The teaser for Magic Mike XXL ends with "You're Welcome" which is so presumptuous but also correct. Make that two You're Welcomes since the first poster has also arrived. Let's chat both after the image. Take it all in.
It's appropriately impactful and minimalist for a teaser poster. Do you think the marketing dept all had a giggle when they placed "Coming" over Mike's crotch? You know Channing Tatum did! Here's the tease...
... or one of the teases, rather.
Obviously we are all YAAAAAAS so no need for the YNMS trailer breakdown just yet. But don't we love how it begins with that thrusting with sparks over mechanical equipment. Hee. It looks like the Cock Rocking Kings of Tampa have been blessed with a higher set budget this time out. Either that or it's become a full-fledged musical.
Petition to require mandatory dance breaks in all future Channing Tatum movies. Will you sign?
My only worry: How will this work without the genius of Matthew McConaughey's "Dallas" character (still his all time best performance - you heard me!). And I'm still confused as to why the filmmakers didn't realize that this is the ideal franchise in which to rotate cast members (it's all basically the same bodies people!). I mean you could do a movie every year. It's like they've never heard of the phrase "fresh meat" before despite building the first movie's plot around that with The Kid (Alex Pettyfer, who is not in the sequel)
The Chan goods just keeps coming: Magic Mike XXL has an updated website with new images. This all would be even more fun if it was arriving while Channing was enjoying his first Oscar nomination. Unlike Redmayne's Jupiter Ascending and Julianne Moore's Seventh Son dual-'Norbiting' thankfully nobody thinks of Magic Mike as an embarrassment, only a guilty pleasure. Which is silliness: there should be zero guilt for loving great movies.
The IMDb doesn't list an official costume designer department head for Magic Mike XXL but whoever they are, bonus points and Oscar love for making that zipper so visible.
Head over to MNPP for a buttload of fine gifs from the teaser
YOU'RE WELCOME.
P.S. And in case you missed it, read our interview with Kathy Deitch who appears in Magic Mike XXL