tree Hill") and Chan's 'Dear John' co-star Henry Thomas.

Jenna will play the role of Katherine Prescott in the film and here's the plot for the historical action adventure...

"The story of how 'Hell's Gate' at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have it's name. Relive the story of how three outlaws expeditions and encounters through historical 1870s Texas were remembered for a lifetime."

The movie started filming on October 18th in Boerne, Texas, and I also read that the production will be filming in the Texas cities of Granbury and Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Alto county. The film even has an official Twitter , which is where I found the set photos you see below...

Again, I want to give a big CONGRATS to Jenna on her new role!

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum to Star in Dito Montiel's Newest Movie & Nominated for People's Choice Award

In case you all missed the tweet on Channing Tatum's official Twitter, Production Weekly just confirmed that Chan will be starring in yet another Dito Montiel film very soon.

First there was 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints', then 'Fighting', then 'Brotherhood of the Rose', and now we have 'Son of No One'. All written and directed by Dito Montiel and all starring Channing Tatum.

I think Chan may have mentioned this film when he was doing press for 'Fighting' in April, but there's not a lot of details out there for it yet. What we do know is that Chan will be acting along side his 'Fighting' co-star Terrence Howard, James Gandolfini from "The Sopranos" and Robert De Niro from more movies than I could ever list here and who coincidentally also executive produced Chan's 2009 historical drama 'Public Enemies'.

The dramatic thriller is about a young cop who is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.

Production Weekly reported that 'Son of No One' is scheduled to start filming this January. I'm not sure where the movie's going to be filming yet, but knowing Dito's love of New York City, I'm willing to bet good money that Chan may once again be roaming the streets of NYC come January.

Thanks to CTU reader Belinda, I found out that Chan has been nominated for a People's Choice Award this year. Please make sure you vote for Chan in the "Favorite Action Star" category and then you should also mosey on over to the "Favorite Movie" category to vote for Chan's movie 'G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra'.

The People's Choice Awards celebrates fan favorites in music, movies and television and is the only major awards show where real people - not industry insiders - determine the nominees and winners. The 2010 show will be broadcast live from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on January 6, 2010 on the CBS Television Network.

With three movies under his belt and 'G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra' breaking the $300 million mark this week, 2009 has officially been an extremely successful year in the world of Mr. Channing Tatum, so the casting announcement and People's Choice Award nomination didn't surprise me one bit. Congrats to Chan and everyone make sure to vote for him early often!!!

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Friday, January 30, 2009

NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum Chosen for Dito Montiel's 'The Brotherhood of the Rose'

Channing Tatum and Director Dito Montiel from 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints', 'Fighting' and 'The Brotherhood of the Rose'

One of Channing's favorite directors to work with is Dito Montiel. Dito directed Channing in 2006's 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints' and his upcoming action film 'Fighting' that will be released in theaters on April 24, 2009 and some may even say Chan's somewhat of a muse to the talented director.

At this point, Chan and Dito almost have a sort of shorthand when they communicate on set, and the two work together extremely well. That's why I was happy to read on Variety.com that Channing Tatum has been chosen to star in a new movie called 'The Brotherhood of the Rose', an adaptation of the David Morrell novel for Warner Brothers.

Montiel is re-writing an earlier draft of the script from Adam Cozad and will also direct the film. Basil Iwanyk ('Clash of the Titans') is producing the movie through his Thunder Road banner.

The story is a cat-and-mouse espionage tale about two orphans raised by a top CIA agent to become assassins. When their operations go awry, they find themselves on the run, caught in a conspiracy and hunted by the most dangerous spies in the world. The book was previously adapted as a two-part NBC miniseries in 1989 that starred David Morse, Peter Strauss, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Mitchum.

Industry folk are saying the project signifies the fact that Warner Brothers is trying to start their own Bourne-style spy thriller franchise, so I feel this new role definitely moves Channing up yet another notch on the action hero meter.

'The Brotherhood of the Rose' is currently set to hit theaters some time in 2010.

Congrats to Chan for landing yet another great role!!! He has so many movies in the works that it can be hard to keep track. Fans can CLICK HERE to get a complete list of his past, current, and future projects.

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Monday, January 28, 2008

NEWS FLASH: It's OFFICIAL...Channing Tatum Takes Over Hollywood in 'G.I. Joe' AND 'Public Enemies'

I announced a little over a week ago that Channing Tatum was up for the part of Duke in 2009's 'G.I. Joe', and I just announced yesterday that Chan may be in 2009's 'Public Enemies' with Johnny Depp.

Preparation has once again crossed paths with opportunity for this young up and comer. I can't stop smiling right now, because I just learned that Channing has managed to land BOTH roles!!!! :-D

Variety is reporting that writer/director/producer Michael Mann has officially added Chan to the star-studded 'Public Enemies' Cast. You can read the entire article below to get the latest scoop:

Michael Mann Rounds Up 'Enemies'
Cotillard joins Depp, Bale in crime drama
By MICHAEL FLEMING

Director Michael Mann has set Marion Cotillard to join Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in "Public Enemies."

The Depression-era crime drama gets under way in Chicago on March 10 for Universal Pictures.

Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke are also joining the cast.

The Oscar-nominated "La Vie en rose" star Cotillard will play Billie Frechette, the lover of the country's most notorious gangster, John Dillinger (Depp).

Tatum will play outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd, Ribisi will play Alvin Karpis, Dorff is near a deal to play Homer Van Meter, and Clarke will play John "Red" Hamilton. That quartet repped a Dillinger gang that knocked off banks all over the Midwest during the Depression.

Bale plays Melvin Purvis, who was tapped by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to lead a manhunt that established the FBI as the country's first federal police force after the G-Men killed Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in 1934.

The shooting script was written by Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman and Mann. Mann will produce with Kevin Misher. Jane Rosenthal is exec producer.

U, Mann and Misher spent several years developing the film, which came together quickly after the postponement of Depp's expected spring slot, the Warner Bros. drama "Shantaram."

Cotillard is available because the Weinstein Co. postponed "Nine," the Rob Marshall-directed musical she is still expected to star in with Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Sophia Loren. Moving that project forward was a key reason TWC signed an interim deal with the Writer's Guild of America.

Tatum was available after United Artists halted the Oliver Stone-directed "Pinkville." Ribisi has been shooting the James Cameron-directed "Avatar," and Clarke most recently wrapped the Jada Pinkett Smith-directed "The Human Contract" as well as the Paul W.S. Anderson-directed "Death Race."

As if that wasn't exciting enough, Ain't It Cool News just posted that we will learn from an official press release later today that Channing has also been awarded the coveted role of Duke in 2009's G.I. Joe, Paramount Pictures' live-action film based on the popular Hasbro action figures. I will post the information as soon as I can get it.

We already knew that this year was going to be incredible for Channing Tatum, but I can't begin to explain how excited I am that Hollywood is really seeing the true talent that he is and is giving him his due so early in the game. I'm thinking I'm going to have to hire a staff pretty soon just to keep up with all of the moving and shaking this up and coming actor is doing. Honestly, I just feel really fortunate to be allowed to go along for the ride.

Congrats, Chan, on everything you have accomplished and everything that you have in store. I know this is just the beginning, and we all can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!!!

Source: Variety.com, Ain't It Cool News

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum to Star in and Executive Produce the First Hollywood Movie to Ever Film in South Korea

In a recent 'RUMOR or REEL?' post on the blog, I mentioned there were rumors floating around saying that Channing Tatum may have lined up a new role.

Entertainment Weekly had reported that a pitch from screenwriter Doug Jung (Confidence) was being shopped all around Hollywood. EW portrayed the role as a "fish-out-of-water" story where Chan would play an American cop in South Korea, and we also learned that no other Hollywood studio has ever filmed in the country.

I am extremely excited to report that Fox Atomic (a division of Fox Searchlight that produces and acquires genre films for teen and young adult audiences) has picked up the film and Channing is not only starring in it, he's also going to be one of the film's executive producers along with two of his managers (Peter Kiernan and William Choi from Management 360).

You can read the Variety article in its entirety below:

Fox Atomic Will Go to Korea
Group becomes first to produce film in country
By PATRICK FRATER

Fox Atomic will become the first Hollywood group to produce a studio movie in South Korea when it goes ahead with an untitled pic starring Channing Tatum.

Project was bought as a pitch by the Debbie Liebling-headed division from scripter Doug Jung ("Confidence") before the WGA strike. Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are attached to produce.

The police thriller set in Seoul sets Tatum as a American cop who teams up with a big-time criminal in order to enter the Korean underworld.

Zak Kadison will oversee the project for Fox Atomic. Tatum, Peter Kiernan and William Choi of Management 360 are attached as executive producers. Helmer and a Korean producing partner have yet to be attached.

Pic is not the first sign of Fox interest in Korea, a market where, even after a recent dip, local films dominate the B.O. In April, it was revealed that Paul Hanneman, co-president of Fox Intl., and Kim Woo-taek, CEO of major Korean distrib Showbox, had struck a preliminary agreement that could see the studio co-financing and co-producing Korean pictures. At roughly the same time, Fox exec Mike Heard scouted locations in Seoul and Busan.

Fox Atomic was launched last year as a division of Fox Searchlight to produce and acquire genre films for teen and young adult audiences.

Here's a huge ***HIGH FIVE*** to Chan for adding the coveted title of Executive Producer to his belt so soon in the game and congrats for also adding to his already amazingly long list of upcoming projects. As always, the fans are happy to know we'll have even more opportunities to see Chan on the big screen.

Source: Variety.com

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Sunday, July 8, 2007

Channing Tatum's Films and Television Shows

Here is a list of all of Channing Tatum's past and upcoming film and television projects. You can view these on the left side of the blog or you can click on the link in the top navigation to get to this post. As projects are updated and changed, I will also update this post.

STOP-LOSS
(March 28, 2008)

[CTU] [IMDB] [OFFICIAL] [MYSPACE] [FACEBOOK]

Role: Steve Shriver
Status: Complete

World-Wide Theatrical Release Dates:CLICK HERE
Trailers and Interview:

FIGHTING
(September 26, 2008)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: Shawn MacArthur
Status: Post-Production

BATTLE IN SEATTLE
(September 2008 - US Limited Release)

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Role: Johnson
Status: Complete
Trailer:

THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT (Rumored)
(2008)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: TBD
Status: Pre-Production

PINKVILLE or ONE DAY IN MARCH (Postponed)
(TBD)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: Hugh Thompson
Status: Announced

PARKOUR
(2009)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: TBD
Status: Pre-Production

PUBLIC ENEMIES
(July 1, 2009)

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Role: Pretty Boy Floyd
Status: Filming
World Wide Release Dates:CLICK HERE

G.I. JOE
(August 7, 2009)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: Duke
Status: Filming
World Wide Release Dates:CLICK HERE

DEAR JOHN
(2009)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: John Tyree
Status: Pre-Production - Treatment/Outline

UNTITLED CHANNING TATUM/ COLUMBUS SHORT PROJECT
(2009)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: TBD
Status: Pre-Production - Script

UNTITLED CHANNING TATUM/ FOX ATOMIC PROJECT
(2009)

[CTU]

Role: TBD, Executive Producer
Status: Pre-Production - Optioned Property

PAST FILMS & TELEVISION APPEARANCES

CSI: MIAMI - PRO PER - Season 3, Episode 2
(Original Air Date: September 24, 2004)

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Role: Bob Davenport
Status: Complete - On DVD

COACH CARTER
(January 14, 2005)

[CTU] [IMDB]

Role: Jason Lyle
Status: Complete - On DVD
Trailer:

WAR OF THE WORLDS
(June 29, 2005)

[IMDB]

Role: Boy in Church (Uncredited role that was eventually cut from the film.)
Status: Complete - On DVD
Trailer: