Channing Tatum Has No Plans To Make Another ‘Magic Mike’ Film
We may not see Michael “Magic Mike” Lane ever again. News had been mostly quiet — too quiet — regardingMagic Mike 3sinceXXLtore theaters up last summer. The sequel didn’t sell as many tickets as the first film did, but it performed decently enough, and the diehardMagic Mikefans responded well to the delightful road trip movie. So, with that success in mind, the question is: Why aren’t we going to seeMagic Mike XXXLor aMagic Mike 3D? Well, we’re technically going to see aMagic Mike 3, just not in theaters.
Below, Channing Tatum provides an unfortunateMagic Mike 3update.
While Tatum doesn’t intend on making anotherMagic Mikefilm, he isn’t finished with the Magic Mike brand just yet. Last month, itwas announcedthe actor would direct Magic Mike Live withMagic MikechoreographerAlison Faulkand assistant choreographer/actressTeresa Espinosa. The Las Vegas show, which will begin next March at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, is, in some ways, a continuation of the film series.
Speaking withThe Hollywood Reporter, Tatum told the outletMagic Mike 3is the show:
The third installment will be the show, and I think it has to evolve past these guys. The first one was about Mike, the second one was about the guys and I think the third one is really about man and woman having a conversation about sex and themselves and who we all are. That’s the next step I would like to take with the story.
Tatum is talking about the Las Vegas show serving as the thirdMagic Mikeinstallment. But he’s also working on aMagic Mikestage musical, possibly chronicling Michael Lane’s origin story. Shortly after the release of the first film, directorSteven Soderbergh, Tatum, and screenwriterReid Carolyndiscussed creating an “interactive experience” with the musical. Tatum confirmed to THR a director is attached to the Broadway show and that a script is in the works.
WithMagic Mike Liveand the Broadway musical, Tatum is continuing to venture outside of acting, getting more involved behind the scenes. The actor, who may soon make his directorial debut withan adaptationofForgive Me, Leonard Peacock, told THR he wants to keep changing things up:
Once I start repeating stuff I just get bored. I start to not be as connected to it. I haven’t really overthought the scope in which I have started to push the boundaries and step out of acting.
Maybe one day he could push those boundaries withMagic Mike 3, a project which, over a year ago, he wasn’t sure about — but he did add “never say never.“Magic Mike XXLends on an incredibly satisfying, victorious note for the characters, and it’s not a bad place to leave the charming pack of male strippers, but it’s mildly disappointing, to say the least, that we probably won’t see these characters enjoying themselves again on the big screen.
