Channing Tatum Says 'Brilliant' Director Will Helm MAGIC MIKE on Broadway

Channing Tatum has teased a little more about his new MAGIC MIKE musical.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tatum's MAGIC MIKE LIVE (which he is producing and directing) will be hitting the Las Vegas strip, with previews beginning at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in March 2017, followed by a U.S. tour.

A new MAGIC MIKE stage musical has also been in the works since last year, from Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Tatum has already confirmed a stage version of MAGIC MIKE will eventually head to the Great White Way.

Speaking from Cannes, he told The Hollywood Reporter that the Broadway show "will be stylistically different" from the Vegas production and that a "brilliant, brilliant" director is working on the script and will helm the musical in New York.

"It's tough, because you don't want to just come out with all this stuff. We are slowly boiling down [ideas] to see which one works," he told the site.

Tatum will direct MAGIC MIKE LIVE production with choreographers Alison Faulk and Teresa Espinosa, with whom he worked on the MAGIC MIKE movies.

There has been no official word on casting for MAGIC MIKE LIVE in Las Vegas. A-list stage stars such as HAMILTON's Chris Jackson, LES MISERABLES' Will Swenson and PRISCILLA's Nick Adams and Curt Hansen took part in a reading for the show last November. Derek Klena and Taylor Louderman also participated in a previous reading of the work-in-progress in April 2015.

Per press notes, MAGIC MIKE LIVE is described as: "The experience starts as you enter Club Domina, a real life version of the club at the foundation of Magic Mike XXL, where men cater to women's desires. The fully re-envisioned cabaret nightclub space will be unlike any other in Las Vegas with three elaborately designed bars, an integrated stage and seating for 450 guests. Expressly created to capture the magnetism of a film franchise that has grossed nearly $300 million, this new venue and its immersive production will... happens in front of, behind, above and all around the audience."

The original film MAGIC MIKE, hit theaters in 2012 and earned a whopping $114 million at the box office. Steven Soderbergh's movie starred Tatum alongside Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganielloand centered on a rebellious 19-year-old kid (Pettyfer) looking for independence from his family. He meets Magic Mike (Tatum), who seems like the perfect role model -- he's got a nice car, a nice apartment, and a seemingly endless supply of women. He also happens to be a male stripper. The MAGIC MIKE sequel hit theaters last July.

For more on MAGIC MIKE LIVE, visit magicmikelivelasvegas.com, and in the meantime, watch Channing Tatum's MAGIC MIKE LIVE announcement below!

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