Channing Tatum In 'Peter Pan Begins': Star Attached To Origin Story

Channing Tatum, wearing green and fighting the enemy. Sound familiar? What if it's skintight green, and the enemies are pirates? And also he's a flying boy who never ages.

Now could be an unexpected twist.

The Hollywood Reporter relays that Tatum is attached to star in a Peter Pan origin story film produced by Joe Routh, tentatively titled "Peter Pan Begins". As THR reports, Routh was behind "Alice In Wonderland," and is working on the upcoming "Oz: The Great and Powerful," and "Snow White And The Huntsmen," so he knows a little something about darkening up -- or at least retelling -- classic fairy tales and stories.

Chatum's role is unclear -- admittedly, if it was a Pan origin story, he probably wouldn't be playing the boy. But then again, with a re-imagined script and canon, things could change quickly. He could also be up for playing Captain Hook, a role Dustin Hoffman played so expertly in the film "Hook". Or, it could be any number of other roles, as well.

Though often an action star, Tatum has showed a soft spot for characters with soft spots before, playing a love letter writing soldier in "Dear John". One would presume that, whether battling floating pirates or small boys, his G.I. Joe skills won't exactly be needed in this film.

For more, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.

Comments

[Brian Stroup]

11:34 PM on 03/02/2011

Um, how old was Robin Williams when he played Peter Pan? Older than Channing Tatum I bet

[nermz345]

05:02 PM on 03/02/2011

stop RE-IMAGING things... and IMAGING new stories. I love most genres of film, but it's getting to the point that i barely go to the movies anymore

[brahdog]

08:02 PM on 03/02/2011

i'm always dismayed by this view. there are plenty of original stories out in film today and so what if they decide to do film adaptation of an old one. it's like listenting to a new great cover of a song.

[nermz345]

09:56 AM on 03/03/2011

while i respect your opinion, i don't appreciate being lumped into the "this view" group. especially when you don't know what fuels my opinion. I love film! Good, the bad, and the down right terrible. There was one point growing up that i would be at the theater with my sister and we'd watch three films back to back. But it is getting to the point that they are remaking movies that came out three years apart. one example. Death at a Funeral. For the record i am African American, under 30, and female (find a place to lump me) and i liked the British Version better. That's just one out of many. If I had enough space and time I could write a pretty extensive lists of remakes that didn't need to be made. I get that someone is always going to have a new spin on the same story, that is why they will never stop producing shakespeares plays, or that is why there like fifty million versions of Treasure Island, Christmas Carols, yadda yadda. Hell I love BOTH Cape Fears. It just feels like every five minutes they are rebooting a franchise.

[nermz345]

10:02 AM on 03/03/2011

as for ur original stories comment. I have a massive dvd collection as a result of having the scour the net for something new. so yea they are there, but they don't always get the same distribution. forget it if you are an individual that isn't in an area that has access to theaters that show independent film.

[vaf112675]

03:34 PM on 03/02/2011

If they do cast him as Pan the movie will be a travesty.

Maybe he plays Pan's father.

[sean wilburn]

10:26 AM on 03/02/2011

How can they cast a 30 year old Channing Tatum to play a 12 year old boy? If its an orgin story he obviously wouldn't play Peter Pan.

[Northern Observer]

09:44 AM on 03/02/2011

Again, not one original movie mentioned in the entire article. You can only bank on previously popular brand names so long. Let's get some funding for the indie's and give them some distribution.

[playsindirt]

09:15 AM on 03/02/2011

Why does Hollywood insist on bastardizing these classic stories? Although I bet he can rock a pair of tights.

[TheLibraryOfCodex]

08:20 AM on 03/02/2011

Peter Pan doesn't need a dark reboot. It needs the PIXAR treatment.

[vaf112675]

03:35 PM on 03/02/2011

You've been faned sir!