Channing Tatum Is a Wanted Man in the Final Roofman Trailer

Paramount just dropped the final trailer for Roofman, a crime comedy led by 21 Jump Street alum Channing Tatum. It premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and now it is headed to theaters on October 10. The hook is simple and wild: a charming ex-Army Ranger robs McDonald's by cutting through the roof, then hides out inside a Toys 'R' Us for half a year. Yes, really.

The premise (and why it sounds a little unbelievable)

Roofman follows Jeffrey Manchester, a former Army Ranger and struggling dad who figures out a very specific way to rob fast-food joints: he drops in from above. That turns him into a minor legend with a nickname to match. After a prison break, he moves into a Toys 'R' Us and manages to live there undetected for six months while plotting what comes next. The plan wobbles when he falls for Leigh, a divorced mom who works at the store and is taken with his easy charm. From there, the double life gets messy and it morphs into a cat-and-mouse chase as his past starts knocking on the door.

What the final trailer is selling

Tatum plays Manchester as a low-key, resourceful fugitive who can MacGyver his way through a big-box toy store without being noticed. The trailer leans into the absurdity of his setup and the lengths he goes to keep the act going. It also positions the romance with Leigh as the thing that pulls him off his rigid plan. If this all sounds too out-there, that is part of the draw: the film is based on the real Jeffrey Manchester, who hit roughly 45 McDonald's locations in the late 90s using that rooftop break-in strategy.

Credits and details

• Director: Derek Cianfrance, who also co-wrote the script with Kirt Gunn
• Cast: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang, and Peter Dinklage
• Tatum is also an executive producer, alongside Cianfrance
• Producers: Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Dylan Sellers
• Executive producers: Jonathan Montepare, Charles M. Barsamian, Rick Covert, Jack Selby, Sam Romano, Jonathan Glickman, Thom Zadra, Matthew Von Waaden, D. Mark Von Waaden, Chris Parker, Tyler Zacharia, Jeff Portnoy, Steven J. Toll, Randy Jones Toll
• Distributor: Paramount Pictures
• World premiere: 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
• Theatrical release: October 10
• Early reception: 83% on Rotten Tomatoes from 40 reviews

Bottom line: a true-crime folk tale about a burglar who lived in a toy store is now a slick studio comedy-thriller. The final trailer makes it look like a mix of scrappy heist ingenuity and romantic complication, with a cast stacked enough to make the whole thing go down easy.