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Daredevil Channing Tatum Going Full Evel Kneivel

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With his muscular frame and square-jawed good looks, Channing Tatum seems like he was born to play a superhero on the big screen. Yet, despite the fact that every comic book character ever has been the subject of a movie within the last five years, Tatum has somehow missed all the action. What's a guy got to do around here to get into a pair of spangled long johns, anyway?

Well, apparently the answer is "produce it yourself," because according to The Hollywood Reporter, Tatum is set to portray America's number one real world superhero, the costumed daredevil known as Evel Kneivel. Forget about leaping tall buildings; how about jumping a whole friggin' canyon? Get More »