Yes, Steven Soderbergh Will Play ‘It’s Raining Men’ in Magic Mike

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 05: Director Steven Soderbergh (L) and UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre attend Relativity Media's premiere of
Steven Soderbergh. Photo: Frazer Harrison/2012 Getty Images

When it comes to Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming male stripper epic, Magic Mike, Vulture has adopted a “more is more†attitude (toward everything but the film’s skimpy costumes, of course). At last night’s Haywire premiere, we managed to pry a few more details from Soderbergh about what he’s got planned for the soundtrack to the unclothed Channing Tatum comedy. “There’s a couple of iconic songs in the movie that tend to be used in strip clubs,†he told us. “You’ve got ‘It’s Raining Men,’ stuff like that. That one is a given. I don’t want to spoil the other ones yet. That’s the only one, we’re actually in the process right now of paying for the rights. These are expensive songs, and we’re not a big movie, so … †Meanwhile, Soderbergh is prepping his next movie, a suspenseful drama starring Tatum and Blake Lively that’s been referred to in the press as both Bitter Pill and The Side Effects. “The title I want is Bitter Pill,†Soderbergh said. “It’s a thriller and it’s hard-edged, so I think that’s the better title.†Would he be open to casting his Magic Mike co-star Matthew Bomer, who told us that he wants in? “If he’s got his clothes on, I’m not interested,†Soderbergh joked.

Yes, Steven Soderbergh Will Play ‘It’s Raining Men’ in Magic Mike