It's been a very long time since 20th Century Fox confirmed that "Magic Mike" actor Channing Tatum would be taking over the role of Gambit in a solo X-Men spinoff movie, but the film's production has been halted a number of times over issues behind the scenes. Finally, producer Simon Kinberg has confirmed it: the mutant movie is coming! Read More »
Channing Tatum's X-Men spinoff, Gambit, has been delayed yet another time due to rewrites as the studio preps its upcoming mutant film. Read More »
Earlier this month, a casting shortlist of actresses favored for the role of comic book character Bella Donna Boudreaux, the love interest of Gambit, leaked, naming possible starlets that could star opposite Channing Tatum in the 2016 film. Actresses Rebecca Ferguson, Lea Seydoux, and Abbey Lee made up this list, but new reports suggest Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color, Spectre) has been offered the part and could star in the project. Read more on this news below. Read More »
Though we've heard some damning rumors surrounding Channing Tatum's upcoming 20th Century Fox, Marvel comics movie adaptation of the X-Men character Gambit, we have some great speculation to share with you this week. After many reports claimed Tatum was close to dropping out of the project, thus leading us to suggest our top five actors to replace the star, it looks like everything has worked out and Jenna Dewan's husband is still leading the film. This week, a shortlist of actresses has allegedly leaked, with three familiar names on top of the casting list for the 2016 movie's love interest, Bella Donna Boudreaux. These names include Rebecca Ferguson, Lea Seydoux, and Abbey Lee. Learn more about this news below! Read More »
Some really concerning news broke earlier this week when reports claimed that Channing Tatum could step down as the star of the highly anticipated Gambit solo movie based on the Marvel comic book character from the X-Men series. According to reports and rumors, the Magic Mike XXL superstar is apparently in some sort of dispute with 20th Century Fox, which is extremely disheartening considering Tatum just helped skyrocket the hype around the movie earlier this month at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. We're still waiting on a confirmation on his departure from the film and whether or not the movie will even be made, but for now we've decided to list our top five choices of actor that could replace Channing as Remy Lebeau in the 2016 movie. Keep reading for some information on possible replacements! (We didn't include the Internet's favorite choice, Josh Holloway and others, due to age - it's an origin movie, people!) Read More »
Magic Mike XXL star Channing Tatum had fans very excited when he showed up at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con panel for Fox's upcoming Marvel Comics movies with a haircut to match his next role as the character Gambit in a solo project. He was even greeting comic book legend Stan Lee while wearing a Gambit t-shirt (pictured above), but did we get our hopes up too soon? According to new rumors, the previously confirmed project has hit some kind of agreement dispute with the actor, which means filming could be affected and the whole project could be cancelled! It looks like we might not be able to see Tatum's stripper moves come into play in this action film is the speculation is true. Read more on this concerning news below. Read More »
Based on the popular cartoon series, "The X-Men '92" marks the returns of the animated Wolverine, Gambit, and Jubilee in Marvel Infinite Comic's event, Secret Wars. The mutant superhero team is back in action in The X-Men '92 #1, writers Chad Bowers, Chris Sims and artist Scott Koblish. Read More »
After Channing Tatum mentioned earlier this year that his favorite X-Men character was Gambit and that he'd love to portray the Cajun mutant in a film one day, we all got a bit excited. Since this comment, X-Men director Bryan Singer revealed Gambit would appear in his Days of Future Past sequel, Apocalypse. Now Tatum revealed he's been taking meetings about taking on the role! Read More »
Back when he was promoting his 2013 blockbuster hit White House Down, Channing Tatum mentioned that he'd be very interested in playing the Marvel Comics character Gambit in a movie. Previously played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tatum could possibly star in a standalone film. This news comes from the recent statement from X-Men: Days of Future Past producer Lauren Shuler Donner, in which she said she is "dying" to make the Gambit movie with Tatum. Read More »