Channing Tatum’s Gambit was also given a new release date following Gore Verbinski’s abrupt exit earlier Thursday morning.
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Tatum is producing the comic book movie so he has a bit more say than he normally would, and I’m sure the storyboards are already finished. I’m hardly saying directing is easy, but we’ve underestimated Tatum his entire career. He just might be able to pull this off, and he’s also been looking to get behind the camera, too.
Lea Seydoux had previously been cast as the superhero film’s female lead back when Rupert Wyatt was directing the comic book movie for 20th Century Fox.
Opening the same Feb. weekend in which “Deadpool” was a huge hit, and opening against Rebel Wilson’s rom-com “Isn’t It Romantic?”
Channing Tatum is still slated to play Marvel’s popular cajun mutant Remy LeBeau from the “X-Men” comics, but at one point, this spin-off movie was scheduled to be released today.
The French actress, known for her work in Blue is The Warmest Color and Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and who was reported to be the frontrunner for the X-Men spinoff, has now been offered the role.
Channing Tatum, a known fan of the character, will star as the fan-favorite Cajun mutant Remy LeBeau, otherwise known as Gambit.
Zetumer is set to pen the script to the Channing Tatum-starrer.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
“Magic Mike” wants to play womanizing card-thrower Gambit.
A British thief comes up with a fool-proof plan to steal an expensive painting from one of the richest men in the world. His strategy involves the participation of a beautiful woman who happens to be the spitting image of the rich man’s late wife, but nothing goes as planned.
Logline: A British thief comes up with a fool-proof plan to steal an expensive statue from one of the richest men in the world. His strategy involves the participation of a beautiful woman who happens to be the spitting image of the rich man’s late wife, but nothing goes as planned.
