Who knew it would be the promise of Channing Tatum?s thrusting pelvis and meticulous pole work that could keep Traffic director Steven Soderbergh out of retirement? Despite what the director of Erin Brockovich claimed earlier this spring, he isn?t going to end his filmmaking career with Liberace with Michael Douglas and Man From U.N.C.L.E. with George Clooney. He instead will be shooting the greatest movie ever made: Channing Tatum?s stripper film.
Deadline is reporting Soderbergh with team up with Tatum for Magic Mike, a story about a stripper who must teach a younger dancer how to succeed on and off the dollar bill-covered stage; the story is based on Tatum?s stripping experience before he broke into acting. ?When Channing talked to me about this, I thought it was one of the best ideas I?d ever heard for a movie. I said I wanted in immediately. It?s sexy, funny and shocking. We?re using Saturday Night Fever as our model, so hopefully we?re on the right track,? the director said in a statement. Tatum is also enthusiastic about the partnership, adding ?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.? Did we mention Soderbergh is an Academy Award winner? We always knew it would take someone with an Oscar to make the all-male version of Showgirls we?ve been dreaming about for years.
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