Channing Tatum has landed the lead role of Duke in the upcoming G.I. Joe movie, which is st for release on August 7, 2009.

Tatum will be joining Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cast for the film.

The movie, based on the Hasbro property, is set to start shooting next month in Los Angeles.