Why they didn’t use the Lakers or the Clippers - two real NBA teams based in LA - is beyond me, but regardless.Īfter a rough loss, Calvin approaches Coach Wagner (Robert Forster) and after impressing him with his b-ball knowledge, is offered free tickets to the next game. He uses the kids to make money by selling chocolate bars outside the Staples Center in LA before (fictional) Los Angeles Knights basketball games.
He is in a different movie entirely and is dialed in to an 11. Bitterman, played manically by Crispin Glover (“Back to the Future”). This is essentially “Annie” without the singing and basketball instead. It is a fun movie and I enjoyed watching it, but there is a very dark subplot that I have many questions about.įirst of all, movies about orphans were a dime a dozen for a while. Having never seen it prior nor having no real context for it, I obviously did not enjoy it as much as my co-host, who also happens to be a huge basketball fan. The film he picked was 2002's “Like Mike,” starring rapper Lil’ Bow Wow as a young orphan named Calvin Cambridge who finds an old pair of (supposedly) Michael Jordan's Nikes and makes a wish to be able to play basketball “like Mike.” After lightning strikes him and the shoes (yes, really), he is imbued with the “powers” of NBA great Jordan, but all the while, only wishes someone would adopt him. Stay tuned for details as the project gets underway at HBO Max, and catch up with the first two movies on the streamer now.Recently on my podcast, my co-host and I picked favorite movies from our childhoods to rewatch to see if they still hold up. No additional casting beyond Tatum has been announced for Magic Mike’s Last Dance at this time. Stars who made single movie appearances included Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn, Andie MacDowell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donald Glover, and Cody Horn among others. Where Magic Mike’s Last Dance will take him remains to be seen.Īlong with Tatum, the franchise features stars like Adam Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, and Gabriel Iglesias. The 2015 sequel Magic Mike XXL, which was only executive produced by Soderbergh, followed Mike three years after he bowed out of the stripper life as he joined the remaining Kings of Tampa for one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach.
Magic Mike first arrived in theaters in 2012 and told the story of Tatum’s Mike, a male stripper who takes a young performer under his wing to show him the benefits of making easy money and living a good life.įrom 'The Matrix Resurrections' to the series premiere of 'And Just Like That.' to other exciting new and returning titles.
HBO Max also has a reality competition series, Finding Magic Mike, that will launch beginning Thursday, December 16.Īs the Magic Mike brand expands at HBO Max, it isn’t shocking to see that the third film will premiere and stream exclusively on the platform where the other movies are currently streaming. It only makes sense that Soderbergh’s next film would also make the jump to HBO Max as the franchise’s prior installments were also distributed under the Warner Bros. The films Let Them All Talk with Meryl Streep and Lucas Hedges, and No Sudden Move starring Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle both debuted on HBO Max since the streaming service launched in mid-2020. The director signed an overall deal with the streamer back in 2020 and has since produced a few titles that debuted exclusively on the platform. Well world, looks like Mike Lane’s tapping back in. But the move does make sense as Soderbergh’s involvement with the franchise continues. interesting part here is the HBO Max tease as past films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL exclusively premiered in theaters. Tatum tweeted a cover of the script with the caption, “Well world, looks like Mike Lane’s tapping back in. The actor, who portrays Mike Lane, is set to reprise his role in the third installment of the movie franchise with Steven Soderbergh attached to direct and Reid Carolin returning as a writer. After six years, Magic Mike is making a return as Channing Tatum confirmed Magic Mike’s Last Dance over social media.