While many spent the long Labor Day weekend soaking up the few remaining days of summer, the cast and crew of Magic Mike XXL were hard at work as the follow-up to Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 film Magic Mike began production.
Soderbergh announced the news himself via Twitter, under one of his various alter-egos, and posted the following image while saying, “It’s ON!”…
Soderbergh has passed directing duties on Magic Mike XXL to his longtime collaborator Gregory Jacobs, who worked as assistant director on films like Side Effects, Behind the Candelabra and the Ocean’s trilogy. Instead, Soderbergh will act as director of photography, film editor (under alias Mary Ann Bernard), and camera man (under his cinematographer alias Peter Andrews).
At this time we know little about Magic Mike XXL, other than that Channing Tatum is reprising his role as the eponymous male stripper, while Matthew McConaughey is not expected to return. The film hits theaters on July 1, 2015.
Originally published September 2, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
