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\n\tParamount Pictures opened the studio gates Monday night to host the Los Angeles premiere of Roofman<\/em>. Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance made the rounds with his actors, including title star Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Uzo Aduba, Melanie Diaz and Peter Dinklage. The film, which Paramount will release on Oct. 10, comes from a team of producers including Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery and Dylan Sellers in association with Miramax.<\/p>\n \n\tMiramax CEO Jonathan Glickman was also on the scene. He and Tatum go way back after having made a slew of movies together over the years, including the 2012 box office hit The Vow.<\/em> Roofman<\/em> marks his first pairing with Derek Cianfrance, who previously directed 2010\u2019s Blue Valentine<\/em> and 2012\u2019s The Place Beyond the Pines. <\/em>He\u2019s been wanting to work with Cianfrance ever since the former and reveals he felt \u201ccompelled\u201d to make Roofman<\/em> for a number of reasons. During a generous red carpet chat, the veteran Hollywood insider shares what those reasons are as well as his thoughts on President Donald Trump\u2019s film tariffs proposal, what makes Tatum such a star and his hopes for Roofman<\/em> box office returns.<\/p>\n \n\tHe also nodded to how magnetic a marketing line like \u201cbased on a true story\u201d can be, especially as it relates to this particular story. Roofman<\/em> casts Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and father struggling to make ends meet for his family. In doing so, he goes on a crime spree robbing McDonald\u2019s restaurants by cutting holes in the location\u2019s rooftops, a move that earned him the nickname. He\u2019s apprehended by police and sent to prison, only to escape, after which he lives inside a Toys \u201cR\u201d Us location for six months. During that time, he falls for a woman named Leigh, played by Kirsten Dunst, a divorced mother who is drawn in by his undeniable charms until the authorities catch up to him.<\/p>\n \n\tYou\u2019ve been involved in some real-life stories in your day. What about this one made you want to get behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tA few things. First and foremost, Derek Cianfrance. I\u2019ve wanted to work with him for more than 13 years or so, ever since Blue Valentine. <\/em>This was the movie we were destined to make together. I\u2019m so excited to bring a different side of him to the world. It shows a lighter side but it also still delivers the emotional heft of what you expect from a movie by Derek. There\u2019s also no better marketing sell than the five words \u201cbased on a true story.\u201d It\u2019s an incredible story and one that if it was made up, you wouldn\u2019t believe it. You never quite know where the story is heading. It completely surprises you at every turn. It\u2019s also a unique story in that it features characters who are all trying to do the right thing but they have circumstances in their lives that mess with that. We can all sort of relate in one way or another.<\/p>\n \n\tHis story is insane.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYes. I shouldn\u2019t take credit for it, but I came up with \u201cbased on a true story and bad decisions.\u201d It\u2019s so wild. Jeffrey Manchester wanted to do the right thing but felt he was forced into these decisions, which seem to be better for cinema than real life. <\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s Derek Cianfrance in a lighter form, and it also finds Channing Tatum hitting every shade of what has made him such a box office star. There\u2019s not a ton of movie stars you can imagine that could play this part and be standing there in his underwear on the billboard \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tA hundred percent. [Working with Channing] was the other thing that really compelled me to do this movie. This is the sixth movie I\u2019ve made that Channing Tatum has been the star of, so I\u2019ve seen all sides of him. I was lucky to be involved in the Jump Street<\/em> movies, a couple of the G.I. Joe<\/em> movies, The Vow,<\/em> which was a great success we had together. He\u2019s an incredible actor. He has a depth that surprises people and an authenticity that is totally real. There\u2019s nothing he does in this movie that surprises me in terms of his skillset. When I read the script, I knew he could pull it off. I am emotionally involved with him at every turn of the story. There\u2019s an almost docudrama aspect to his performance because you never question any decision he\u2019s making. He goes through some wild emotional swings in this movie, and you buy every single one. <\/p>\n \n\tWhat are your hopes for this movie at the box office? It\u2019s an unpredictable time for adult dramas or adult dramedies.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI have confidence in the box office on this film. We made it at the right budget so we don\u2019t have to bring in Star Wars or Marvel-type numbers to break even. I also feel that it is a story that will play all over the country. It\u2019s not a coastal movie. It\u2019s going to do very well in the heartland. Channing is a surprising secret weapon. I\u2019ve experienced it firsthand. The Vow<\/em> did, I think, two times what they projected for opening weekend. I really believe that we have the opportunity here to touch hearts and make it work all over the country, and ultimately all over the world.<\/p>\n \n\tPresident Donald Trump doubled down on a film tariff proposal this week. What\u2019s your take?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s hard to know. Obviously, this is something that\u2019s going to play itself out and we\u2019ll have to see where it goes. If it were up to me, we\u2019d have a federal incentive to compete with these other nations. We make a lot of movies in the United States. We make a lot of movies overseas, and sometimes you have to do that because it\u2019s the right place to make a film. I was lucky enough to oversee three James Bond movies. You couldn\u2019t shoot all of those movies in the United States. Bringing attention to getting production back to the United States, and even back to this city, is a great thing. But how do we do that through tariffs? It remains to be seen whether that\u2019s the right way to do it or not.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tGlickman, Tatum and Dunst at the Roofman<\/em> premiere at Paramount Pictures on Sept. 29, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Anna Webber\/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tGlickman with Roofman<\/em> producers Alex Orlovsky, Derek Cianfrance, Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell Taylor.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Anna Webber\/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tChanning Tatum, Uzo Aduba, Melonie Diaz, Derek Cianfrance, Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklage.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paramount Pictures opened the studio gates Monday night to host the Los Angeles premiere of Roofman. 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