Matthew McConaughey Joins Stripper Film

8/19/2011 10:24 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Matthew McConaughey has joined the cast of the male stripper film "Magic Mike."

McConaughey (41) will star as a retired stripper who owns a club where the title character (played by Channing Tatum) works and mentors a young exotic male dancer (Alex Pettyfer). The film, which also stars "White Collar's" Matt Bomer, will be directed by Stephen Soderbergh.
Tatum—whose stint at the age of 18 as a stripper in an all-male revue forms the basis for the film—said of working with Soderbergh and the cast: "This was a wild and pivotal time in my life and I couldn't be more thrilled to go down the rabbit hole with Steven."
Shooting for "Magic Mike" will begin in September, with an anticipated 2012 release date.