The film was set up with The Weinstein Co., but in an official statement released today, Tatum and Carolin revealed that they are no longer developing the project at the studio in the wake of extensive sexual assault and harassment allegations against former studio head Harvey Weinstein.
As long as TWC retains the rights to Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, Tatum and Carolin will not be involved.
To date, over two dozen women (and counting, sadly) have accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault and / or rape.
Channing Tatum and longtime collaborator and producing partner Reid Carolin were set to make their co-directorial debut with an adaptation of Matthew Quick’s YA novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock.