<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" Channing Tatum&amp;#039;s former male stripper colleagues have claimed that the actor stole their stories for his new film Magic Mike.  The Step Up actor stars in and produced the Steven Soderbergh-directed film about a male stripper who teaches a younger performer the ins and outs of the profession.  TMZ reports that Thomas Austin and London Steele, two men who both worked with Tatum during his days as a stripper in Florida, are now upset because they believe the film draws heavily from their own lives.  Austin claims that he coined the nickname &amp;#039;Magic Mike&amp;#039; for another dancer, and that he taught the novice Tatum special dance moves featured in the film like &amp;#039;The Hot Seat&amp;#039;.  He added: &amp;quot;He only danced for four months. How many events could have happened to him?&amp;quot;  Tatum has yet to comment on Austin and Steele&amp;#039;s claims.  Magic Mike is due for release on June 29 in the US and July 11 in the UK.  Watch a red-band trailer for Magic Mike below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a388167/channing-tatums-former-stripper-colleagues-slam-magic-mike/>