Comments on: Channing Tatum To Star In ‘The Darkness’

By: Will Manson

Will Manson — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:56:29 +0000

ummmmm yikes……deffinatly my first choice,personally i would go with Ian Somerhalder who has the acting chops and the look to do Jackie justice,and he isnt a house hold name yet,and as for the director,i have to pick Darren Aronofsky with Paul Jenkins
and David Goyer as writers

By: MarcusFenix09

MarcusFenix09 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:31:21 +0000

He was great with robert downey jr. in “A guide to recognizing your saints” and Samuel Jackson in “Coach Carter” I would say its not a terrible choice…the guy has hollywood clout. I dont know if he could pull off the look but i disagree with anyone that says he cant act. Like I said not the worst choice.

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:25:46 +0000

@ ROss Miller

Well he is playing Duke in the GI Joe Movie, so some one must be enchanted by him. But yeh his mediocrity of acting knows no bounds. I played the game and it was pretty decent but witht hat said the movie will flop like a catfish on dry land. Channing Tatum will be THE ROBOCOP.

DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNNNNNN!!!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:10:41 +0000

Channing Tatum.

..just no

By: huntthejest

huntthejest — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:44:35 +0000

Terrible news, but not surprising in the least. So far the guy has shown a history of non-acting, and what do they do? Keep giving him bigger parts in bigger movies. Ultra predictable, because you see, in Hollywood, talent matters none. After that big break, you can suck out loud, but you’ll eventually get oscar consideration for being mediocre(Julia Roberts, ahem). In the movie biz, you either succeed, or you fail upwards.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:26:34 +0000

At least they are not thinking of making him play Captain America. Oh, wait…

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:40:46 +0000

Please let this stay in developmental hell, please!

By: Longshanks

Longshanks — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:39:51 +0000

This is a terrible idea.Casting Channing Tatum is just stupid.He really doesn’t have the charisma to capture that character,not only that,I’m really not convinced that the Pang Bros. will be able to make a good movie.

Sometimes I wish people would leave well enough alone.This is one of those times.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:41:20 +0000

meh…. i dont like the actor chosen personally, the video game was pretty awesome though. i hope they manage to portray the city as darkly as the comics and the game.

By: Slivertongue

Slivertongue — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:19:19 +0000

I echo NoName, this is total epic fail. I mean, as a red blooded woman, I openly admit that I like looking at the guy. But his acting makes me itch. It’s just so…not good.

But I haven’t read the comic so maybe I’m missing something…

By: SmartAss

SmartAss — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:48:28 +0000

The video game was good. I actually know the guy that they modeled Jackie’s face off of in the game.

By: No Name Face

No Name Face — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:43:17 +0000

being that i read the “Graphic Novel” once in a while and Loved the Video Game…

This is an Epic Fail!!!

someone like cassy Afflek (i cant say he looks the part) would as far as acting abbility do Justice for this Role

By: Kofi Outlaw

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:13:55 +0000

@ ogb

Yeah I don’t usually jump the gun, but this is very disappointing news for me as well.

I loved The Darkness comic (at least the first 24 issues or so) and hearing Channing Tatum taking on this role is just a straight let down.

There are many other young actors, even pretty boys, who could bring the necessary, well, DARKNESS to the role of Jackie.

By: ogb

ogb — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:22:47 +0000

NOOOOOOOO!!!

WHY?!

The guy is one of the worst actors on screen today. Outside of movies/tv, in real life, he comes off as an arrogant prick.

Darkness deserves as special kind of treatment in order to convert it into a movie. It’s not just your regular “costume” superhero.

They did a pretty good job with the video game (one of the most “emotional” scenes ever in video games is in there)

Going with a “mainstream” actor in such a movie is a bad sign.

I usually don’t judge movies before they come out, but this will SUCK 100%