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TOLDJA! Warner Bros Acquires Stripper Pic ‘Magic Mike,’ Bares June 29 Release Date

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 11:53am PDTTags: Adam Rodriguez, Alex Pettyfer, Channing Tatum, Film Release Date, Gregory Jacobs, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Magic Mike, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey, Nick Wechsler, Reid Carolin, Steven Soderbergh
Mike Fleming

As predicted here, Warner Bros completed its acquisition of domestic rights on the Steven Soderbergh-directed Magic Mike, which stars Alex Pettyfer and Channing Tatum in a Saturday Night Fever-type coming-of-age drama about a young exotic dancer who is schooled by a veteran of the trade. The studio just dated the film for release on June 29, 2012. Soderbergh and Tatum funded the film, and FilmNation is selling offshore territories at AFM. The script was written by Tatum’s Iron Horse Entertainment partner Reid Carolin, and they are producing with Nick Wechsler and Gregory Jacobs.

The film, based on the world Tatum observed when he was a male stripper, has a beefcake cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez and Kevin Nash. Warner Bros recently released Soderbergh’s Contagion, and is prepping his next film, The Man From UNCLE.

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Steven Soderbergh’s Stripper Movie ‘Magic Mike’ Gyrating Toward Warner Bros?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 11:39am PDTTags: Alex Pettyfer, Channing Tatum, Glen Basner, Gregory Jacobs, Joe Manganiello, Magic Mike, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey, Nick Wechsler, Reid Carolin, Steven Soderbergh, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While several studios are in the mix on the Steven Soderbergh-directed Magic Mike, I’m told that Warner Bros has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire domestic distribution rights and that a deal could be done by next week. The … Read More »

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CAA Signs Kami Putnam-Heist Clients Joe Manganiello And Logan Lerman From WME

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 14, 2011 @ 5:33pm PSTTags: Agents, CAA, Joe Manganiello, Kami Putnam-Heist, Logan Lerman, Movies, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed HBO True Blood star Joe Manganiello and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief star Logan Lerman. Both actors have followed their agent, Kami Putnam-Heist, who moved from WME to CAA on January 3rd as … Read More »

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EXCLUSIVE: Casting Search For Superman Begins

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 12:38pm PSTTags: Armie Hammer, Chris Nolan, Joe Manganiello, Movie Deals, Movies, Superman Franchise Reboot, Warner Bros Superman, Zach Snyder

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros, producer Chris Nolan, and director Zack Snyder have begun to cast a “wide net” to find the next Man of Steel. Insiders tell us the studio is open to creating a star as it reboots the … Read More »

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‘True Blood’ Ups Joe Manganiello To Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 11:55pm PDTTags: HBO, Joe Manganiello, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, True Blood, True Blood Casting, True Blood Season 4, TV Casting, Vampire Drama, Werewolves
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Manganiello, dubbed the hottest new addition to HBO’s True Blood this season, has been promoted to regular for Season 4. He plays hot sexy alpha male werewolf Alcide Herveaux, an iconic character in the The Southern Vampire Mysteries novels that True Blood is based on. There was a lot of buzz surrounding the casting of the role late last year before it went to One Tree Hill alum Manganiello. He was originally supposed to appear only in a handful of episodes, but I hear he impressed the show’s producers and was embraced by True Blood fans, Read More »

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