--- title: Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike Musical Is ‘Still in the Works’ description: “We’re getting it going" canonical: https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T12:02:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:22:45.098Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike Musical Is ‘Still in the Works’ og:description: “We’re getting it going" og:url: https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5936d61b4efaa43a/6987eaec524fc0ff07df0341/channing-tatum-magic-mike.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: © Copyright 2014 CorbisCorporation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike Musical Is ‘Still in the Works’ twitter:description: “We’re getting it going" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5936d61b4efaa43a/6987eaec524fc0ff07df0341/channing-tatum-magic-mike.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Channing Tatum Says _Magic Mike_ Musical Is 'Still in the Works' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 14, 2015 12:02 PM CUT  04 Nov 2014, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA --- \*\*\*MANDATORY BYLINE TO READ INFphoto.com ONLY\*\*\* Pictured: Channing Tatum --- Image by © INFphoto.com/INFphoto.com/Corbis 04 Nov 2014, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA --- \*\*\*MANDATORY BYLINE TO READ INFphoto.com ONLY\*\*\* Pictured: Channing Tatum --- Image by © INFphoto.com/INFphoto.com/CorbisINFphoto.com by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 14, 2015 12:02 PM CUT _Magic Mike XXL_, the highly anticipated sequel to 2012’s hit male stripper film starring Channing Tatum, doesn’t come out until July 1, but odds are it will make it rain at the box office. _EW_ talked to Tatum for our Summer Movie Preview and asked what the status is of [the proposed stage musical of _Mike_](http://www.ew.com/article/2012/06/29/channing-tatum-magic-mike-broadway "undefined"). “It is still in the works,” Tatum admits. “We’re getting it going. Oddly enough, the second one lends itself more to the musical. I think our original idea was to do a prequel, like how Mike got in.” If _XXL_ is a success, does that mean we can expect a _Magic Mike XXXL_? Says Tatum, “I really don’t know. I wish I could say yeah because we have so much fun on them. I’m never gonna say never, but if we did it—because the first one is so different from the second one—I would probably just try and change it again.” _For more on this summer’s big movies, including_Magic Mike XXL_, pick up_ Entertainment Weekly_’s Summer Movie Preview, on stands now._ [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/13/channing-tatum-says-magic-mike-musical-still-works "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/"},"headline":"Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike Musical Is 'Still in the Works'","datePublished":"2015-04-14T12:02:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:22:45.098Z","description":"“We’re getting it going\"","url":"https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5936d61b4efaa43a/6987eaec524fc0ff07df0341/channing-tatum-magic-mike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5936d61b4efaa43a/6987eaec524fc0ff07df0341/channing-tatum-magic-mike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"© Copyright 2014 CorbisCorporation","caption":"© Copyright 2014 CorbisCorporation","creditText":"INFphoto.com","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3820878/magic-mike-musical-channing-tatum/","name":"Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike Musical Is 'Still in the Works'"}}]}] ```