Although his upcoming adaptation of Elmore Leonard‘s Freaky Deaky is set to hit the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend, director Charlie Matthau has already lined up his next project. Deadline has informed us that the director will be helming the comedy The Sugar Shack, written by Kevin Fleming and Rob Janas.
The story is intriguing, as it follows “the most popular male stripper in Racine, Wisconsin as he fends off a young rival while saving the town from a corrupt politician.” Talk about a multi-talented stripper. The project has been described as a “cross between The Full Monty and The Hangover“, if that gives you any consolation on the type of film it’s going to be. Apparently the story was inspired by some female acquaintances of Second City alumni Fleming and Janas, who frequented the Racine joint.
I’m also getting a little Steven Soderbergh vibe, only because his upcoming film, Magic Mike, has a similar feeling to it and has male strippers. Matthau is also set to produce with Judd Rubin and Donald Zuckerman, with a slew of executive producers set as well. Matthau‘s Freaky Deaky stars Crispin Glover and Christian Slater and is set in 1974, as a “pair of 60’s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.”
Shooting for The Sugar Shack is expected to start sometime in September. Check out three clips for Freaky Deaky below from The Playlist.