Channing Tatum has been discussing the planned sequel to his breakthrough movie Magic Mike.

The film hunk started writing the script for the follow-up - titled Magic Mike XXL - earlier this year and has been dishing to GQ magazine about his progress so far.

He revealed that the new movie will be set in a series of stripper conventions.

"The women would come from miles and miles around," he explained. "Then you lock the doors and you say all bets are off.

"It gets zany and crazy, and it's a wild ride. It's an incubator for insanity... You've seen Magic Mike – now multiply that. Mob mentality. It's just exponentially crazier. I thought it was absolutely insane."

The sequel is set for release next July.

Meanwhile there's been some early Oscars buzz regarding Chan the man's forthcoming drama Foxcatcher.

The 34-year-old appears alongside Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo in the movie about an Olympic wrestling champion seeking justice over the death of his brother.

Based on the autobiography of Mark Schultz, the film dramatises the real life murder of his brother David and the ensuing events.

Both Tatum and Carell's performances in the movie have been praised by critics and industry insiders who have seen the film.

Tatum was recently confirmed to be playing Gambit in future X-Men movies.