Kwabhengezwa ukuba uSteven Soderbergh akayi kulawula ifilimu esele ilindelwe ixesha elide "Magic Mike«, ngokusisiseko kuba akasayi kusalathisa kwiscreen esikhulu, ke ekugqibeleni iya kuba nguGregory Jacobs oza kuthatha uxanduva lwale nxalenye yesibini eya kubizwa ngokuba «UMike Mike XXL«.
uGregory Jacobs, akayena omnye wabalawuli abaziwayo kakhulu, kude nayo, kwaye iifilimu ezimbini kuphela azidubule ngaphandle kokuhla kwimbali ye-cinema aziyi kuba ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yomgangatho wabo. Ngo-2004 wenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala nge "Criminal", i-thriller edlala noJohn C. Reilly, u-Diego Luna kunye no-Maggie Gyllenhaal kwaye ngo-2007 wabuyela kwingxabano, ngeli xesha nge-middling slasher, "Wind Chill".
Nangona ukuzola kuza kuthi simazi ukuba ebengumncedisi ka USteven Soderbergh, nokuba lo, nangona engaqhubeki kwicala, uya kuba njengomvelisi wefilimu, ngoko ke kunokulindeleka ukuba alandele umgca ofanayo nowokuqala.
UGregory Jacobs ngoku unethuba elitsha lokuzenza aziwe njengomlawuli kunye nokulandelelana kwenye yeefilimu ezimangalisayo ze-2012, «Magic Mike«, ifilim eyamzuzela iMbasa yokuKhetha abagxeki yoMdlali oBalaseleyo oxhasayo UMateyu McConaughey ukuba wayesele eqala ukuguqula umsebenzi wakhe.