In 2008, Tatum co-starred in director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss, about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War, and in director Stuart Townsend's film Battle in Seattle, about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.
I 2008 instruerede Tatum sammen med Kimberly Peirce filmen Stop-Loss, der handler om soldater, der vender hjem efter at været i krig i Irak og igen i instruktøren Stuart Townsends film Battle in Seattle, omkring protestmøde i 1999 om World Trade Organization i Seattle.