This thing is really going to happen, eh? Well, we knew that Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh seemed pretty serious about this Magic Mike stuff and now they’re taking it to the next level. They’ve cast a young Tatum and found him in Pettyfer.

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Now comes word that Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four) has joined the cast. He will play a young stripper, a character based on the real-life experiences of Tatum, who stripped before his acting career launched.

Man this whole thing has “epic” written all over it. With the lead in place it’s only a matter of time before we start finding more names attached to this project, and I can’t help but be intrigued at what could be in store. I don’t even know what genre they’re aiming for at this point. Is it a Comedy? Drama? Dramedy? Biopic? Who knows, but I can’t wait to find out.