Matthew McConaughey Won’t Appear in “Magic Mike” Sequel

Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like Dallas has danced his last. Magic Mike XXL director Gregory Jacobs tells E! News that Matthew McConaughey won’t be reprising his role as the male stripper in the forthcoming sequel.

Although there’s no word on why McConaughey isn’t coming back, Jacobs said the film will be “very different.”

“It’s road trip movie, and put it this way: it’s different enough that once you see it, you’ll understand why we made a sequel,” Jacobs said. “No one will be accusing us of making the same movie twice.” 

The other strippers in the original Magic Mike — Kevin Nash, Alex Pettyfer and Adam Rodríguez — may not return either. Jacobs said he plans to hire new cast members for those roles as well.

McConaughey hinted earlier this year on ABC’s Good Morning America that he’d reprise his role as Dallas “if it was the right thing, if it was the right area.”

Also, co-star Channing Tatum revealed earlier this year that he used McConaughey to inspire the script for the sequel to the 2012 film. Tatum tweeted a photo of himself wearing a fedora, with paper in hand, staring at a bust of McConaughey. He wrote, “What better way to start writing #MagicMike2 than with my old friend Dallas?”

Regardless of who’s onstage, Magic Mike XXL will strut into theaters July 1, 2015.

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