Magic Mike XXL Sequel Gets 2015 Release Date

Baby oil suppliers couldn't have hoped for better news today as it has been announced that Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey stripper film Magic Mike is getting a sequel next year.

Called Magic Mike XXL, the sequel has been pencilled in for 4 July 2015 by studio Warner Bros.

Channing Tatum recently tweeted that he was starting work on a script for the sequel, which he'll be working on with the original movie's producer Reid Carolin.

Steve Soderbergh's original surprised audiences in 2012, proving to be a funny and sometimes dramatic look at a ridiculous but not at all glamorous life of a male stripper. It starred Tatum, a former stripper himself, and recent Oscar-winner McConaughey as the title character's boss.

Soderbergh retired from directing not long after Magic Mike, so Greg Jacobs – who was first assistant director on the first film – will take over the main job.

Clearly passionate about the film and its sequel, Tatum recently told MTV: "This one will be a road trip movie. Without giving a lot away, we don't wanna make it a really serious, slice-of-life movie.

"We want to have reality in it, but we don't want to make it some dark drama. There was some darkness in the last one that I think surprised people and shocked people.

"I think everyone's gonna be back. Obviously no-one's deals are done which is always kind of scary."