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It’s getting hotter in here: Magic Mike cast on EW

From EW: In honor of Channing Tatum, the star of 21 Jump Street and The Vow whose stint as a stripper inspired Magic Mike (out June 29), this week’s cover does a little striptease of its own. Once you’ve taken in the sight of Tatum looking dapper all by himself, the flaps open to reveal a photo of him with his Magic Mike pals Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Matt Bomer (White Collar), all of whom play dancers at a male revue in the R-rated drama, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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Magic Mike movie to premiere at LA Film Festival June 24

Steven Soderbergh’s male-stripper flick Magic Mike will premiere as The Los Angeles Film Festival’s closing night selection on June 24th, Entertainment Weekly reports. The stud-studded picture opens in the U.S. nationwide the following Friday.
The film — which stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganielleo, Matthew, McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, and Alex Rodriguez — is expected to draw a large portion of female and gay male moviegoers this summer.
Check out Magic Mike’s first official trailer and you’ll see why (as if you didn’t already know).
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New pics from “Magic Mike” movie

Ken (Matt Bomer), Mike (Channing Tatum), Tito (Adam Rodriguez) and Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) in “Magic Mike.”

So I’m not only counting down to May 4 when Avengers hits theaters, but I’m even more excited about June 29, when Channing Tatum’s bio-pic, Magic Mike, comes out.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), it follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money. Oh, and everyone takes their clothes off.

Warner Brothers has released  new stills from the flick, which also stars Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Mangianello, Adam Rodriguez , Olivia Munn and Riley Keough.

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And who could forget Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer
in full-on Chippendales attire?
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New pics from Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike” as Chippendales

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Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer show off their ripped physiques in this new still from Magic Mike.

The Steven Soderbergh-directed film will also star Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello and Alex Pettyfer.

“Hard R” is how Channing Tatum describes the rating of ‘Magic Mike’ in a recent interview. Tatum — who himself spent eight months as a stripper in his late teens — says the flick “won’t be anywhere near” an NC-17 rating.

Nice to see Soderbergh appreciates the iconic “cuffs and collars” look of the most famous ladies night out, Chippendales.

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Chippendales experts weigh in on upcoming “Magic Mike” movie cast

So the folks at grantland.com reached out to two experts at The Chippendales – director of operations Kristen Makhatini and lead singer Jaymes Vaughan – to give their expert opinions about the star-studded cast of “Magic Mike” and whether or not the actors have what it takes to make in the Chippendales world.

The consensus seems to be Channing Tatum (“his dancing in his other mainstream movies will hopefully help him come across as more legit as a performer”), Matthew McConaughey (“important thing to keep in mind is that he’s such a fun, free-spirited, goofy party guy; everyone is sort of naturally drawn to everything he does”) and Joe Manganiello (“I think it’s perfect casting. He’s not just a shredded guy, but a masculine guy”) seem to be dead on with the physical and personality skills needed to succeed.  Interesting to read how those in the industry view these things and what it takes to succeed.  It’s not just having a great body – although it’s a good start.

I’d love to see the cast of “Magic Mike” make a visit to the Chippendales show at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas for some “research.”

Fun article to read and see how the experts see things.