CHANNING TATUM VIDEO OF THE WEEK: New Exclusive Clip from ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’ & MTV Movie Award Live Stream
May 30, 2009
Today’s Video of the Week is an exclusive new clip from MTV for Channing Tatum’s upcoming action film ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘.
Fans need to tune in to the MTV Movie Awards pre-show, because they’ll also be running a brand-new clip from the film. The pre-show starts at 7:00 PM Eastern/ 6:00 PM Central tomorrow, so make sure you tune in or set your DVRs. They’ve even got you covered if you happen to miss it; the full clip will be viewable online after the pre-show ends. To tide you all over for now, they offer you this tantalizing glimpse of what’s to come on Sunday. Enjoy!
As I previously posted, Chan will be presenting on the MTV Movie Awards this year. Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg will host the show, which will be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA and airs tomorrow night, May 31 at 9:00 PM Eastern/ 8:00 PM Central. You can CLICK HERE to get more details on the star-studded event!
Here’s a live stream of the MTV Movie Awards Show red carpet…
If you have a favorite video that you would like me to consider, send a link to the video to votw@channingtatumunwrapped.com and tell me why you like it. I will post it and your explanation on the blog.
REMINDER: Channing Tatum’s ‘Fighting’ Premieres in Lithuania and Norway
May 30, 2009
I just wanted to remind all of Channing Tatum’s Fabulous Fans in Lithuania and Norway that his latest film, ‘Fighting‘, just premiered in your countries on May 29, 2009!!!
You can get more info on the film on the Lithuanian site Kinas.info and the Norwegian site FilmWeb.no.
Fans can check out tons of photos from the film in the CTU Photo Gallery, and you can also watch trailers and cast interviews on CTU’s Youtube channel.
What’s up next for ‘Fighting‘? The movie will have it’s next theatrical releases in Iceland on June 12, 2009 and in Sweden on June 20, 2009.
IN THE PRESS: Channing Tatum and ‘Public Enemies’ Featured in the UK’s Empire Magazine
May 29, 2009
The July 1st release date for Channing Tatum’s upcoming Depression-era crime drama ‘ Public Enemies‘ is quickly approaching, and Empire Magazine just released a huge expose on the film in their July 2009 issue.
Based on the New York Times Best Selling author Bryan Burrough’s true crime book, ‘ Public Enemies‘ follows the FBI hunt for 1930’s gangster John Dillinger.
The Universal Studios film is directed by Michael Mann and boasts a stunning cast that includes Channing Tatum, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale, Branka Katic, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Emilie de Ravin, John Michael Bolger, Stephen Dorff, Christian Stolte and Leelee Sobieski.
Here’s what Empire Magazine had to say about the film that’s at the top of their summer movie watching list…
- Public Enemies: Johnny Depp. Michael Mann. Christian Bale. The question is why you’re still here reading this instead of booking tickets for Public Enemies, the Mann film that casts Depp as legendary 1930s gangster John Dillinger and Bale as Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent assigned to track him down. We talked to the filmmakers (including Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard) to get the full story on the film’s history – which goes back to a script Mann wrote in the 1970s) and see what we can expect from this latest Mann opus. Also, Kim Newman lays out the 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen.
…and I also have high-quality scans of the full article for your reading pleasure:
Finally, here’s an awesome new review of the film from the movie site Ramasscreen.com:
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PUBLIC ENEMIES is what Firepower is all about. You’ll never see a more exciting gunfight and shoot out this year. Director Michael Mann has crafted the ultimate cat-and-mouse game,… his best work yet. Non stop thriller action that takes only a few minutes to breathe in between before it takes you down again for a joy ride. Christian Bale and Johnny Depp are charismatic and unstoppable, the new Robert De Niro and Al Pacino of Heat. You’re gonna wanna see PUBLIC ENEMIES again and again. It makes you wanna get a tommy gun. Hands down, one of the best movies of the year.
- In the action-thriller “Public Enemies,” acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.”.
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I’m a big fan of Michael Mann’s work…Mann’s return with PUBLIC ENEMIES doesn’t disappoint. When I got to meet him briefly at a screening, I knew I was in the presence of somebody’s just downright awesome. You can tell from PUBLIC ENEMIES that he’s brought back his signature marks, signs where you can easily tell it’s a Mann’s movie. He doesn’t try to come up with CG backdrop to give us a sight of an old 1930s city, he puts the camera on a tight leash and just focus on the characters and the art deco buildings. And just like his other action/thriller movies in the past, it always ends in the evening or there’ll be a massive showdown between two opposing parties in the middle of the dead night. Mann knows what the audiences would be rooting for in this type of movie, he makes sure that when Dillinger and his men make their getaway after a robbing a bank, they’d do it in style. Cinematographer Dante Spinottie who’s worked with Mann before knows what the master filmmaker wants and what we get are shots that give that reality impression and definitely heavy emphasis on the well-choreographed violence. I enjoy how the movie likes to keep using Otis Taylor’s catchy song ‘Ten Million Slaves’, somehow it fits perfectly in the presentation.
- Johnny Depp is the epitome of cool, he knows it and uses it to the fullest for this role. His character John Dillinger’s got enough charm and confidence to spare but only has eyes for one lady. If you thought the way Jack Sparrow carried himself was infectious, wait til you see how Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger, he’s a bad guy who loves being infamous. The unlikely Robin Hood in a time of Great Depression when people could care less about the banks he robs.
- Christian Bale who plays special Agent Melvin Purvis assigned to hunt down Dillinger, is as excellent as Depp. It’s like having 2 heavyweight fighters in a ring and the match is long overdue. They both keep each other on their toes.
- Bale has been known as an actor who can listen well and mimic any accent. He puts down a great effort to sound like he wasn’t born in Wales.
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Great star-studded cast overall, Michael Mann’s lucky enough to have excellent actors signing up from left and right to play both members of the gang and members of the FBI including Billy Crudup who captures young Edgar Hoover’s insecure, arrogant and stubborn personality down pat. Marion Cotillard gives a great supporting performance as the girlfriend who’s willing to risk everything for a man she barely knows. She’s not an easy woman for Dillinger to conquer.
- What really will get you hooked, once again, is the cat and mouse game. Purvis catches Dillinger but Dillinger gets away, Purvis closing in on Dillinger but Dillinger is one step ahead of all of them. You see many different ways it’s done throughout the entire movie and you’ll get entertained every single time. Just when you thought the bad guy’s captured and the good guy gets all the gory, the game begins again.
- I’m glad Mann decided to take the story up a notch by not just making it about Dillinger Vs. Purvis, it’s about what would happen when a man is pushed to the point of desperation. You never work with or never ever trust a desperate man, that’s the theme that you see in the character development. Both Dillinger and Purvis are good at what they do, but then circumstances happen that would turn them into desperate men. Alienated by his business partners, Dillinger starts to lose what makes him hard to catch in the first place. Without realizing it he starts to create predictable patterns and habits that would eventually get him easily fooled, he becomes unaware of unwanted surprises . Pressured by Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis finds himself allowing certain methods to get Dillinger, the ends justify the means is the result. Some say that Michael Mann’s endings rarely hit the level of satisfactory, I say PUBLIC ENEMIES’ ending won’t let you down, without being too extravagant, it concludes itself just the right way. (5 out of 5)
Midwesterners flocked to the various filming locations last year and are also going to get opportunities to watch the film at early screenings through out Wisconsin and Indiana on June 30th and after the film is released. Below you will find links to additional info for some of the upcoming screenings:
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin Screening
- Crown Point, Indiana Screening
- Hobart, Indiana Screening
- Merrillville, Indiana Screening
NEWS FLASH: Check Out the New International Poster for Channing Tatum’s ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’
May 27, 2009
Empire Magazine just released a new international poster for Channing Tatum’s summer tentpole G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘ featuring the main cast of the film.
Here’s what the highly-anticipated action movie’s about…
“From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite co-ed GI JOE team, based from it’s headquarters The Pit, deploys the latest in next-gen spy and military equipment to fight crooked arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization from plunging the world into chaos.”
Directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Byung-hun Lee, and Ray Park, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘ will hit theaters on August 7, 2009 and fans can CLICK HERE to get a current list of international release dates for the film.
And don’t forget to watch the action-packed high-definition trailer for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘ if you haven’t seen it already.
IN THE PRESS: Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan’s Memorial Day on JustJared.com & ‘G.I. Joe’ on ET
May 26, 2009
Yesterday Chan tweeted for the first time on his official Twitter to let us know his Memorial Day plans. Chan’s historic first tweet said…
“Hey y’all..I know it’s not that interesting, but we are cleaning the house on this memorial day weekend..Spring cleaning and running!”
Today we have pics from JustJared.com that clearly backup the running part of Channing Tatum’s story and show him and his fiancee Jenna Dewan taking their dogs for a walk on Memorial Day in LA’s popular Runyon Canyon Park.
In the new photos we even get a good look at Jenna’s adorable dog Meeka that was a gift from Chan a little over a year ago and Chan’s new puppy Lulu. As I previously reported, the lucky dog was about 7 weeks old when Chan rescued her from an Alabama dog sheltor last Christmas while visiting family and after filming wrapped on ‘Dear John‘.
You can check out all of the new photos in the slideshow below:
Finally, I want to let you all know that Chan and the cast of the highly-anticipated summer blockbuster ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘ will be featured on tonight’s ET. You can check out an article from their website and some footage from tonight’s upcoming interview below…
It’s heroes vs. villains in the all-new, live-action adventure ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,’ in theaters August 7, and we’re with four of the film’s stars — Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols and Channing Tatum — who are lucky to be in one piece after filming some of the movie’s more spectacular stunts!
- “I think the craziest one I did, they strapped me to the front of a Humvee going about 60 miles per hour swerving through the streets of Prague, which is doubling for Paris,” says Channing, who plays Duke. “It was good, though — didn’t get hurt, thank God.”
- Everyone had to get in tip-top shape for their roles, and Marlon, who plays Ripcord, says, “We all worked out really, really hard. … When you’re playing a Joe, you’ve got to be a Joe.”
- “We did six weeks of fight training, so we did it the healthy way,” add Rachel and Sienna.
- Based on the beloved Hasbro toys that became a comic book and cartoon sensation in the ’80s, ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ stars Dennis Quaid as Hawk, the tough team leader of G.I. Joe, an elite, globetrotting unit that takes on the evil Cobra Organization.
- “It’s a real fast-paced sort of thrill ride,” says Rachel, who plays Shana “Scarlett” O’Hara.
- Sienna, who wore a black wig for the movie as The Baroness, confirms, “It was not a dye job. This is an old-fashioned tale of good versus evil, and historically the good guys tend to be blonde, and lighter, and the bad people tend to have black hair, like witches — it adds to villain-esque behavior. And also, she’s a very famous character within the cartoons and there’s a specific way that she looks, the same with Scarlett with the red hair, and so we had to be true to the characters the way they were created.”
- ET surprised the cast with their own action figures from the movie, and Marlon pointed out that when he was a kid, “I didn’t have money for G.I. Joes and fancy dolls that could move and articulate all their fingers and limbs. I had money for the 99 cent [version].”
- “But now he does [have money], so he’s got all of them,” says Channing.
- “Now you get to be a doll,” adds Rachel.
- “Holla!” says Marlon with a high five.
Here’s the video…
Watch ET tonight for more with the stars of ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra‘!
IN THE PRESS: Channing Tatum Featured in the UK’s More! Magazine
May 25, 2009
Earlier this month, Channing Tatum promoted the latest release of his new film ‘Fighting’ in the UK. As a result, Chan and his film ‘Fighting‘ are featured in an new interview with comedian Alan Carr in this week’s issue of More! Magazine where Chan jokes around about using his fiancee Jenna Dewan as his bodyguard and about which countries may host his “stag” party.
Thanks to UK’er, Channing Tatum fan, and CTU reader Rachael T., you can read the article in it’s entirety below and make sure you pick up a copy of the mag at a local UK newsstand!!!
‘Fighting‘ premiered in the US and Canada on April 24th and in the UK on May 13th. The movie will hit Norway theaters next on May 29th. Fans can go to the CTU Calendar to get a current list of future international release dates for the film.
Check Out Channing Tatum’s Very First Tweet on His Official Twitter!!!
May 25, 2009
As Channing Tatum let everyone know in a recent Teen.com interview, it’s only been me (@qfromctu) posting news, photos, and videos on his official Twitter. I’m excited to tell you that today that all changed, because Chan tweeted for the very first time and let us know how he’s spending his Memorial Day weekend!
Our favorite actor is going to start tweeting every now and then on Twitter, and we can thank his best friend @BrettRod for finally getting Chan into the Twitterverse and for being a military vet too.
Do me a favor and follow @BrettRod on Twitter and make sure to thank him for his service that, ironically, was a real-life inspiration for Chan’s 2008 movie ‘Stop-Loss‘!!! 
Big thanks again to @BrettRod for all that you do and to all the brave soldiers who choose to serve and have served all of us in the armed forces!
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