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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Talks to Direct, Star in Musical Comedy With Channing Tatum

Universal landed the pitch that Gordon-Levitt and 21 Jump Street scribe Michael Bacall hatched last year following a competitive bidding war that saw several studios chasing the project. The studio courted filmmakers that included Seth Gordon, James Bobin, and Book of Mormon director Casey Nicholaw before Gordon-Levitt threw his hat in the ring. Marc Platt (Wicked) and Adam Siegel will produce for Marc Platt Productions, along with Tatum and his partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan for Free