Channing Tatum is connected to Gambit by a tragic story. This mutant, one of the most recognizable of the X-Men group, has experienced an uneasy journey through troubled Hollywood and is always connected to the actor who was part of the Class Decline.
For the past 10 years, Tatum tried to bring him back to life in a film (either solo or as a supporting character) but in the year 2019 Tatum gave up. He was devastated: "I turned off my Marvel machine. I've been unable to watch any of the films, "he explained recently. "I enjoyed that character and he was too sad. The loss was similar to losing a loved one."
Every once in a while Tatum reviews what happened, and in Vanity Fair he has identified the main reason Gambit never came to fruition. On February 10, the film premieres the US Magic Mike's Last Dance with Steven Soderbergh directing, and while the announcement that he's currently working on the remake from Ghost Tatum, he has blamed the acquisition of Fox by Disney in 2019 that the spinoff of X-Men was canceled completely.
"It was canceled by Disney through Marvel after they purchased Fox," he says. "I believe that the tone of the film that we wanted to have was very far from what they intended or, well that they may have in mind to watch how they will do without us."
" Watch Magic Mike's Last Dance play around with it from time to time but we need to let it go emotionally, spiritually, and mentally," Tatum pledges. The story began when the actor was set to portray Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand, but Brett Ratner's team decided to change their minds at the very last moment. He was then denied another chance to play Gambit in X-Men Origins.
Wolverine three years after in 2009. In 2009, it was Taylor Kitsch who replaced him in a film that was otherwise critically massacred, leaving the way clear for Tatum to try to move forward. His film. In the midst of back-to-back production chaos, Lea Seydoux and Lizzy Caplan came to be scouted for co-star roles.
Although Gore Verbinski and Doug Liman could have directed, before ending the project. Disappointed, at the close of the decade, Tatum suggested to 20th Century Fox to direct the film himself , along with director Reid Carolin, and it was at that point that the studio decided to cancel the project altogether: it happened within two months of Disney bought Fox. Tatum and Reid indeed, could direct each other for the last film Dog. An exciting journey. Both must quit the Gambit film to be dead.