“There was nobody saying, ‘You can’t do this, you can’t do that.’” We reflected on the experience of ‘Magic Mike’ where we didn’t have anyone looking over our shoulder,” says Carolin. “We were like: We need to be able to go make something. They effectively got the band back together. Gregory Jacobs, who directed “Magic Mike XXL,” is a producer. “We won’t know what it could have been unless Marvel calls up and says, ‘Hey, would you be interested in revisiting this?’” Tatum says.Īfter spending so much time prepping something that never came to fruition, Tatum and Carolin wanted to jump into a film they could make on their own terms, with much of the same crew and independently financed business model as their “Magic Mike” films. They had pre-visualized large action sequences, shot scenes and designed the film’s entire world, says Carolin. “I mean, the amount of time, the amount of sweat and tears,” Tatum says, shaking his head. The loss of “Gambit” still clearly stings. “We were looking at it each other like: I can’t believe we put two years into that.” “When ‘Gambit’ was falling apart, I remember Chan throwing a chair across the room,” says Carolin. Their “Gambit,” to be adjacent to the “X-Men” film, was among the highest profile casualties of 20th Century Fox’s acquisition by the Walt Disney Co. Tatum and Carolin spent years - Tatum estimates four and half years for himself - developing a Marvel project that ultimately never happened. “We wanted our next thing to be something that was our story, that we did, and not just make something because we could.” “I didn’t want to just go jump in somebody’s movie,” says Tatum. Like the “Magic Mike” films that Carolin wrote, Brigg’s road-trip encounters make for an American odyssey navigating polarized views of patriotism and politics. “Dog,” the directorial debut of both Tatum and his longtime producing partner, Reid Carolin, was a way to get back to making the kind of movie that excited them about the business in the first place. Everything revolved around what was I going to do with my career.” “I acted for almost 10 years and I sort of needed to take a step back,” he adds. “Really, being a dad sort of just swept me away for almost four years. “Time just kind of got away,” Tatum said in a recent interview from Los Angeles. All the while, Tatum’s screen appearances - a handful of cameos and voice roles - were fleeting. In 2018, Tatum and Jenna Dewan, who had been married for nine years after first meeting during 2006’s “Step Up,” announced their split. In the last five years, Tatum launched the touring stage show “Magic Mike Live” and penned a children’s book inspired by his 8-year-old daughter, Everly. “I didn’t step away like ‘I’m out of here,’” says Tatum. It will be quickly followed-up next month with another film starring Tatum, “The Lost City,” a comedy with Sandra Bullock.īut as Tatum reenters the spotlight, he says he never really meant to disappear in the first place. Army Ranger who drives a fallen soldier’s dog to his funeral, opens in theaters. 18 when “Dog,” in which he plays Briggs, a U.S. America agrees on very little, but who doesn’t love Channing Tatum? It’s been a confounding hiatus for one of Hollywood’s top stars - an actor (Gawker once deemed him the icon of “new masculinity” ) who has playfully, goofily, sometimes shirtlessly redefined male movie stardom. NEW YORK – Not since 2017’s “Logan Lucky” has Channing Tatum been the lead in a film.
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