Channing Tatum To Star in Male Stripper Movie Based on Own Life

Channing Tatum Haywire Magic Mike Step Up Steven Soderbergh

2:34 pm, April 29th, 2011

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Channing Tatum hasn’t fully put his male stripper days behind him.

The Step Up actor is set to star in a new movie titled Magic Mike, based on his experience as a stripper when he was 19.

Tatum will play the lead character, who takes a fellow male stripper under his wing.

Steven Soderbergh, who had previously announced plans to retire, will direct the film.

Tatum said in a statement, “This was a wild and pivotal time in my life and I couldn’t be more thrilled to go down the rabbit hole with Steven.”

He and Soderbergh teamed up in the past for the action film Haywire, which hits theaters this August.

What do you think about this project?

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