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" The release date for Magic Mike 2 has been confirmed. The much-anticipated sequel, titled Magic Mike XXL, will be released on July 4, 2015.  The film will be directed by Greg Jacobs following filmmaker Steven Soderbergh&amp;#039;s decision to retire. Channing Tatum recently confirmed that he is working on the script, along with the original movie&amp;#039;s producer Reid Carolin. Speaking about the sequel, Tatum recently told MTV: &amp;quot;I think everyone&amp;#039;s gonna be back. Obviously no-one&amp;#039;s deals are done which is always kind of scary.&amp;quot;  He continued: &amp;quot;This one will be a road trip movie. Without giving a lot away, we don&amp;#039;t wanna make it a really serious, slice-of-life movie. We want to have reality in it, but we don&amp;#039;t want to make it some dark drama. &amp;quot;There was some darkness in the last one that I think surprised people and shocked people.&amp;quot; The original film made more than $167 million at the worldwide box office in 2012. Watch a clip from the first movie below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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