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X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner revealed in January 2014 that she had begun planning a Gambit film with Tatum.

He was the punk rock of all the superheroes.' Gambit was always like the woman-loving, cigarette-smoking, drinking. No knock on Taylor Kitsch, though, вЂ™cause I actually like his Gambit, but IвЂ™ve always lived around Cajun people. My dad's from New Orleans, and I like to do a Cajun accent. In September 2013, Tatum expressed interest in taking over the role from Kitsch, saying, 'Gambit's my favorite. However, Wolverine was not well received by critics, and Kitsch's performance did not make him the breakout hit that Fox executives had expected.

Fox executive Jeff Katz was confident that the character would be well received, saying, 'there is a level of strategy in how we grow these things, and what characters can transition between multiple films', indicating that the character could move on to his own standalone film as was the plan with Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), and Taylor Kitsch was ultimately cast in the role. Tatum was unable to re-commit to the part at that time because of scheduling conflicts with G.I. Д«y October 2007, Gambit was believed to be appearing in the spin-off film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, set for release in 2009. Channing Tatum was then chosen for the role, but the character was written out of the script before he was officially cast.

#Marvel gambit qwiki series

Before that decision was made, Josh Holloway had been looked at for the part but was unavailable due to the filming schedule of his series Lost. They decided to save Gambit for a larger role in a future film. A new writing team of Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn were set to write the sequel's screenplay by 20th Century Fox after Singer's departure, and though the pair wanted to include the character, they felt there was only room for a cameo appearance given the number of new characters more relevant to the film's storylines. Singer wanted the character to have a large part in the sequel, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), with Keanu Reeves in the role, but ultimately did not return to direct that film. The scene was ultimately cut from the film, and Bamford believed that a better known actor would be cast in the role for any future appearance. Producer and star Channing Tatum promoting Gambit at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con ДЇor the 2003 film X2, director Bryan Singer asked stunt double James Bamford to film a short cameo as the character Gambit. After taking over the film, Disney officially cancelled it in May 2019. Gambit was scheduled for release on March 13, 2020, but development of the film was placed on hold due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney. The film had been in development hell since then, with Rupert Wyatt, Doug Liman, and Gore Verbinski attached as director to the film at different times over the years, with Tatum and his producing partner Reid Carolin also lobbying to direct, and the film's release date also pushed back numerous times. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner expressed interest in a Gambit film starring Tatum in early 2014, and the actor officially signed on that May. Taylor Kitsch portrayed the character instead, but was not well received. Tatum was looked at for early attempts to include Gambit in the X-Men films but was not available for that character's film introduction in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Channing Tatum was set to star in the title role. Before its cancellation, the film had been written by Josh Zetumer based on a story by the character's creator Chris Claremont. It was intended to be an installment of the X-Men film series.

Gambit is an unproduced American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.