LGBTQ news and entertainment
So, we all know the bit movie Magic Mike was loosely based on experiences Channing Tatum had as a teenager working in a male strip club.
Finally, video has surfaced of 18 year old Channing (then known as “Chan Crawford”) getting his groove on with his female audience.
Check out how this whole Magic Mike thing really started in the video below.
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| Nick the Gardener gets a call from Channing Tatum |
Hey, hey, hey – Ellen’s (and let’s face it, everyone’s) favorite gardener “Nick” got a movie offer today on ELLEN.
Channing Tatum called into the ELLEN show today, but it wasn’t Ellen DeGeneres he was calling for.
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| Nick the Gardener is happy, so we all are happy 🙂 |
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| It was apple picking time on Ellen’s living wall, so Nick had to pick apples. Shirtless, of course… |
Warner Bros has set a release date of July 3, 2015 for “Magic Mike 2.”
This will be a sequel to the original film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and loosely based on Channing Tatum‘s early days as a male stripper, which landed as a surprise hit of 2012.
Financed and produced by Soderbergh and Tatum, the movie was a major score (starring Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello) banking $113.7M at the domestic box office — one of Soderbergh’s most lucrative movies ever.
A Broadway version of the film is now in development as well.
(via Deadline)
Count on me to buy a ticket to this:
According to Deadline Hollywood, “Magic Mike: The Musical” is heading to Broadway.
Per the website, producers are actively working to turn the Channing Tatum blockbuster film about male strippers in Florida into a musical with Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey set to write songs, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa signed to write the book for the Broadway version.
The film, released in 2012, was directed by Steven Soderbergh, who along with Tatum, Reid Carolin, Gregory Jacobs, and Nick Wechsler serve as producers on the musical.
Zach Braff has taken to Twitter to put in his shirtless photo application for Magic Mike 2.
Braff tweeted a shirtless photo of himself to Channing Tatum, along with the message: “Dear @channingtatum when are auditions for Magic Mike 2”
Channing recently shared that the sequel to the first Magic Mike film is being developed as a “road trip” flick, and that Channing himself may direct.
(via Queerty)
Ah, good times…
Joe Manganiello is shooting a new movie – David Ayer’s Ten in Atlanta with Arnold Schwarzenegger – and this ain’t no Magic Mike:
“Now I have a huge Unabomber beard, with cornrows and full-sleeve tattoos, and I’ve put on probably like 20 pounds. I look like a biker/murderer, which is really what I’m playing,” he tells EW. “So the body roll asks have subsided. People come up to me now, and they’re like, ‘Hey, I went to go get my car fixed and I’m pretty sure that they screwed me over. Can you go and talk to these people for me?’ That’s my request now. I’m sure after this movie comes out, people are gonna ask me to start killing people for money. Which I guess is a good thing. I’m an actor, so I’m supposed to change.”
In the film, he plays Grinder, a member of a task force the DEA has put together to fight against the Mexican cartels.
(source)
In Touch Magazine is reporting that Channing Tatum has a new project: running a racy theme bar—complete with all-male revues!
In Touch says that the “Magic Mike” star and best friend Keith Kurtz, purchased Saints and Sinners, a brothel-style pub in New Orleans and hope to re-open it in November.
The opening night guest list might even include Channing’s famous stage pals Matthew McConaughey and Joe Manganiello for a reunion that could turn into a live male-review show!
From Cosmopolitan: “After seeing the half-naked hotness that was Magic Mike, we were craving more. That’s why we went on a search for the hottest male strippers in America. These sexy studs are from three of the top venues in the country. They made the cut—and then some.”
Five of the eleven chosen are members of the premier label for women’s entertainment, and Randy Report favorite, The Chippendales.
Check out the whole list by clicking here.
So who wants more MAGIC MIKE?
Asked during a Twitter question and answer session for Glamour magazine, Tatum responded: “Yes, yes and yes! We’re working on the concept now. We want to flip the script and make it bigger.”