Joseph Gordon Levitt and Channing Tatum are two actors that are not strangers to singing and dancing, so it doesn't come as a huge surprise that the two actors are in talks to star in a film version of the classical Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls".
Gordon-Levitt regularly performs covers in small venues and Tatum showed off his dance skills in last summers hit film "Magic Mike". Gordon-Levitt also parodied Tatum's dancing in "Magic Mike" when he hosted "Saturday Night Live." Both men participated in song and dance numbers at this years Academy Awards as well. Gordon-Levitt has also done a dance scene in a film, when he danced to Hall & Oates "You Make My Dreams" in the film "(500) Days of Summer."
The new film is being made by 20th Century Fox, with Gordon-Levitt and Tatum to be cast as Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson, respectively.
The musical is based on the short stories of Damon Runyon, and is set in 1930s New York. It follows Detroit, who runs a gambling establishment and is trying to raise money for a new venue. Detroit then makes a bet with Masterson that he can't persuade Sarah Brown, a religious girl who works at a rescue mission, to join him on a trip to Havana. This was before the Cuban missile crisis and communism, when Havana was considered an upscale, trendy vacation destination.
The musical was written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with songs by Frank Loesser, and was an immediate hit when it opened on Broadway and was previously made into a film in 1955, starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine.
Different producers have been trying to remake a film version of the musical for years, but have run into trouble with Jo Loesser, the widow of Frank Loesser, who owns the rights and has been particular about the type of deal she would accept. Fox has apparently accepted her terms and put the film into development.
Channing Tatum dancing in a scene from "Magic Mike."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt dancing in a scene from "(500) Days of Summer."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt performing a cover of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" at the Sundance Film Festival.
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