Channing Tatum To Voice An R-Rated George Washington In Netflix Animated Film
Channing Tatumis rated-R for Revolutionary…War, which the first President of the United States, George Washington, fought in for independence from Britain. Jokes (or whatever that was) aside, Tatum will be actually be starring as Washington in Netflix’s first animated feature, an R-rated revisionist historical film,America: The Motion Picture.Deadlinereports that Tatum will be voicing the lead character, George Washington, inAmerica: The Motion Picture, Netflix’s first original animated film and an R-rated, fictional take on the founding of the United States.
The script is written byDave Callaham(Godzilla) and directed byMatt Thompsonwho, alongside his Floyd County partnerAdam Reed, is behind the animated satirical seriesArcher. Callahan, Thompson and Reed are all producingAmerica: The Motion Picture. Tatum will also produce alongside his Free Association partnersPeter KiernanandReid Carolin, andThe LEGO Movie’sPhil Lord,Chris MillerandWill Allegra. Those are a lot of very interesting names.
Tatum has done some voice acting work before, playing Superman inThe LEGO Movie, voicing himself onThe Simpsons, and playing his character fromMagic Mikein the video gameFamily Guy: The Quest For Stuff.
Not many details are known aboutAmerica: The Motion Picture. The film itself seems to be a nice confluence of all the things “on trend” right now, so to speak: Revisionist historical stories (Hamilton), R-rated animation (BoJack Horseman,Archer) and irreverent comedy (The Lego Movieeverything Channing Tatum has done recently).
I’m wary of overly irreverent animated projects because they can get old fast, but snapping up Tatum while he’s in his prime (the Tatumaissance?) is a smart move for Netflix, which is rapidly expanding its original content by the second. Tatum’s career has been on the up ever since the world discovered his comedic chops in21 Jump Streetin 2012 — though I’d argue that we saw glimpses of it in the underrated classic,She’s The Man— and has only been stealing scenes since. Just look to 2015’sThe Hateful Eight, 2016’sHail Caesar, and every minute of bothMagic Mikemovies. He also played a goofy wolf alien soldier inJupiter Ascending(see the image at the top of this post), the kind of nutty work more “movies stars” should embrace.
Tatum is next slated to appear in the sequelKingsman: The Golden Circleand the heist filmLogan Lucky, and will also find time to get around toGambit,WingmenandSplash.
