FAN ENCOUNTERS: Channing Tatum Hanging Out with Fans on the Set and Overseas
May 28, 2010
Channing Tatum finished filming his crime drama ‘Son of No One‘ in New York City earlier this month. From day one of filming on April 5th fans have been really great about sending me photos and fan encounters from set. On today’s post in the CTU Photo Gallery, we have over 40 new pics that you guys were able to get with the notoriously fan-friendly star as he filmed all over Queens in April and May.
Below, you all can read about two fan’s recent encounters…the first, from fan Heather on the ‘Son of No One‘ set in New York last month and the second, a chance meeting with fan Brooke in Barcelona (where Chan filmed Steven Soderbergh’s action-revenge spy thriller ‘Knockout‘ earlier this year)…
“Hello guys! I just wanted to be able to share my story and photographs from my Encounter with Chan. I’ve been a fan of Channing Tatum for a LONG time. I think the first movie I saw him in was in Havoc with Anne Hathaway…Later, I saw She’s the Man and Step Up which made me “fall in love” with him even more…
…I got to the set at 10:30 AM and felt extremely awkward because my friend and I were the only ones there at the time and Channing was no where to be found since they were filming inside a house. A lot of the crew members were giving us weird looks and I was extremely intimidated. I went to my car to go tell my ride that maybe we should just leave and then I turned me head to see Channing hopping into a car. I was in awe. I looked at my friend and ride and said “Holy Lord, I swear to God that I just saw Chan just get in that car!” They didn’t believe me so my friend and I went for a walk to try and find the trailers to see if Channing was there. I didn’t see anyone in the area of the trailers so we went walking back up to the set. As we were walking, the car that Channing had gotten into drove past me. I looked into the car, and Chan smiled at me. I tried to catch up with it but by the time I got to the house, he had already gone inside.
To make this long and amazing story short, I saw Channing get into his car and go to the trailers once more and decided to stand outside the trailer in any attempt of at least speaking him since it was getting late, and it was extremely hot out. Around 3:15, Channing finally did come out of the trailer and socialized with his fans. I talked to him briefly but he introduced himself and thanked me for waiting for such a long time. I am glad to say that after 5 hours of waiting, my dream came true; I went home with a ton of pictures, a full heart, a mean sunburn (not one of the greater parts of the day), and bragging rights…The experience was fantastic and I thank Chan a million times for making my wildest dreams come true!”
Thanks again,
Heather (@x0heathercee0x)
Here’s a new video showing fans and Chan during one of the many set encounters…
The next fan encounter was originally posted on HitRecord.org by BrookieMcG. It was then re-posted on PostTheLove.com and sent to me by CTU reader Vanessa…
“Ah Channing Tatum! On the last day of our trip, we had to meet up at the Hard Rock Cafe, Barcelona. While waiting in the lobby with a few of my friends, I happened to see him standing next to us. I have met a few actors in my life and I never would have guessed that he was as sweet as he was. He couldn’t have been any nicer; something that one doesn’t expect while meeting someone like himself. He was very friendly and was curious about why were in Spain and where were from. After he was called for his reservation, he gave me a hug! Definitely the best way to end a trip.”
Thanks to all the fans for submitting your fan encounters! You can also CLICK HERE to check out even more pics from the ‘Son of No One‘ set and CLICK HERE to read a bunch of other fan encounter stories.
If you happen to run into Chan or Jenna, send your photos and fan encounters to fanencounters@channingtatumunwrapped.com. I will post them on the blog to share with envious fans all around the globe! 
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PICTURES OF THE WEEK: Exclusive Set Pics & Chan, Jenna, and Their Pups Take On Runyon Canyon
May 23, 2010
Each week ChanningTatumUnwrapped.com will post one or more of our favorite pictures of the uber beautiful Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Today’s Pictures of the Week come to us courtesy of JustJared.com, Chan’s ‘Dear John‘ co-star Mary Rachel Dudley, and Jenna herself.
We have new pics of Chan and Jenna walking their dogs in Los Angeles, exclusive pics of Chan on the set of ‘Dear John‘, and new pics of Jenna working on her upcoming films ‘Balls to the Wall‘ and ‘Legend of Hells Gate‘. Enjoy!!!
After wrapping on his crime thriller ‘Son of No One‘ in New York City and before he heads to Chicago to start filming his comedy ‘Cheaters‘ in June, Chan headed home to Los Angeles. JustJared.com, Faded Youth and X17Online just posted some new pics from this past weekend showing the happy couple exercising together at LA’s Runyon Canyon (one of their favorite places) with dogs Meeka and Lulu. Check out some of the new pics below…
Jared recently interviewed Jenna and she told him what she’d like to accomplish in the next 30 years…
“I’d love to really start my humanitarian efforts with animals and kids…It’s always been ’save the animals and save the kids’ for me…I’d like to maybe have my own foundation or start that in the future.”
Fans can see even more of yesterday’s photos of The Tatums in the CTU Photo Gallery.
Next up, we have two exclusive, behind-the-scenes pics of Chan sent to me by his ‘Dear John‘ co-star Mary Rachel Dudley. She played Savannah’s mom, Mrs. Curtis, in the film and wanted to share that Chan was “such a joy to work with”. Below, you can check out her cute photos of Chan on the set of ‘Dear John‘ with director Lasse Hallström and with Mary and her beautiful family.
Want to see more pics from the set of ‘Dear John‘? Fans should CLICK HERE to head on over to the CTU Photo Gallery. Also, if you want to win a signed ‘Dear John‘ DVD, Blu-ray, or script, we’ll be giving them away daily on Facebook and Twitter until May 25th (the day the DVD and Blu-ray are released), so stay tuned!!!
Last, but not least, we have three new pics that Jenna tweeted to fans this week. The first is from her romantic comedy ‘Balls to the Wall‘ and shows Jenna in a wedding dress and kissing an elephant on set before she shot her wedding scene two days ago…
And finally we have pics of Jenna with ‘Legend of Hells Gate‘ writer/actor/director Tanner Beard doing ADR (aka automatic dialogue replacement). During ADR, actors re-record lines spoken during filming to improve audio quality or reflect dialog changes…
‘Legend of Hells Gate‘ is currently in the post-production phase. Based on their official Twitter updates, they’re close to wrapping up editing and are in the process of completing the soundtrack with composer Lexie Beard and Space Radio Band.
Big thanks to Mary Rachel Dudley and Jenna for the great photos! If you have a favorite picture from this blog, our photo gallery, a picture you have made or a picture that you have found on the net that you would like me to consider, send the picture or a link to it to potw@channingtatumunwrapped.com and tell me why you like it. I will post it and your explanation on the blog.
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FAN ENCOUNTER: Chan Makes Time for Fans on the NYC Set of ‘Son of No One’
April 5, 2010
Channing Tatum started filming his crime thriller ‘Son of No One‘ in Queens, New York today. Reminiscent of the ‘Fighting‘ film set days where fans were running into Chan left and right on the streets of New York…I already have an awesome new fan encounter to share with everyone. As ya’ll may know by now, these are hands down my favorite posts here on CTU, and today’s is no different.
Today’s Fab Fan Encounter is a new photo AND a video of Chan being his usual fan-friendly self near the Queens, New York set of the movie. Here’s @aliceinnyc’s story…
“Channing Tatum!…I’m gonna start this one out with a little story about the first time I met Channing Tatum…There is no picture from the first time I met Channing Tatum because, unfortunately, though we posed for one outside of Regis & Kelly while he was promoting ‘Dear John’… my camera failed. My camera did not do it’s little click and save to the memory card job. So I attempted to get a picture with him the following day at Fallon but the one and only person who got a picture with him at Fallon was my friend Brian. I attempted a third time at the Apple Store in SoHo where he did a Q&A (which is available on iTunes!) with Amanda Seyfried for ‘Dear John’ but that failed too as the crowd was somewhat overwhelming…
Alas there was always hope. I knew his new film ‘Son of No One’ directed by Dito Montiel (go rent A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS right now) also starring Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, and Ray Liotta was scheduled to film in NYC and therefore knew I had another chance coming up soon. As you can see, on their very first day of filming, I had major success.
I met up with my friends around 6:30…About a half hour later I was tweeting my Blackberry battery life away when Carmen starts saying: “That’s Channing. It’s Channing. Oh my God. Lauren, it’s Channing.” I was not paying attention and by the time I looked up Channing, who had walked up the street out of nowhere with zero security or PA’s by his side, is already on the stairs of his trailer and waving at us with a big (adorable) smile. He said something along the lines of, “Hey guys, how are you?” To which Carmen and I both giggled and waved. But thank God for Carmen who quickly followed up with, “Can we take a picture with you?” No. Really. Thank God for Carmen.
Channing, sweet as ever, says: “Yeah! Sure! I just have to get dressed… I’ll be back!” And disappears into his trailer. At this moment I’m telling Carmen that no, he really doesn’t need to get dressed. He could walk outside buck ass naked and that would be a-okay with me. As we continue our giggle fit Channing comes back out within minutes, in the same clothes, and walks back down the street to another trailer (what I’m assuming is the wardrobe trailer) and disappears. Our giggle fit continues. A good ten to fifteen minutes later? Out comes Channing. This time there’s a PA on his tail but the PA is directing him back to the van that would take him back to set but we see him stop, point over at us, say something to the PA, and then come walking over. SERIOUSLY? COOLEST DUDE EVER. Most people - especially actors on a LIVE set - would have seized the opportinity to bolt into the van and never be seen again. Trust me. It’s happened to me. We were nowhere near him… we were two trailers away. He had every right to bounce. But did he? No. Why? Because he is a sweetheart. No one will ever be able to tell me otherwise. Channing Tatum is a very talented, very grateful, very fan-friendly man. My favorite type. (Swoons.)
He walks up to us and says something about how he’s got to get back to set in a few minutes but then proceeds to introduce himself. “Hi, I’m Chan.” He even asked our names and shook our hands. From here on out you’ll notice I will now refer to him as Chan - because that is how Chan introduced himself. To me. I die. This was the moment where the planned speech I had in my head about how much I loved A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, and how excited I was that he was working with Dito Montiel again was supposed to come out but didn’t. So Channing… by some chance in a cold hell you read this? A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is hands down one of my favorite movies ever. You were amazing. And I am so excited that you are working with Dito Montiel again - and with such a fantastic cast! Anyway… we proceeded to take pictures and when it was my turn Carmen held her camera up but I handed her mine and said, “No, I don’t trust your camera.” He laughed. I made Chan laugh. Then Carmen had him sign a picture of Ann which he wrote “Happy Birthday Ann!” on and Carmen got him saying “Happy Birthday love, I love you!” on video before he bolted back to the van waiting for him so he could get back to work.
Incredible. I’m in awe.
If you ever have the chance to meet Channing Tatum… do it. Preferably in a quiet setting where there aren’t any rabid fans, photographers, or autograph sellers.
Thank you Chan!”
Not bad for day one. I can’t wait to get more stories in from fans. BIG thanks to @aliceinnyc and Carmen for the great photos, video, and story!
If you happen to run into Chan or Jenna, send your photos and fan encounter stories to fanencounters@channingtatumunwrapped.com. I will post them on the blog to share with envious fans all around the globe!
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Channing Tatum Heads Back to the States to Begin Filming ‘Son of No One’
April 2, 2010
After wrapping up the UK leg of the ‘Dear John’ press tour, Channing Tatum headed back to the states on March 31st to start working on his next project (crime thriller ‘Son of No One‘) in New York City. Fans can check out some new pics of Chan leaving London’s Soho hotel on March 31st in a comfy Life/After/Denim hoodie and in New York on April 2nd where he’s currently preparing to start shooting ‘Son of No One‘ on April 5th.
THR is reporting another casting update for the film. Here’s what they had to say about the two new additions…
“James Ransone and Jake Cherry are joining the cast of the Nu Image/Millennium Films’ Channing Tatum crime drama “Son of No One.”…about a young cop (Tatum) assigned to police his old working-class neighborhood, is shooting in New York and stars Al Pacino, Katie Holmes [reportedly plays Chan’s wife], Ray Liotta, Tracy Morgan and Juliette Binoche. Dito Montiel (”Fighting”) wrote the script and is directing. Ransone is playing Tatum’s police partner; Cherry is playing Tatum as a child. Ransone, repped by Paradigm and Magnolia Entertainment, is best known for starring in HBO’s “Generation Kill” and for his stint on HBO’s “The Wire.” Cherry, repped by Gersh and Leverage Management, has appeared in the “Night at the Museum” films. He has roles in the upcoming Weinstein Co. romantic comedy “The Rebound” and the Disney summer release “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”"
‘Son of No One‘ is currently scheduled to be released some time in 2011.
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MOVIE BYTES: ‘Dear John’, ‘Son of No One’, ‘Balls to the Wall’, ‘Legend of Hells Gate’, and ‘Step Up 3D’
March 26, 2010
This past week, I found a few bits of news about Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s current and upcoming film projects ‘Dear John‘, ‘Son of No One‘, ‘Balls to the Wall‘, and ‘Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy‘. I also have a big news update for ‘Step Up 3D‘ too! Check out today’s Movie Bytes to get the latest scoop. Enjoy!!!
DEAR JOHN
Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in Portugal (as ‘Juntos ao Luar‘), Spain (as ‘Querido John‘), and Taiwan (as ‘最後一封情書’) 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 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.
‘Dear John‘ will be released in theaters in France and Belgium on March 31st, Israel on April 1st, and Mexico on April 2nd. I also hear that the movie will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US and Canada on May 25th. CLICK HERE to view future release dates for other countries.
SON OF NO ONE
With a cast that already includes Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, and Katie Holmes, THR is reporting on another casting update for Channing Tatum’s dramatic thriller ‘Son of No One‘…
“Tracy Morgan and Juliette Binoche are in final negotiations to join the ensemble cop drama “Son of No One,” being directed by Dito Montiel. The pic, coming from Nu Image/Millennium Films, is lining up quite a cast, which is led by Channing Tatum, who plays a young cop assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, with an old secret surfacing and threatening to destroy his life and family….Morgan…is stepping into the shoes vacated by Terrence Howard. Morgan will play Vinnie, a friend of Tatum’s. Binoche…plays a reporter. Holly Wiersma, John Thompson and Montiel are producing the pic…”
‘Son of No One‘ begins shooting next week in New York and is currently scheduled to be released in 2011.
BALLS TO THE WALL
Jenna Dewan-Tatum recently tweeted that a new movie project would be announced soon and that announcement came courtesy of THR this week. Get all the details on Jenna’s new indie comedy below…
“Jenna Dewan and Joe Hursley, best known for those Norse-inspired “Got Milk?” commercials, are starring in “Balls to the Wall,” an indie comedy that sees Penelope Spheeris sitting in the feature directing chair for the first time since 2005’s “The Kid & I.” Written by Jason Nutt, the story follows a young man (Hursley) who wants to give his girlfriend (Dewan) the wedding of her dreams, and at the urging of his future father-in-law, secretly takes on a second job moonlighting as an exotic dancer. At the club, called “The Male Room,” he discovers a talent he never expected. Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizzotti and Marie Fyhrie are producing.”
BIG CONGRATS to Jenna on the new movie!!! I know she’s really excited to get started on it. Filming will kickoff in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned to Jenna’s twitter and CTU for the latest news on the movie.
LEGEND OF HELLS GATE
One of Jenna’s recent projects, ‘The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy‘, will have their official site up and running this coming week at www.thelegendofhellsgate.com. Fans will be able to check out new photos, bios for the actors, and more. They’ll also be releasing the first teaser trailer for upcoming the western.
Written and directed by Tanner Beard ‘The Legend of Hell’s Gate‘ is about how “Hell’s Gate” at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have it’s name and will allow fans to relive the story of how three outlaw’s expeditions and encounters through historical 1870’s Texas ended up being remembered for a lifetime. The movie currently has an anticipated release of summer or fall of 2010.
In the meantime, fans can follow the film on Twitter and Facebook and can check out photos from the Texas set in the CTU Photo Gallery.
STEP UP 3D
The highly-anticipated 3rd installment of the successful film franchise started by Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum in 2006 will hit theaters this summer in 3D!!!
‘Step Up 3D‘ will focus more on hip hop street dancing, as Rick Malambri, Sharni Vinson, Adam Sevani, and Alyson Stoner star as movers battling to dominate New York’s street dancing scene.
In mid-February, the film had an extremely successful test screening with it’s first audience and producer Adam Shankman had this to say about the response…
“Well, tested step up 3D last night, and it scored huge! Audience said they wanted to see it again right then! Could be big. So relieved…Step up 3d screening was a huge success! Fans will love it, and new fans will be amazed.”
Fans can check out ‘Step Up 3D‘ star Rick Malambri in the photo on the right. He tweeted the pic right before leaving his trailer on day 1 of additional shooting for the film earlier this month. During the four days of extra filming, director Jon M. Chu also tweeted out a ton of videos from the set. Fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the reshoots in a TwitVid and a video Jon just posted on his Youtube channel below…
Myspace just released the film’s official poster and will be premiering the ‘Step Up 3D‘ trailer on the Myspace Trailer Park this Wednesday. This week, the trailer will also start playing in theaters before Miley Cyrus’ ‘The Last Song’ and in 3D before the ‘Clash of the Titans’.
‘Step Up 3D‘ will hit theaters on August 6, 2010. You can join the ‘Step Up’ community on Facebook, follow actors, choreographers, and many others involved with the film on Twitter, and find a ton of set and promotional photos from the movie in the CTU Photo Gallery.
Last year, Jon sent me exclusive ‘Step Up 3D’ crew caps to give out to Chan and Jenna’s fans here at CTU. Stay tuned to make sure you don’t miss out on any future exclusive info and/or giveaways!!!
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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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IN THE PRESS: Jenna Dewan-Tatum Wins 3 Fashion Face-Off’s in Alice + Olivia and Energy Muse
March 12, 2010
Last week Jenna Dewan-Tatum attended TheWrap.com’s 2010 Awards Season Nominee Celebration at the new Four Seasons Hotel Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, California wearing one of her favorite design houses.
In Alice + Olivia’s popular Wrapped Goddess dress and jewelry from Energy Muse, Jenna has won, not one, not two, but THREE different fashion face-offs voted on by US Weekly, People, and Hollywood Life readers.
Jenna tweeted…”hmmm maybe it’s because of my “luck” energy muse bracelet?”. She could be right, but honestly, she really didn’t need the help…she looked stunning at the event. Fans can click on the three images below to check out Jenna’s clear victory in all of the face-off articles…
After attending numerous different pre-oscar bashes, Jenna headed on over to Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit husband Channing Tatum as he films Steven Soderbergh’s action-revenge spy thriller ‘Knockout‘. She tweeted out the pic below to show everyone the beautiful new vintage native American earrings she found in the area and then she tweeted…
- “Watching Steven Soderbergh on set is beyond…a real genius of his craft. and nice and humble. love it.”
After Chan finishes filming ‘Knockout‘ (which will most likely be released sometime in 2011), he’ll head back to the streets of New York to film Dito Montiel’s ‘Son of No One‘ in late March or April.
Fans can check out Jenna in the March 22, 2010 issue of US Weekly when it hits newsstands tomorrow. Make sure you pick up a copy!
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