Come back! Channing Tatum will return for the third magic Mike movie, and revealed some details about the last installment of the franchise.
The 41-year-old actor announced Magic Mike’s Last Dance in November 2021, posting an image of the first page of the script via Twitter. “Well people, it looks like Mike Lane is coming in again,” Tatum wrote next to the image.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance was written by Reed Carolyn, who wrote both the prototype of 2012 and 2015 Magic Mike XXL. Director Steven SoderberghThe director of the first but not the second film, returns to the franchise for the threequel.
Tatum also spotted HBO Max streaming service, where the film will debut. No release date has been set.
The films follow the character of Tatum, Mike Lane, a stripper who is loosely inspired by the actor’s short tenure as a singer before finding success in Hollywood.
“There are no words about how excited I am to knock on the doors of the world magic Mike with Steven, Greg, Reid and the amazing people on HBO Max. “The stripper will never be the same,” Tatum said in a statement.
The 58-year-old Soderbergh revealed that the live show in Las Vegas, which debuted in 2017, convinced him to return for the next film.
“I just saw what Channing, Reid and magic Mike “The choreography team did with the live show, I said we have to make another film,” the director said in a press release. “Mike Lane’s dream of connecting people through dance must come true!”
The casting has not been announced yet, but the Step Up The actor joked about the cast earlier this month. Lenny Kravitz, father of Tatum’s girlfriend Zoë Kravitz, posted a photo showing off his abs that caught the actor’s attention.
“My God,” the Alabama native commented on the post. “What you eat or what is in the water or the genes. It is not natural. Do you do abs like all day?
The “American Woman” singer, 57, replied: “Dude, I’m just trying to get to the next magic Mike. Any connections? ‘
Although no casting news has been released, fans can meet some new Magic Mikes on HBO Max. The announcement of the third film came before the stripper franchise was expanded to new territory: reality.
Finding Magic Mike follows 10 men who have “lost their magic”, according to HBO Max, and are trying to regain their confidence by learning the moves of Magic Mike. The winner will be known as “The Real Magic Mike”, a cash prize and an opportunity to play at Magic Mike Live scene in Vegas. All seven episodes were released in December 2021 on HBO Max.
Scroll down to find out everything we know so far about Magic Mike’s Last Dance film: