The momentum is high for actor Channing Tatum who is on the way with the upcoming wrestling biopic, Foxcatcher and stripper dramedy Magic Mike XXL. According to Deadline, the actor is currently circling a role in director Quentin Tarantino‘s grizzled new western thriller, The Hateful Eight. The film previously underwent heavy rewrites following the drama that initially ensued between Tarantino and Gawker.com who leaked the script prior to a star-studded stage reading of said script at an event for fans back in April.
Filming set to begin in January 2015 in Wyoming with a script tentatively set on a post-Civil War story about mixed bag of bounty hunters and former soldiers trapped in a hotel during a bilzzard; Details are still pending, of course. Provided that Tatum is officially attached, the actor will be joining actresses Zoë Bell and Amber Tamblyn, and actors Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, James Remar, Walt Goggins and others for the film’s production in Wyoming next year. The film will also mark the latest film to be shot on 70mm Cinemascope in 20 years.
Tatum is also attached to 20th Century Fox’s officially announced standalone Gambit film within its current Marvel cinematic universe by way of its X-Men franchise. Stay tuned for more info.