There was talk a while ago that Channing Tatum might direct the Magic Mike sequel, but that job instead went to Gregory Jacobs. Then came the announcement that Tatum and producing partner Reid Carolin are attached to make an adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel The Son. And while that hasn’t yet come to fruition, they’ve also set up another potential co-directing project with **Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock{
With Tatum and Carolin also aboard to produce, the pair is now looking for a writer to adapt Matthew Quick’s book, which is set in a high school. The main character is a seriously troubled student to plans a murder-suicide pact with his best friend, before a courageous teacher – potentially a role Tatum will fill in the film – acts to try and intervene.
Given that it comes from the writer of Silver Linings Playbook, the novel has naturally attracted plenty of attention, even before Tatum and Carolin got involved. The pair has been at work on Magic Mike XXL, which they co-wrote and Tatum is starring in.
Acting-wise, Tatum is drawing plaudits for his role in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (out January 9), and has a part in the Coen brothers' latest, Hail, Caesar!. He’ll next show up in the Wachowskis’ delayed sci-fi pic Jupiter Ascending, which lands here on February 6.