Channing Tatum and longtime collaborator and producing partner Reid Carolin were set to make their co-directorial debut with an adaptation of Matthew Quick’s YA novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. The film was set up with The Weinstein Co., but in an official statement released today, Tatum and Carolin revealed that they are no longer developing the project at the studio in the wake of extensive sexual assault and harassment allegations against former studio head Harvey Weinstein.
As soon as Holly saw 'Magic Mike XXL' pop up on the screen she blurted out 'Let's watch it!' So I settled in for 2 plus hours of Channing Tatum's mid-section grinding on my television screen.