Gambit Movie Hopes to Name Director Soon & Start Filming This Summer

It ’s been a long meter add up , but it front likeGambitmight eventually get his own movie after all . Earlier this week , X - Menfranchise producer Simon Kinberg confirmed that the project is definitely moving forward . Channing Tatum , who ’s been attached to the project since 2014 , is still slated to star as the Ragin ' Cajun . The film ’s now aiming for a summertime 2019 release date .

Since it was first announced , Gambit’sbeen plague by legion production delays , shifting release appointment , and a revolving door of potential directors . In January this year , the liberation date was push back from February 2019 to the follow June . Though its absence fromFox ’s CinemaCon presentation last month , caused some to theorize the project would n’t be move forrader at all .

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According to Kinberg , that ’s simply not the case . While verbalise withVarietybefore the premiere ofDeadpool 2Monday night , he support that that there is a script and justly now they ’re looking for the right director . “We have a hand that we have sex — that Channing loves,“said Kinberg . He also confirmed that the architectural plan is to begin filming later this summertime so the flick will be quick for itstheatrical release next year . He also addressed the cinema ’s numerous delays , stating,“When you have these motion-picture show that require a very special and alone tone , it involve a footling while to find that tone . "

The project has also had legion big - name directors since it was first announced , including Rupert Wyatt and Gore Verbinksi . Wyatt left the movie due to a scheduling topic , whereasVerbinski cited"creative differences"as the rationality for his outlet . There was a rumor thatKong : Skull Islanddirector Jordan Vogt - Robertswas , or still is , in the mixing . There had also been some supposition thatFree Firedirector Ben Wheatleywould be helming the project . Wheatley recently announced that he was making"a freehanded Marvel film,“but there have been no details beyond that .

The charismatic mutant , who hails from New Orleans , already has a long story in X - Men cinematic lore . He was first go down to come along during a Cerebro sequence inX2 : X - Men Unitedback in 2003 . Director Bryan Singer even filmed the aspect , though it ended up on the cutting room base . In its place , his character ’s veridical name , Remy LaBeau , shows up briefly in a database that keeps yellow journalism on mutants . Six years later , Taylor Kitsch played Gambit for his bad - screen unveiling in 2009’sX - Men Origins : Wolverine . grant , that movie also mark the first on - covert appearance of Deadpool , and we all know how that change state out .

Given the success of theX - Menfranchise , and an A - list endowment like Tatum attached , it does seem odd thatGambithas take so long to get off the ground . One possibleness is that superhero films that break-dance the mold are proving to be liberal draws . After all , LoganandDeadpoolwere both critical and commercial-grade successes for Fox . So maybe Kinberg and ship’s company are really taking their time to nail a reference as unparalleled as Gambit .