GI John

Channing Tatum is going to star in a big screen version of author Nicholas Sparks:' "Dear John" reports Variety.

Tatum stars as a soldier who - while home on leave - falls for a conservative college student.

Tatum must love pl laying characters in the military--this would be his third- following March's Stop Loss and the as yet released G.I. Joe.

Sparks has had success with movies from his work--The Notebook was a huge hit...

Lasse Hallström is calling the shots on John when shooting begins in September.