DEAR JOHN - IN THEATERS 25. For more Channing & Amanda, visit the official site at: , Become a Fan on Facebook at & find out about the DEAR JOHN on TWITTER sweepstakes by following us at . Directed by Lasse Halström and based on the novel by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, DEAR JOHN tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by Johns increasingly dangerous deployments.