Channing Tatum up for Contortionist's Handbook

John Cena...er, I mean Channing Tatum is set for the lead role in an adaptation of Craig Clevenger's novel The Contortionists Handbook.

The main character John Vincent is born deformed with a sixth finger which leads to an interest in prestidigitation. As he grows older he becomes very cunning with crimes and new identities having to move from place to place based on a strict code of conduct preventing him from getting caught. He meets a woman with her own problems who of course screws everything up.

The image from the book looks interesting and the descriptions of the story have me intriguied with this project. I'm not familiar with many of Tatum's roles, but wasn't impressed with him in Step Up and he didn't have enough screen time in Public Enemies for me to formulate a good opinion. I've read favorable comments on his role in Dear John though and will not pass judgement until he has more films on his resume.

I am looking forward to this one and if he performs well then thats all the better for him.