Channing Tatum Makes Surprise Cameo in 'Atropia,' Role Revealed During Sundance Film Festival Premiere

Channing Tatum made a surprise appearance on the big screen during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

On Saturday (January 25), it was revealed that the 44-year-old actor filmed a surprise cameo appearance in the movie Atropia, which premiered at the festival.

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According to reporting by Variety, Channing played “a bona fide American movie star (Tatum) will participate in a chemical weapon attack simulation.”

Here’s a synopsis of Atropia from Sundance: “When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.”

Speaking to Variety, Alia confirmed that she is the one who helped get Channing to agree to the role.

“Chan has been an amazing friend,” she gushed. “We emailed him and asked him to come do it. He responded — but he didn’t respond right away — and said, ‘I’m in, what’s the date?’”

While Channing did not attend the premiere, its stars Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloe East, Dash Melrose, Gilberto Ortiz, Gil Perez-Abraham, Priscilla Garita and director Hailey Gates were present. We’ve got photos of all of them in the gallery!

Scroll through all of the photos from the premiere in the gallery…