As filming finally gets properly under way on the sequel, Warner Bros. has announced the full cast for Magic Mike XXL. We’ve already learned about one or two of the new recruits, but Elizabeth Banks, Community’s Donald Glover and American Football player-turned-TV-host Michael Stahan are all aboard.
They’re joining Mike veterans Channing Tatum, (who also co-produces again with writer Reid Carolin), Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias alongside previously announced new arrivals Amber Heard, Andie MacDowell and Jada Pinkett Smith. There are no details on which characters the new actors will be playing.
With the new casting announcement comes some fresh plot info, which reads thus: “*Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, the film finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blowout performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. *
On the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.”
Gregory Jacobs is taking over the directorial reins from Steven Soderbergh, but his old collaborator is still around, acting as cinematographer, editor and producer. Magic Mike XXL is expected to hit UK cinemas on August 7 next year.