It was announced that Steven Soderbergh would not direct the long-awaited sequel to his film «Magic Mike«, Basically because he is no longer going to direct for the big screen, so finally it will be Gregory Jacobs who will take charge of this second part that will be titled«Magic Mike XXL«.
Gregory jacobsHe is not one of the best known directors, far from it and the only two films that he has shot without going down in the history of cinema will not be precisely because of their quality. In 2004 he made his debut with "Criminal", a thriller starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal and in 2007 he returned to the fray, this time with a medium hair slasher, "Wind Chill".
Although tranquility comes to us knowing that he has been the assistant of Steven Soderbergh, and that this, despite not continuing in the direction, if he will be as the film's producer, so it is expected that he will follow the same line as the original.
Gregory Jacobs, now has a new opportunity to become known as a director with the sequel to one of the most surprising films of 2012, «Magic Mike«, A film that earned him the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor to a Matthew McConaughey that he was already beginning to turn his career around.