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Cinematical was lucky enough to visit the set of Fighting last night in New York City, where Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard were shooting scenes for the new drama directed by Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints). It was a night shoot, and so this writer didn't leave the set until close to one in the morning (which was their lunch!), but before I bounced home to my bed, I managed to speak with Tatum for a bit about the role, and other -- more superhero-ish stuff -- that might be in store for the actor down the line. Of course, the first thing we were wondering was whether Tatum was among those who auditioned for the new Justice League of America movie.

Has he been approached to play any superhero roles? Tatum said, "Yeah, yeah, I mean a few, a few -- I don't know, I just can't quite see myself as that yet. I like that, and eventually one day I'd like to do it; I just don't want to do it yet." Did he audition for any of the Justice League roles? "No, none of the Justice League. The only superhero I've ever auditioned for was Gambit, for the third X-Men. They ended up pulling the character out of the movie. I don't know, someone told me about a crazy He-Man thing -- I don't know, I can't quite figure it out. I need to really want it. I can only go after something that I really want bad."

Tatum also revealed that there is one superhero-ish project that he is working on: "There is a hero thing that I'm actually producing. It's called Plucker. It's a graphic novel by Brom, and I got it set up at Temple Hill, and it's now set up at New Line -- it's going to be a crazy sort of fantastical story about a jack-in-the-box that saves this boy. It's a weird, sort of darker, trippier version of Toy Story." When asked if it would be animated or live action, Tatum replied, "I don't know, we have to find a director that has a vision for it first."

Could you see Channing Tatum in any superhero roles? If so, which ones?

With a title like The Plucker, there are a few routes this could take. The flick could be a feel-good tale about a struggling esthetician whose day feels meaningless as she plucks the errant hairs of the masses, but finds life at night as a professional dancer. (If she can be a welder, why not a plucker?) The movie could also be the story of some person who spends their days plucking the missed feathers off of Thanksgiving turkeys. Or, maybe it's the anthropomorphic quest of a pair of tweezers? Or, none of the above.

Variety reports that New Line bought themselves the rights to The Plucker, an illustrated novel by Brom that came out a few years ago. This isn't the story of some tweezers, but instead, a jack-in-the-box. The toy "awakens beneath its owner's bed and realizes it has been relegated to a place where undesired playthings go to die. There, he discovers the Plucker, a malevolent spirit from a mysterious new toy that has evil designs on the young owner of the toys." According to Amazon, this weird toy is a spirit doll. Obviously, this is not quite what I was thinking.

Brom is an artist who has worked on films like Ghosts of Mars and Scooby-Doo, so chances are he will continue to be involved with the project, but as of yet, no director or writer are attached. Channing Tatum's name is, however, linked to the film because he brought the book to Temple Hill Entertainment.