Matthew McConaughey Joins Male Stripper Movie

Matthew McConaughey has joined Channing Tatum on the cast list for an upcoming movie about male strippers

The Hollywood hunk has signed on to play a retired exotic dancer.

The Sahara star will portray the owner of the strip club where Tatum's character works in drama Magic Mike, based on the G.I. Joe actor's own brief stint as a tease dancer at 19.

Striptease star Demi Moore and British actor Alex Pettyfer are also on board the Steven Soderbergh film, according to Variety.

Magic Mike is set to begin production later this month (Aug11) and is due for release next year (12).

We last saw the actor on the big screen earlier this year in criminal drama The Lincoln Lawyer.

He has already completed work on Killer Joe and is currently filming The Paperboy, which also stars Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman.