Gambit Producer Seeking “Right Tone” With Film
Between Marvel and DC Comics, the need to have superhero movies be distinct from one another is vital. For if they all start to blend, no one will want to watch them.
This apparently is one of the reasons behind the delay heavy Gambit film. Technically, should’ve been out by now via it’s original release schedule, but instead, it hasn’t even gotten underway in production. Producer Simon Kinberg, who also helped make the new X-Men films, revealed to SlashFilm why he thinks it’s taking so long, and why it may be almost ready to make:
“I think the truth is when you have these movies that need a very special and unique tone, it takes a little while to find that tone,” Kinberg said. “Deadpool feels like it exploded out of nowhere but it was a ten-year development process on that movie. I think it was honed over those ten years. I hope that Gambit doesn’t take ten years but it takes a little honing to get that tone and that voice exactly right. The character has such a specific voice in the comic in the same way that Deadpool has a specific voice in the comic, that we want to make sure that we capture that voice on the page. Really it’s just about getting a screenplay that is worthy of that character and I think we’re really close right now.”