‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’: Salma Hayek touches Channing Tatum’s abs in the first picture

Last year, Channing Tatum surprisingly announced that he and Steven Soderbergh were working on the third installment of their hit saga “Magic Mike”, set in the world of male strippers. The film, titled ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ marks the end of the franchise and sees Soderbergh’s return to directingafter directing the first, but not the second, ‘Magic Mike XXL’.

The film opens on February 10, 2023 in the United States (8 years after the previous one), just in time for Valentine’s Day. And as an aperitif, Tatum shared her first image, with the new addition, Salma Hayek, which we see in the very concentrated image as he touches Mike’s abs. Hayek replaces Thandiwe Newton, who is said to have been fired after a heated argument with Tatum, although she denied it.

Initially, ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ was announced as an exclusive preview for HBO Max, however, recent changes in the guidance of Warner Bros. Discovery, under new director David Zaslav, have led the studio to once again turn to releases. theatrical. Some movies that were directly streaming, like “Batgirl”, got canceled, but the third “Magic Mike” was saved from the fire and changed to theatrical releasethus demonstrating full confidence in the saga interpreted and produced by Tatum.

‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ returns for Reid Carolin as a screenwriter, who is also a producer with Tatum, Gregory Jacobs, Nick Wechsler and Peter Kiernan. The film does not yet have a fixed premiere in Spain.

An expanding property

The first ‘Magic Mike’ was a theatrical success, raising $ 167.73 million worldwide, making it very profitable for Warner Bros., having a small budget of just $ 7 million. The second, ‘Magic Mike XXL’, was not far behind, with 117.8 million. But the Magic Mike brand goes beyond these movies, like Tatum used the success of the films to launch a live entertainment franchise in Las Vegas and London., with US tour included. Additionally, in 2021, “Looking for Magic Mike” premiered on HBO Max, a reality competition dedicated to finding the next star of the show “Magic Mike Live”.