Channing Tatum on 'Ghost' remake: We are going to do something different

Channing Tatum

Actor Channing Tatum is ready to get into pottery making after stripping off on stage for his next movie. The actor, who is set to reprise his role as the titular character in Magic Mike's Last Dance, is keen on stepping into the shoes of the late Patrick Swayze in the remake of Ghost (1990).

The actor, 42, revealed that he's developing a reboot of the 1990 romantic film during an interview. "Now I know why they put this in Ghost," he said in the interview, which was conducted during a pottery lesson. He added, "This whole process is very, very sexual."

Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)

Tatum revealed during the chat that his production company Free Association, formally known as 33&Out, currently has the rights to Ghost.

Giving insight into his idea for the upcoming project, he said that it will be a modern take on the original film, with him potentially in the male lead role. "But we are going to do something different," he spilled, adding that the original, like many movies of its day, contained some "problematic stereotypes". He added, "I think it needs to change a little bit."

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Tatum also addressed the status of the X-Men Gambit movie that had been in development at 21st Century Fox, before it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company. "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 far from what they wanted to do or maybe, they're waiting to see how they do it with us or without us," he said.

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