How do you say October 7, 2016 in Cajun?
— Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) January 6, 2015
GAMBIT has been confirmed for October 7, 2016 by the film’s star, Channing Tatum on Twitter. Tatum will star as Remy LeBeau, a kinetic-energy manipulating mutant thief from New Orleans who finds himself in conflict with a rival guild of thieves. 20th Century Fox has (as of now) two other films scheduled for that year, including Tim Miller’s DEADPOOL starring Ryan Reynolds on February 12th and Bryan Singer’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE on May 27th.
The film’s screenplay is written by “Robocop” reboot scribe Josh Zetumer and based off a treatment by Gambit comic book creator Chris Claremont. A director announcement is imminent as production will likely begin this Summer/Fall.
Tatum is proucing with his Free Association partner Reid Carolin, along with longtime “X-Men” producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.
3 films in 2016. The year of the X. 😉
Now this year’s FF reboot (I bet it is set in the same continuity… I mean come on… ) and 2017 with the WOLVERINE sequel (for now… ). I bet Fox will announce the X-Force film as part of their 2017 schedule.
I like that they’re taking full advantage of the X-Men cinematic universe!