Plans For Scrapped Gambit Movie Revealed By Producers
Gambit producers Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin have revealed some details about the planned movie for the popular mutant. Created by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee in 1991, Gambit has been one of the most iconic members of the X-Men roster since his introduction. He has been included in several X-Men adaptations, including a significant role in X-Men: The Animated Series, numerous video games, and a brief role in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine played by Taylor Kitsch. In 2014 it was announced that Channing Tatum would star and produce a Gambit solo film.
2016 was set to be a big year for the X-Men franchise, as the original plan was to open three different projects. Two of those films, Deadpool andX-Men: Apocalypse, made it to the screen, but Gambit suffered multiple release date changes. The film had numerous directors attached to it throughout its development history, including Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), and Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) before the movie was officially shelved after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox.
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In a recent interview with Variety, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, promoting their directorial debut Dog, gave some information about their plans for the Gambit solo film. Carolin was set to produce the project alongside Tatum, who would star. The film was reportedly similar to Deadpool in that it would be R-rated. Carolin said that the film would be a romance, and Tatum wanted to play up the character's sense of style, an element many felt was missing in the character's appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Their full quotes can be read below:
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