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Elizabeth Banks among new Magic Mike XXL cast

Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of the “Magic Mike” sequel, Warners announced today.

She’ll be joined by “Community” alum Donald Glover, and the previously-announced Amber Heard, Andie MacDowell, Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Strahan.

Original castmembers Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias are returning for “Magic Mike XXL”. Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer will not be back.

The studio has also released a new synopsis :

Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, ‘Magic Mike XXL’ finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. On the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways

“Magic Mike XXL” is out July 1st 2015.

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