It's annoying that Magic Mike did not premiere in the Lusty Month of May and even more annoying that it did not premiere for my birthday. But at least it's arriving at the tail end of Gay Pride Month, because oglers of male beauty (aka roughly 70% ? of the population including gayz, women, and straight men who aren't insecure about such things) should thank the gays for this new era of male objectification. Unrealistic self-punishing beauty standards aren't just for women anywhere. Um... Hooray?
If someone will collect all the stills and trailers and clips into one YouTube reel maybe none of us will even need to see the movie. What? Studios release way too much pre-release material. We still don't know if Magic Mike the movie is any good or not but I did hear from a reader who loved the test screening he saw (especially Chan's dancing), adding:
I'm watching this 6 times and concentrating on one hot body per viewing.
LOL. If everyone interested does that, Channing Tatum will easily have his third $100 million blockbuster of the year.
20 new stills after the jump in totally subjective factual order of hotness. Here we go.
Sweating with the stars
Is this Alex Pettyfer's debut? He looks... tentative.
Matthew McConaughey raises a glass in honor of finally finding a signature role. (We hope)
How quickly do we think hot beef Alcides will bed Sookie on this season of True Blood... now that the cold vamp hunks are out of the picture?
Shopping for speedos. Does Pettyfer get a complete Makeover Montage?
Somehow I had missed the fact that Adam Rodriguez (Ugly Betty) is in this... though the still is accidentally too high on the list because the rose ruins it with nightmarish reminders of the existence of reality tv marrige competitions.
Costume Design by Christopher Peterson who probably knows he won't get any credit for the movie for reasons we don't need to spell out.
Please let this "Dr. Love" setpiece be as awesomely stoopidfunny/ cornysexy as it deserves to be.
...when Bomer was filming his 'Dr. Love' routine with a female extra, he asked Tatum: 'What should I do different?'
Tatum advised him to 'grind your junk in her face.' - Matt Bomer interview
This looks like a backstage shot but they look like they're posing. Curious.
Channing Tatum listening to the sweet music of screaming fans. That's his playlist for 2012, don'cha know.