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Channing Tatum Says He Is Working On A Remake Of Ghost That Will ‘Change’ The Original
In July 1990, the movie Ghost took the world by storm, earning recognition by obtaining an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, as well as making a whopping $500 million in global ticket sales.
And now, it seems Channing Tatum is looking at recreating the iconic movie for a modern audience.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Tatum revealed his plans, while also going into detail about why he’s been absent from our screen for so long…
The actor reflected on his life after the release of the first Magic Mike film back in 2012, stating that he had become extremely busy and then life “kind of fell apart,” so much so he “stopped working for almost 5 years.”
Things began to go downhill when Marvel refused to proceed with the Gambit movie he and Reid Carolin had been developing, he shared it was at this moment that he realised he had lost enjoyment in it, leaving the actor “devastated.”
“It got swallowed up into Disney by way of Marvel when they bought Fox, and ultimately I just think that the tone of the movie we wanted to make was very far from what they wanted to do—or, you know, maybe they’re waiting to see how they do it with us or without us,” Tatum said.
“We call every once in a while, but we’ve got to spiritually, emotionally, kind of mentally let it go.”
It’s clear Tatum had been feeling stuck in his career and was looking for a way to break free.
“I was working a lot,” he shared. “I had gotten to work with some of my favourite directors. I had checked boxes that I would never have hoped to dream about. But something just wasn’t quite filling me up.
“I was sort of kind of just trying not to be bad in movies, instead of being good. And I was kind of going, ‘What’s…’ And it really had nothing to do with my work. It was really about my life.”
Tatum, who is now dating Zoë Kravitz, married Jenna Dewan back in 2009, 3 years after they met on the set of Step Up. Sadly, the pair called it quits in 2019, and he feels his workload had a part to play in their separation.
He shared that this caused his relationship with Dewan, with whom he has a 9-year-old daughter, Everly, to break down.
“We fought for it for a really long time, even though we both sort of knew that we had sort of grown apart,” he said.
After much deliberation, he decided to take a break and give himself some time and space. Taking a step back allowed Tatum to gain perspective on his life, prioritise what’s important and ultimately make the decision he felt was best for him.
Tatum said: “It was probably exactly what I needed. I don’t think I would’ve ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next.”
And it seems he’s finally figured it out…
The actor went on to reveal that his production company, Free Association, “actually have the rights,” to the movie, adding: “Yeah, we have the rights to Ghost.”
“But we’re going to do something different,” he continued, highlighting ‘problematic stereotypes’ that wouldn’t go down well with audiences in this day and age.
“I think it needs to change a little bit,” he said, while also hinting that he could be taking on the role of Sam, previously played by the late Patrick Swayze.
What do you think?
