Channing Tatum Attached to Star in, Produce 'Bob the Musical' | THR News - video Dailymotion

The studio will now begin a hunt for a director.

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00:00From Magic Mike to the magic of Disney, Channing Tatum is the latest star to get the Mickey

00:05Mouse treatment.

00:07Channing Tatum is attached to star and produced Walt Disney Studios' musical comedy, Bob

00:11the Musical.

00:12One of the longest Disney projects in development, Bob was first set up in 2004 and has seen

00:17many iterations come and go, and it's looking like Magic Mike will finally be the one to

00:22rip the shirt off of the delay.

00:23Alright, I know Tatum has done other projects, I just can't help it.

00:27Over the years, possible directors attached have ranged from Mark Waters and Adam Shankman,

00:32to Phil Lord and Chris Miller, to Michel Azenavishus, who at the time was floating around the idea

00:37of Tom Cruise to star.

00:39Bob the Musical tells the story of a regular guy who, after a blow to the head, suddenly

00:43can hear the inner songs of everyone's heart as his reality is instantly turned into a musical,

00:49much to his dismay.

00:50Which means in this video in real life, Bob would hear the inner song of my heart right

00:54now.

00:57It's just never left.

01:00Alright, the studio will now begin a hunt for a director.

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01:07For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Paul Costabile.