Magic Mike's Last Dance

The film was initially planned to be released exclusively on HBO Max, but in September 2022 it was shifted to a theatrical release.

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Some of the dancers came from the "Magic Mike Live" shows in Las Vegas and London, including Harry Carter, Anton Engel, JD Rainey, Patrick Packaging and Jackson Williams.

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Thandiwe Newton was originally cast in the female lead and had reportedly already shot at least a week of scenes when she left the film for family reasons. Salma Hayek replaced her and reshot her scenes.

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As usual, director Steven Soderbergh also served as the film's cinematographer (credited as Peter Andrews) and editor (Mary Ann Bernard).

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It is the only film in the Magic Mike trilogy (2012) that contains no nudity.

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Director Steven Soderbergh returns to the series after the first film, Magic Mike (2012). Gregory Jacobs directed the second film, Magic Mike XXL (2015).

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The female dancer in Magic Mike's final performance is the same dancer used in the Mac Finds His Pride (2018) episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005).

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This is the first Steven Soderbergh film to be released only in theaters since Unsane (2018). Previously, High Flying Bird (2019), The Laundromat (2019) and No Sudden Move (2021) had limited theatrical runs before their premieres on Netflix/HBO Max, while Let Them All Talk (2020) and Kimi (2022) were released directly on HBO Max.

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Throughout the film, Maxandra shows her ties to the world of high culture and art; she has a large monograph on the architect Zaha Hadid on her private jet, and in the dinner scene her friends discuss Art Basel (an international art fair held annually in Basel, Miami, Hong Kong and Paris).

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Magic Mike's Last Dance is a 2023 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Reid Carolin and produced by Channing Tatum. It is the third and final film in the Magic Mike trilogy, after Magic Mike (2012) and Magic Mike XXL (2015). In the film, Tatum plays a retired male stripper who travels from Florida to London to help a socialite (Salma Hayek) stage a theatrical production.

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