ROLL CALL: 'Twilight' Screenwriter Wants Channing Tatum For 'Eclipse'

Access Hollywood - April 27, 2009 8:32 AM PDT
Story photo: ROLL CALL: 'Twilight' Screenwriter Wants Channing Tatum For 'Eclipse'Channing Tatum attends the premiere of 'Fighting' at the Regal Union Square Stadium 14 on April 20, 2009 in New York City<br />Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood

By Jesse Spero

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans

'Twilight' Screenwriter Wants Channing Tatum : Channing Tatum has proven he's good at playing the bad boy - case in point: "Step Up," "Stop-Loss" & "Fighting" - but can he play a vampire bad boy? "Twilight" screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg sure thinks so! "There's a very big battle at the end with Riley, and I think Channing would do that so well," "Twilight" and "New Moon" screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who is currently writing the "Eclipse" script, told E! Online this weekend at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival benefit for the Writers Guild Foundation. "And there are some complexities to that character... He really is tragic. He's a puppet for Victoria [bad-girl vampire played by Rachelle Lefevre]. So he has to break your heart a little bit at the end when he realizes that she doesn't want him. Channing could do that beautifully." We're losing track of the "Twilight" hottie count!

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Did Madge Get Jesus A Gig?: Now that Madonna is recovering after her equestrian accident, the pop star reportedly has model Jesus Luz tending to her needs - at least when he's not busy on the catwalk. According to a New York Post Page Six source, designer Marc Jacobs , "wrote a letter of support for Jesus' work permit" allowing him to stay in the country. "All these fashion lines are hiring Jesus as a favor to Madonna . As long as he can legally work in the U.S., they can be together," the source claimed. Madonna 's rep told the paper, that the pop star is "not at all involved in managing the career of Jesus Luz. His Dolce job was arranged through his agents." And Marc Jacobs ' rep had no comment about the report. Regardless of how Jesus got his current gig, we're sure that having him around will aid in Madge's speedy recovery!

Kate Gets Catcalled!: Speaking of May-December moments, Page Six spotted Kate Winslet recently getting hit on by two high school guys while walking down Sixth Avenue at 26th Street in New York. The source claimed, "two high-school guys, who had no idea who she was, were totally hitting on her. They followed her to Seventh Avenue and kept commenting on her big, hot booty and how sexy she was." The source said the poised Oscar winner "completely ignored them." Good for you Kate!

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John Mayer Now Gets One Less Magazine In Mailbox: We're not sure John Mayer has actually canceled his subscription to Rolling Stone (or if he even ever had one), but judging from some recent Twitter updates, the singer is not a fan of the music mag. "I just read a review in Rolling Stone of a 'single' I haven't even finished recording yet. That's a new one for me," he Tweeted. "Rolling Stone's August 12, 2009 issue is a real piece of s**t." I guess we know who won't make the cover anytime soon!

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  • Kaycee
    geez he's hella sexy!
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 11:51 AM PDT
  • [[CASSANDiiE BAE!!]] …
    we shall c how this will turn out...
    report abuseposted May 11, 2009 4:04 PM PDT
  • Venice
    Who would he play? Thats the only thing. I dont think he would be a good vampire. but maybe a good werewolve.
    report abuseposted May 10, 2009 5:16 PM PDT
  • Venice
    Who would he play? Thats the only thing. I dont think he would be a good vampire. but maybe a good werewolve.
    report abuseposted May 10, 2009 5:16 PM PDT
  • MUFFINZROX!LOL1996
    he would b perfect!!!!
    report abuseposted May 3, 2009 1:53 PM PDT
  • aron
    Melissa R sorely missed the mark on the Twilight script so I hardly have faith in her ability to suggest viable actors for the rest of the series. She clearly needs to focus more on writing better scripts and let more qualified people cast the movies.
    report abuseposted May 3, 2009 7:13 AM PDT
  • Ashley S
    channing tatum is not a good actor he's a white guy who thinks hes black...they shoudl stick to the low key talent like in twilight not trying to put these semi famous people in who cant act like him or anna lynn mccord...i love the books but if they start casting the movies with these people im out
    report abuseposted April 30, 2009 12:12 PM PDT
  • StreetPeaches
    I'm with wonderful
    report abuseposted April 27, 2009 7:54 PM PDT
  • wonderful
    Honestly the people who are casting Twilight are not thinking about the characters. They're thinking about celeb names. Riley was a young, boyish kid- a teenager in love with the older bad girl. Channing does not fit that mold. I really didn't like the first film. It was whiny and had these pathetic musical scenes where bella and edward just stare at eachother. Edward was castrated
    report abuseposted April 27, 2009 7:48 PM PDT
  • Nick A
    Yeah. Riley is supposed to be a young boy. In his teens. What is the screenwriter smokin? And he's only in like half a page of the whole book. No way Channing would sign up for that, and if he did it would be ridiculous to pay him the sum he would deserve for a role like that..
    report abuseposted April 27, 2009 6:58 PM PDT
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