Did you really think we were going to get through San Diego Comic-Con without some sort of mention of theGambitmovie? Didn’t think so.Channing Tatumwas at the event this year for Fox’sKingsman: The Golden Circlepresentation and was asked a bit about the status of the project. Turns out, even though it sort of seems dead, it is very much alive. According to him, alive and very well.
Following theKingsman 2panel, Channing Tatum, who has been attached to play thecard-throwing Cajun mutant Gambitfor several years now, spoke withComicbook.comand was asked about theX-Menspin-off. His answer was brief but clear.Gambitis happening and they are working on it currently.
“Yeah, of course. We’re working on it right now.”
Ever sinceGambitwas first announced, it has been through the ringer.Edge of TomorrowdirectorDoug Limanwas attached and the movie seemed like it was close to getting made, but thenDeadpoolhappened. That forced Fox to rethink some things and theGambitmovie got pushed to the side. Channing Tatum also spoke with CinemaBlend about it and, according to him, that is actually a very good thing.DeadpoolandLoganhave both opened up creative possibilities for the movie that didn’t exist previously.
“I think we got super, super lucky. I think a lot of setbacks, we’ll look at them in hindsight as giant blessings. Because we were making it, [and] we’re writing a movie right at the turn of a paradigm shift in movies. So we got lucky that we didn’t just come out with ours, which I don’t think was fully formed. It was a good idea. We were going in the right direction. And then we got to learn from two really beautifully different kinds of a complete paradigm shifts…like Logan and Deadpool, I mean, they knocked down a lot of doors for us to be able to do things that we wanted to do in the first place.”
Fox is open to taking risks now. As they should be.DeadpoolandLoganwere not only wholly original in thecomic book movie landscape, but they were massive hits with critics and at the box office. That has prompted them to makeNew Mutants, which is being described as a straight-up horror movie. Also, as we learned today,Legioncreator Noah Hawley is working on aDoctor Doommovie. So ifGambitcan learn a thing or two from those projects and do something a bit more original, the wait will have been worth it.
Doug Liman had to exitGambit, so the project is currentlyin need of a director. Fox recently announced six release dates for mystery Marvel related movies; July 04, 2025, June 09, 2025, June 01, 2025, June 28, 2025, August 16, 2025, and June 19, 2025. Seems like a safe betGambitis going to fill one of those slots, based on these comments. Which date? That remains to be seen. We will be sure to keep you up to date as more information on the project is made available.
