14 DAY TRIAL // “Magic Mike” was a surprise hit with audiences and critics alike, so it’s no wonder talk of a sequel started even before it ended its run in theaters. Steven Soderbergh, who directed the original, says everything’s going according to plan with the follow-up.
He won’t return as director, but he remains involved in the project, he says in a new interview cited by The Playlist.
In other words, he has inside knowledge of what’s going on.
“Magic Mike 2” will see the original cast return but also take a more comedic turn, unlike the first film. No director is attached yet.
“We actually just had a meeting about it the other day. It’s getting pretty far along. They’ve got a good idea. There were some stories and events that Channing [Tatum] lived through that we just couldn’t fit in the first one,” he says.
“One of them is a really hilarious and very cinematic idea that we reluctantly didn’t put in the first film, because it was such a big idea you could build a whole film out of it – but we didn’t want to build that film out of it. It’s perfect for this, though,” Soderbergh adds.
Last we heard, Tatum himself was in talks to helm the film.