In September, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced that “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” would get a theatrical launch as a substitute of 1 on HBO Max. And Steven Soderbergh followers couldn’t be happier in regards to the information. It’s Soderbergh’s first film in a theater since 2018’s “Unsane,” and it caps off a trilogy that boasts fairly wild in-person screening experiences.
And Soderbergh needs to go Channing Tatum‘s “Magic Mike” Lane to get the biggest, most sensational send-off. How’s he managing that? How about ending “Last Dance” with a 30-minute dance sequence? “We wanted to blow the dancing up in a big way,” the director instructed Empire in a brand new interview. “We have this dance number with Channing and Salma [Hayek] right up front. And then the last 30-plus minutes of the movie are just this giant dance sequence.” In the upcoming movie, Tatum’s Mike travels with Hayek’s Max to develop a musical based mostly on his stripteasing exploits at a revered South London theater. As one can think about, it finally ends up fairly the seductive dance between the 2.
But Soderbergh wished to do one thing actually particular to finish the “Magic Mike” trilogy. “My job is, how do I make each one of these distinct? I can’t shoot them all the same way, I have to come up with a different approach for each dance,” defined Soderbergh. “And that was really the challenge.” Thankfully, a theatre backdrop gave Soderbergh loads of concepts to spice issues up. “We’re staging all the sequences in this lovely old theatre, the Clapham Grand,” the director continued. “That was fun, there’s not a bad angle to be had in that place…”
“Magic Mike XXL” noticed the world of 2012’s “Magic Mike” get greater, bolder, and extra elaborate. And whereas Soderbergh solely served as editor and cinematographer on the 2015 movie, he needs “Last Dance” to really feel like a completion of what the primary two motion pictures began. “The first film was a fairly straightforward rendering of a set of characters who exist in a certain milieu that hasn’t changed since its inception,” Soderbergh defined. “And the second film was pushing out a little bit to talk about what women are looking for on a night out in which fantasies and sexuality are explored – and how do you retain a sense of mystery, while still existing in an environment in which things like permission and consent are front and centre?” So, naturally, Soderbergh sees his third movie as a bigger celebration of that evolving dynamic.
“The third film just really dives into this in a much bigger way, partially because for the first time we see Mike in a relationship,” Soderbergh mentioned on the masculine-feminine push-pull of “Last Dance.” “So that just allows for a dynamic and a set of discussions that we haven’t had access to, prior to “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.”” And audiences will likely be more than pleased to have these discussions within the theater as a substitute of streaming the movie at residence. “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” hits theaters all over the place on February 10, 2023, simply in time for Valentine’s Day.