Tag: Channing Tatum (31-40 of 57)

Jun 28 2012 11:14 PM ET

Box office preview: Will 'Ted' or 'Magic Mike' strip 'Brave' of its box office crown?

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Princess Merida hit the bullseye during her first weekend at the box office, but she’s got a new bear to fight this time around.

His name is Ted. He’s a stuffed animal. And he’s the main character in just one of four new wide releases hitting theaters this weekend. Also opening is stripper showcase Magic Mike, Tyler Perry offering Madea’s Witness Protection, and family drama People Like Us.

Will any of them be able to take out Brave? It’s going to be close. Here’s how I think the box office may shake out: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 26 2012 10:48 PM ET

Casting Net: Will Arnett to play Batman...in Lego form. Plus: James Woods, Catherine Keener, James Marsden

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• Will Arnett and Chris Pratt (NBC’s Parks and Recreation) have signed onto the Warner Bros. animated film Lego: The Piece of Resistance. Pratt will voice the role of Emmet, an average Lego figure who is confused with the famed MasterBuilder. Arnett, meanwhile, will voice the Lego version of Batman, and Channing Tatum is being wooed to breath life into the Lego version of Superman. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) are directing. [Variety]

• James Woods, Ron Eldard, Lesley Ann Warren, and John Getz (The Social Network) have joined jOBS, the indie biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), the filmmakers announced on Tuesday. Eldard will play Apple designer Rod Holt; Getz and Warren, Jobs’ adoptive parents Paul and and Clara Jobs; and Woods, Jobs’ onetime Dean of Students Jack Dudman. Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine, and Dermot Mulroney costar; Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) is directing.

• Catherine Keener will star opposite Mark Ruffalo in Can a Song Save Your Life?, the music-driven drama starring Keira Knightley as a struggling musician who meets up with Ruffalo’s struggling music producer. Keener will play Ruffalo’s estranged wife, but no word on whether she is also struggling. Hailee Steinfeld and Adam Levine costar, and John Carney (Once) will direct. [Deadline]

• James Marsden will play a naval commander with the unenviable job of giving Mark Wahlberg orders in Two Guns. Wahlberg and Denzel Washington play a Navy SEAL and DEA agent, respectively, who work together to steal money from the CIA not realizing the other is an undercover government agent. Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband) is directing. [Variety]

• Dermot Mulroney and Josh Henderson (TNT’s Dallas) have signed up for the indie thriller Swelter, about a quartet of fugitive convicts who come to a California small town seeking a fifth associate who absconded with $10 million. Director Keith Parmer (Mob Rules) also penned the script. [Variety]

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Casting Net: Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart join ‘Olympus Has Fallen.’ Plus: Derek Luke, Ron Livingston, Kristen Schaal
Casting Net: Colin Firth, Cate Blanchett attached to Barbra Streisand-directed drama. Plus: Charlie Sheen, Reese Witherspoon, Maya Rudolph
Casting Net: Jim Parsons, Rihanna to give voice to ‘Happy Smekday!’ Plus: Jason Schwartzman, Rob Reiner, Edgar Ramirez

Jun 8 2012 11:45 AM ET

The state of the modern movie star: 2012 and beyond

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Writers have been documenting the incredible shrinking movie star for decades. Google “the last movie star,” and not only will you find serious musings about George Clooney, Will Smith, and Tom Cruise, but thoughtful ones about Elizabeth Taylor. Hyperbole about imminent extinction aside, movie stars have shrunk as the films have grown bigger and louder. Just look at the box-office results from last year. Thirteen of the top 15 films were sequels, franchise starters, or animated films that don’t always require or even want stars. So far this year, The Hunger Games has proven once again that you don’t need a huge international star like Smith, Cruise, or Brad Pitt to mint box-office millions, and The Avengers cruised past a billion dollars with stars predominantly of Marvel’s own creation. Meanwhile, Johnny Depp, one of the other famous faces currently chiseled in Hollywood’s hypothetical Mt. Rushmore, learned that makeup, eccentricity, and Tim Burton do not always connect, as Dark Shadows opened poorly and is limping home. It all begs the question: Are movie stars still essential? And as the current class of elite stars inches towards 50, who is poised to save the planet and catch the bad guy while kissing the girl? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 7 2012 09:08 PM ET

Casting Net: Emma Watson boards 'Noah.' Gyllenhall headed to the White House, and more

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• Emma Watson is in talks to climb aboard Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. The Harry Potter alum would play Ila, who has a relationship with Shem (Douglas Booth), Noah’s son. [Deadline]

• It seems Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal are both Washington-bound for the Roland Emmerich thriller, White House Down. As reported Wednesday, Foxx will play the president. Gyllenhall is in talks to play the female lead. Channing Tatum was previously announced as playing a Secret Service agent who intercepts a plan to takeover the White House. [Deadline]

• And speaking of the White House: Matthew McConaughey has dropped out of the new Lee Daniel’s film, The Butler. He had been slated to play JFK in the film about longtime White House butler Eugene Allen. Instead, McConaughey will star in Dallas Buyer’s Club, a film that has been long in development and is now moving forward, about a Texas man who contracts HIV in the 1980s and tries various experimental remedies. [L.A. Times]

May 18 2012 01:05 PM ET

New 'Magic Mike' trailer shows more moves and skin

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Happy Friday! A second Magic Mike trailer has been released and this one cuts right to the chase. Sure, we’re informed that Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) is an “entrepreneur,” but he still shakes his moneymaker many, many times. Among the other new shots: A sage Matthew McConaughey in some hilarious workout wear, a cowboy number (yes, please), Alex Pettyfer giving a lapdance, and a tease of a group number that involves the guys ripping off their Army fatigues to reveal thongs (and kneepads!). We also see how the friendship between Tatum’s and Pettyfer’s characters evolves. (Plot!) Watch it below. READ FULL STORY »

May 14 2012 10:59 PM ET

Casting Net: Channing Tatum eyeing thriller 'White House Down.' Plus: Taylor Lautner, Alan Rickman, Jessica Biel

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• Channing Tatum is in talks to play a Secret Service agent in White House Down, from director Roland Emmerich. Tatum’s character would be tasked with saving the president John McClane-style after a paramilitary squad commandeers the White House. No word on whether Tatum would save the country with killer dance moves. [THR]

• Taylor Lautner will be bouncing off the walls in Tracers, a thriller about a bike messenger who gets pulled into parkour, the art of jumping, vaulting, and climbing over seemingly impossible physical obstacles. (It’s practitioners are called “traceurs.”) Spanish director Daniel Benmayor (Bruc, the Manhunt) will direct. [Deadline]

• Alan Rickman will star in CBGB as Hilly Kristal, the real-life owner of the renowned punk rock music club. Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) is directing from his script with Jody Savin. [Variety]

• Jessica Biel is in early negotiations to star in My Owner’s Wedding, about a dog determined to help his owner find the right woman. [Deadline]

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Casting Net: Cameron Diaz nears ‘The Counselor.’ Plus: Matthew McConaughey, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Chris Hemsworth
Casting Net: Rebecca Hall in talks for ‘Iron Man 3.’ Plus: Nina Dobrev, Nicole Kidman, Vince Vaughn

Apr 18 2012 09:14 PM ET

'Magic Mike' trailer: 'I'm just trying to figure out, why stripping?' -- Um, why NOT?

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Chances are, you’re not even reading this right now, since you saw the words “Magic Mike trailer” in the headline, and have already skipped on down to the first look at Channing Tatum’s male stripper movie. But if you do have the will power to read these words, a quick heads up: The trailer focuses less on the lubricious performances of the all-male revue, and more on, like, the story. (Yes, there is a story! Yes, I’m as surprised as you are!) It turns out that  Tatum’s title character is struggling to break out of stripping so he can start a business making custom furniture. “So you must be really good with your hands,” observes his love interest (Cody Horn), who’s also the sister of the newest recruit (Alex Pettyfer). Honey, it seems to me he’s good with pretty much everything.

I’m shameless. Check out the trailer below:  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 26 2012 08:35 PM ET

Casting Net: Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis travel to 'Jupiter'; Jane Fonda to take on Nancy Reagan

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• Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis are in final-stage negotiations to join helmers Andy and Lana Wachowki on their new super-secret sci-fi project Jupiter Ascending, the sibs’ first foray into the genre since The Matrix franchise. [Deadline]

• Jane Fonda is set to play First Lady Nancy Reagan in Butler, director Lee Daniels‘ biopic about Eugene Allen, the White House butler from 1952 to 1986. Forest Whitaker is nearly set to play Allen, while Oprah Winfrey is in talks to play his wife. Liam Neeson is eyeing the role of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and John Cusack is considering playing Richard Nixon. [Variety]

• New Line Cinema is eying Will Ferrell to star in the film adaptation of Andrew Ferguson‘s based-on-a-true-story book Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College. Ferrell would play a father hellbent on getting his son into a top-tier college. [Deadline]

• Law & Order: SVU vet Christopher Meloni is going indie for 24 co-creator Joel Surnow‘s Small Time, about a used-car salesman navigating a complicated family life. Presumably there will be less refrigerator humping than in Meloni’s memorable 2001 indie Wet Hot American Summer. [Variety]

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Casting Net: Seth Rogen, Kevin Hart sign up for cop comedy; Jake Gyllenhaal sees himself in ‘An Enemy’

Mar 18 2012 08:36 PM ET

Movie Talk: Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum on '21 Jump Street' -- VIDEO

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Rebooting an old concept can be challenging, but Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum agree that 21 Jump Street, based (very loosely) on the 1980s TV show of the same name, pulls it off. Jonah Hill “has very good taste” in picking roles and projects (he stars in and and is a producer of 21 Jump Street), Schwarzbaum says. Gleiberman praises Channing Tatum’s humor in the film and likens him to a young Brad Pitt. See the EW critics’ full take, in the latest installment of Movie Talk With Owen and Lisa below.

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Mar 18 2012 02:21 PM ET

Box office report: '21 Jump Street' cops a $35 million weekend; 'John Carter' doesn't get the hold it needs

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Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill may play totally inept undercover cops in 21 Jump Street, but at the box office, they’re proving much more effective. The R-rated comedy scored a tremendous $35 million in its opening weekend, enough to easily top the chart. READ FULL STORY »

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