Attend a Private ‘Dear John’ Screening with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried
March 20, 2010
When Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ hit US and Canadian theaters, it reached #1 at the box office by making over $30 million opening weekend and achieved the enviable title of “First Movie to Beat Avatar”.
The movie will be released in the UK soon, and just like January and February’s US/Canadian press tour (click here to check out photos), Chan will also do a UK press tour to promote the April 14th release of ‘Dear John‘, as I mentioned in my last post.
I want to let UK fans know that Chan and his ‘Dear John‘ co-star Amanda Seyfried will be attending an exclusive, special screening of the movie and will participate in a fan Question and Answer session on March 30th at 6:15pm at a central London venue.
UK fans can click on the links below to enter three different contests where you can win tickets to the exclusive screening…
I also wanted to let fans both inside and outside of the UK know that you can find Chan in the April 2010 issues of Glamour and Total Film. Below you can read the articles where Glamour’s readers picked Chan as one of their “Most Glam Crushes” and where the UK’s Total Film pits Chan (aka C-Tat) against Rob Pattinson (aka R-Patz) in a “Man-off”…
Again, ‘Dear John‘ hits UK cinemas nationwide on April 14th. For more information, fans can visit the official UK Facebook fan page HERE, and the movie’s official UK site HERE.
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REMINDER: Channing Tatum’s ‘Dear John’ Premieres in Turkey and the Dominican Republic
March 19, 2010
I want to remind all of Channing Tatum’s Fabulous Fans in Turkey and the Dominican Republic that ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in your countries YESTERDAY AND TODAY!!!
‘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 Turkish site ‘SineMalar.com‘ (where the movie is known as ‘Sevgili John‘) and the Spanish official site for the film (where the movie is known as ‘Querido John‘). Below, fans can watch the ‘Querido John’ trailer…
I also found some new wallpapers on the ‘Querido John’ 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 Portugal on March 25th, in Spain and Taiwan on March 26th and in France and Belgium on March 31st. Fans can CLICK HERE to view future release dates for other countries.
In a previous post, I also mentioned that Chan will be heading over to the UK soon to promote the April 14th release of ‘Dear John‘ in that country. In my next post, I have some new details on how UK fans can attend a special screening of the film with Chan and his co-star Amanda Seyfried. Stay tuned!
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RUMOR OR REEL?: ‘Captain America’ Casting and ‘Dear John’ DVD Release
March 17, 2010
Busy is an understatement when it comes to Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum.
He just wrapped filming on the Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 action-revenge spy thriller ‘Knockout‘ in Arizona and will soon head across the pond to do a short press tour in the UK for ‘Dear John‘ before he does some additional work on his Roman drama ‘Eagle of the Ninth‘ and starts filming Dito Montiel’s ‘Son of No One‘ in April. Just thinking about all that makes me tired.
As Jenna (who’ll start filming her next project and kick off her PETA campaign in the next few weeks) just tweeted on her recently verified Twitter account, she and Chan just returned home after a short vacation, and while the newlyweds are away, the entertainment bloggers and reporters will play…
Deadline Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, and tons of other news outlets are reporting that Marvel is now interested in Chan for the highly sought-after role of Captain America. Here’s what Nikke Finke over at Deadline Hollywood had to say about the rumor…
“While Marvel Studios and director Joe Johnston continue to test candidates for The First Avenger: Captain America, I’m told that Marvel has also made an approach to Channing Tatum. Coming off G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra and Dear John, I would be surprised if he went in to test for the role., now that he’s become a bankable commodity. It’ll come down to Marvel making an offer, and Tatum either accepting it or rejecting it. But he is definitely in the mix, along with other confirmed candidates that include Fantastic Four’s Chris Evans, Cloverfield’s Mike Vogel and Tron Legacy’s Garrett Hedlund, and Generation Kill’s Wilson Bethel. Reports have Ryan Phillippe also vying for the job….Marvel Studios is also testing leads for the female role of Peggy. While Marvel is looking for an American actor to play Captain America, the candidates for the female lead are British. So far, Keira Knightley, Alice Eve and Emily Blunt are under consideration. Blunt is known to be a favorite of Marvel brass She was offered the role of Black Widow in Iron Man 2, until Fox exercised an option it held on the actress and put her into Gulliver’s Travels. Scarlett Johansson took the role.”
Sources tell Entertainment Weekly that Captain America is set to begin filming in June for a release next summer, will be shot on location in London, and will feature a stylized 1940s WWII backdrop where the super hero battles Red Skull, Hitler’s right-hand man.
Marvel also plans on releasing an Avengers film in summer 2012 and Captain America is a father figure to the rest of the Avengers, which means Marvel is actually casting this role for at least two different films.
If this rumor is true, fans don’t have to wonder if Chan wants to play Captain America or not. Here’s what he told MTV last year when news first broke that he was a potential candidate for the role…
“I would love to play Captain America. I actually really, really would love it. I love Captain America. I’m not a big aficionado on him, but I know who we was, and I like him as a character.”
Marvel will be casting Captain America soon, so I’ll definitely let you know what happens with this one!
One thing I CAN confirm is that Chan’s highly-successful romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ will be released on DVD and Blu-ray
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NEW FLASH: Channing Tatum’s New Film Short to Premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival
March 15, 2010
As I previously posted, Channing Tatum decided to flex his comedic chops in HitRECord.org’s most recent collaboration, aka ‘Morgan & Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo‘.
The film short is a sequel to the site’s ‘Morgan M. Morganson’s Date with Destiny‘. It was written by Metaphorest, and stars Chan, Lexy Hulme (aka Lula) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Lionel, Destiny, and Morgan.
For those who don’t know, 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.
I recently posted the “white walls” version of the film short, and the HitRECord.org community has been collaborating fast and furiously to create the film’s remaining special effects (e.g. art work, visuals, animation, music, etc.) so it can have it’s official premiere at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival later this week.
Although community members are still working on the soundtrack and other finishing touches for the short, you can watch the latest version of ‘Morgan & Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo‘ which includes gorgeous graphics and visuals created by resident HitRECord.org pro Lawrie Brewster…
If you’re already attending SXSW or will be in the Austin, Texas area on March 16th and/or March 20th, make sure you drop by the different HitRECord.org screenings at the Austin Convention Center and Alamo Drafthouse RITZ locations. Here’s a rundown of the events Joe and his team will be presenting at SXSW..
For those of us who won’t be in Austin this weekend, stay tuned to CTU, and I’ll post the final version of ‘Morgan & Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo‘ when it’s released on HitRECord.org after SXSW.
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REMINDER: Channing Tatum’s ‘Dear John’ Premieres in Korea, Australia, and Thailand
March 6, 2010
Whenever Chan’s movies start releasing outside of the US, they often change 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 PAST 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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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Channing Tatum in ‘Morgan & Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date’
February 28, 2010
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-mixed 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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New UK Release Date, Official Site, and Trailer for Channing Tatum’s ‘Dear John’
February 25, 2010
Channing Tatum’s UK fans now have a solid release date for ‘Dear John‘, his latest film that recently landed on US shores with a huge band by blasting ‘Avatar’ out of it’s 7 week #1 spot!!!
The movie 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.
‘Dear John‘ is now set to hit UK theaters on April 14, 2010 and fans can get more info on the film on their new UK official site. You can also watch the recently released UK ‘Dear John’ trailer below…
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 theaters in Singapore, Russia, and Puerto Rico THIS WEEK and will be released in Australia and Korea NEXT WEEK. Fans can CLICK HERE to view future release dates for other countries.
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Channing Tatum Hits Record with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s New Site
February 23, 2010
Before Channing Tatum left to film Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller ‘Knockout‘ overseas and WAY before his Roman drama ‘Eagle of the Ninth‘ hits the big screen this fall, fans are going to get to see him in a much smaller, but equally important production, with longtime friend Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Five years ago, Joseph began the site hitRECord.org, 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. He uses his position in the traditional entertainment industry to turn that creativity into money-making productions and then shares any profits with the contributing artists.
When I talked to Chan about HitRecord recently, he had nothing but good things to say about the site. In addition to joining the community and posting his own original content, Chan decided to flex his comedic chops in the next installment of one of the sites most popular collaborations, ‘Morgan M. Morganson’s Date with Destiny‘.
‘Morgan M. Morganson’s Date with Destiny‘ was screened at the 2010 Sundance Festival and is what Joe shows people when they ask “What is hitRECord?”.
The way it was created is definitely unconventional…
One user in the community proposed a writing exercise. In response to the challenge, user Metaphorest created a short story that inspired everything else. Joe read the story aloud, another user started drawing the characters, someone else animated the drawings, Joe and user Lula did a live-action rendition, and another community member created the amazing visuals.
In the end, roughly 180 contributions from throughout the HitRecord community contributed to a video that earned two planned screenings at Sundance and was added as a short film to play before the award-winning feature ‘Homewrecker’ during this year’s festival. You can check out ‘Morgan M. Morganson’s Date with Destiny‘ below…
Joe announced this week that he’s currently editing the sequel to the film short above, which is titled ‘Morgan & Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo’. The film short was written by Metaphorest, and stars Chan, Lexy Hulme (aka Lula) and Joe as Lionel, Destiny, and Morgan.
Stay tuned to CTU and I’ll post Chan’s latest film as soon as it’s released!
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VIDEOS OF THE WEEK: ‘Dear John’ Press Tour and ‘Step Up’ Favorites
February 19, 2010
Most of today’s Videos of the Week are related to Channing Tatum’s highly successful new movie ‘Dear John‘, which released in the US, Canada, and a few other countries on February 5th, just released in South Africa today, and has a sneak preview in Indonesia this weekend before it’s official February 25th debut in that country.
We also have a video that was submitted by Fabulous Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum fan Trecia T., and it’s an oldie, but goodie, from their ‘Step Up’ days. Enjoy!
First up, we have what is hands downs my #1 favorite interview that Chan and co-star Amanda Seyfried did during the ‘Dear John’ press tour.
It was done on the Toronto leg of the tour, and you may recognize interviewer Jessi Cruickshank from “The Hills”, “The City”, and “Laguna Beach” after shows on MTV. I’ve learned that you can always count on Jessi for a laugh, and this interview was no different…
One of the questions I see most often from fans is “What is that song in the ‘Dear John’ trailer?”. As most of you now know, the main song in the trailer is Snow Patrol’s “Set the Fire to the Third Bar” featuring Martha Wainwright. The film released a music video for the song with footage of Chan and Amanda from the movie. Fans can watch it below…
After Chan’s hilarious Chelsea Lately interview, he headed on over to Rogue for Jonesy’s Jukebox for a much more laid back interview with Steve Jones, the co-founder of the Sex Pistols (a popular 70’s rock group). Listen in as they talk about Chan’s provocative interview with Chelsea Handler, his love for football, the south, becoming an actor, and everything in between…
In this last ‘Dear John’ video, we have a quick PopSugar report on their coverage of the San Fransisco press tour stop where Chan and Amanda made fans really happy by passing out lots of hugs at the event and where Chan first introduced fans to his new site PostThelove.com.
You even get a glimpse of Chan’s friend and business partner Reid who was there to get footage for the Post The Love “I Love You” video that Chan made for fans to help launch the site (which has well over 6000 thousand members)…
Chan’s press tours have gotten so huge over the past three years, that it’s impossible for me to cover every single interview, but here’s a few more that I thought you might like…
- Soho New York Apple Store Q&A with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried (Free iTunes Download)
- Y 98.1 in Illinois Radio Interview (MP3)
- Backstage.com Interview: “‘Dear’ Destiny”
- Collider.com Interview: “Channing Tatum Interview DEAR JOHN, Plus Info on Dito Montiel’s SON OF NO ONE and THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH”
- The Finer Dandy Interview: “Channing Tatum is a no-limit soldier…of love”
- Parade.com Interview: “Channing Tatum: ‘I’ve Been Dumped More Times Than I Care to Remember’”
- Vancouver Sun Interview: “Channing Tatum describes how he lost it in Dear John, a movie he insists is not a chick flick”
If you missed any of my articles on the press tour, no worries. You can CLICK HERE to read all of them and HERE to check out hundreds if photos from the entire tour.
Last, but definitely not least, we have the Ciara Featuring Chamillionaire - Get Up music video submitted by fan Trecia, and here’s what she had to say about why she loves this video…
- “I really like this video because well, for obvious reasons, both Channing and Jenna are in it! =D I still remember the first time I’ve ever watched this video. It was when “Step Up” was released back in 06′ and was making a huge splash on Asian shores. Then, one day, while I was flipping through some channels on TV, and I saw this video. I didn’t know who Chan and Jen were back then, and I remember thinking, “oh, who’s that cute guy in the video? And both of them can really dance!”…I almost gave “Step Up” a pass but this video made me change my mind! What with the black outfits and dancing in the rain, they make dancing so damn sexy! So, I watched the film and guess what? I totally fell head over heels in love with it. I bought the DVD and the soundtrack, and you don’t even want to know the number of times I have watched this film. (hint: Its a 2 digit number!) Anyway, all I want to say is, if its not because of this video, I would have missed out on a great film and I won’t be typing this out at this very moment. =)”
BIG thanks to Trecia for your submission!! 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.
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MOVIE BYTES: ‘Step Up’, ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’, ‘Son of No One’, and ‘Knockout’
February 15, 2010
While Channing Tatum’s newly released romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ continues to do well at the domestic box office (making well-over $53 million in the first week), remains a top topic of conversation on Twitter, and begins to release overseas, his numerous other projects continue to march on.
I found a few bits of news about Chan’s past and future films ‘Step Up‘ , ‘Eagle of the Ninth‘, ‘Son of No One‘, and ‘Knockout‘ this past week. Check out today’s Movie Bytes to get the latest scoop. Enjoy!!!
STEP UP
Channing Tatum’s and Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s 2006 dance hit will premiere on ABC Family this week. Since the two tied the knot last July, we all now know for sure that the sparks between Chan and Jenna weren’t just acting. Although they didn’t start dating until after the film wrapped, fan’s can watch the two fall in love for real on Sunday, February 21 at 8:30/7:30 Central. You can also CLICK HERE for more details.
EAGLE OF THE NINTH
In addition to the official Facebook page, Focus Pictures just launched an official site, announced a release date, and released the first trailer (which plays before ‘Dear John‘) for Channing Tatum’s Roman drama ‘The Eagle of the Ninth‘.
For those who don’t know, the movie is helmed by award-winning director Kevin Macdonald and is based on the best-selling, classic 1954 teen novel by Rosemary Sutcliff, and is set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain.
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (played by Channing) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth. Donald Sutherland portrays Marcus’ uncle Aquila, who has retired in Britain; Mark Strong is cast as Guern, an ex-soldier who holds crucial information about the Ninth.
Make sure you fan the Facebook page to get the latest photos, videos, and scoop on the film, which is now set to hit theaters in September 24, 2010. Fans can also CLICK HERE to see even more photos from the film in the CTU Photo Gallery.
SON OF NO ONE
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Channing Tatum’s dramatic thriller ‘Son of No One‘ just acquired a new distributor overseas. Here’s what Deadline Hollywood’s founder and editor Nikki Finke had to say about the film’s status and casting…
- “Channing Tatum’s weekend success in Dear John comes at an auspicious time, as Nu Image takes over world sales agent duties in Berlin on what it says is his Son Of No One. Though UTA says there’s no deal yet with its client, Channing is the draw in a drama that reunites him with writer/director Dito Montiel, with whom he made Fighting and A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints. The Montiel-scripted thriller is about a young cop who is at odds with his superiors and fellow officers over a murder cover-up. NuImage says Tatum’s co-stars would be Katie Holmes, Terrence Howard, Ray Liotta and Al Pacino. Shooting begins April in New York. Hannibal Pictures put the pic together, with Millennium Films as producer.”
In a recent Collider.com interview, Chan had this to say about the film when asked if his next Dito Montiel film was totally different from ‘A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints’…
- “It’s Saints-esque really. It’s like the grown-up “Saints.” Where “Saints” focused in on the kids, it’ll be flip-flopped. It’ll be focused on adults this time with kids as well. Look, that guy’s lived a crazy life and he’s known a lot of crazy people and this will be a true story or pieces of it, and it’ll be insane - (Robert) DeNiro, Ray Liotta, I don’t know if Terrence Howard is going to be in it, I think he might, and a bunch of other people with some really strong personalities coming in. It’s like a psycho cop New York thriller and it’ll be Dito-esque again. With “Fighting,” we just tried to go and do something fun, and then this is him going back and swinging for the fence again into his crazy mind. It’s an independent film so he’ll be allowed to do whatever he wants.”
‘Son of No One‘ is currently scheduled to be released in 2011.
KNOCKOUT
As Chan posted in his Post The Love Valentine’s Day message to fans, he’s headed off to Dublin, Ireland to shoot Steven Soderbergh’s action-revenge spy thriller ‘Knockout‘. In case you missed it, here’s Chan V-Day message to fans…
- “My love goes out all this beautiful day of love!! So sorry I’ve been gone for the last few days. Things have been crazy with the film and I had to get ready to go to dublin for a new job. that will take me away from the ones I love in my life. Especially my wife, sorry baby. Anyways I will be post more soon. Love you guys.”
The movie will star Mixed Martial Arts champion and non-actor Gina Carano in the lead role as a black ops spy that is betrayed by her team. Chan (who will also film some of ‘Knockout‘ in Barcelona, Spain) 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 up. But there is no love lost between the characters which makes his mission more difficult.
The movie also stars Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, and Michael Fassbender and is scheduled to hit theaters some time in 2010 or 2011.
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