Gambit

January 22, 2019

Channing Tatum Really Wants To Be Gambit

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Those who grew up absorbing X-Men material, especially during the 90s, were fond of the supercool Ragin’ Cajun known as Gambit, whose mutant superpower was charging up items with explosive energy and flinging them. Gambit’s weapon of choice was playing cards, which he’d charge and toss casually while uttering one-liners peppered with New Orleans French. Years ago, 20th Century Fox promised actor Channing Tatum he’d get to play Gambit in a feature film. But then, as many Hollywood projects often do, the Gambit solo movie hit delays and setbacks. First Fox hired director Rupert Wyatt to take charge of the project. Then he bailed. Fox’s next choice was Doug Liman, who also quit after a few months. The third choice was Gore Virbinski, who bowed out in record time due to reported “scheduling issues.” The Gambit movie is currently directorless and many Hollywood insiders assumed it was DOA by now. Tatum, however, isn’t willing to give up. He really, really wants to be this guy, and he may be at

October 5, 2017

NYCC 2017: Rogue & Gambit Miniseries Coming January 2018

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It was revealed yesterday that a Rogue & Gambit comic would be coming out. However, Marvel didn’t elaborate on this until today at New York Comic Con. It will be a 5-issue miniseries that will begin in January 2018. It will be written by Kelly Thompson and drawn by Pere Perez. The duo are not only some of the most popular X-Men in the franchise, but are also one of the most frequent on again/off again relationships in all of Marvel. They’ve been depicted together in both the comics and cartoons in many versions, and even in recent comics have shown they still hold a flame for one another. How this will be shown within the comic is unknown at present. However, given that they’re in the comic together, you can expect sparks to fly.

August 6, 2016

Gambit Producer Seeking “Right Tone” With Film

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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

August 3, 2015

Channing Tatum Set to Play Gambit Again, Resolves Conflicts With 20th Century Fox

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Despite being named to the role months ago, and him appearing at San Diego Comic-Con recently to show off his preparation for Gambit, there were a lot of rumors going around that Channing Tatum was going to be leaving the Gambit movie via a breakdown of negotiations. Well, you can breathe easy now, as Tatum has officially locked down his deal to be the card chucking, explosive, fan-favorite Cajun X-Man, per The Hollywood Reporter. So, what were the causes of the rumors then? Well, it was actually a couple of things apparently. Ironically, it had nothing to do with him playing Gambit in the solo film. More accurately, it was about how much he would be playing Gambit outside of the solo film. While X-Men is still rolling on and Deadpool on the way, Hugh Jackman is still preparing to play Wolverine one last time, so Fox wanted to have Gambit fill a void that was going to be opening up. This meant both more movies and potential crossovers for Gambit. However, though not exactly surprising, this lead