Channing Tatum is linked to Gambit by a tragic story. This mutant, among the most charismatic of the X-Men group, has endured a a bumpy journey in troubled Hollywood and is always connected to the actor who was part of the Class Decline.
For 10 years Tatum attempted to bring him to life in a film (either alone or as a supporting role) and then in the year 2019, he gave up. And he was traumatized: "I turned off my Marvel machine. I have not been able to see any of the films, "he explained recently. "I enjoyed that character and he was very sad. It was like losing a friend."
Every once in awhile Tatum reviews what happened, and in Vanity Fair Tatum has identified the main reason Gambit was never realized. On February 10, the film premieres The US Magic Mike's Last Dance with Steven Soderbergh directing, and while declaring that he's working on the remake from Ghost Tatum, he has blamed the purchase of Fox by Disney in 2019 , which meant that his spin-off of X-Men was canceled completely.
"It was pulled through Disney through Marvel after they purchased Fox," he says. " https://www.magicmikeslastdanceimovie.com/ think the tone of the film we wanted to make was far from the one they had in mind or, more importantly, what they might want to know what they will do without us."
"We play around with it from time to time but we need to let it go emotionally, spiritually and mentally," Tatum pledges. It all began when the actor was set to play Gambit on X-Men: The Last Stand, but Brett Ratner's team decided to change their minds at the final minute. He then lost another chance to portray him in X-Men Origins.
Wolverine three years after, in 2009. The film was directed by Taylor Kitsch who replaced him in a film that was otherwise critically massacred, leaving the way clear for Tatum to try to make progress. Tatum's film. In the midst of back-to-back production chaos, Lea Seydoux and Lizzy Caplan were scouted for co-star roles.
While Gore Verbinski and Doug Liman could have directedthe film, they decided against ending the project. Disappointed, at the close of the last decade Tatum proposed 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 end the project It happened just within two months of Disney acquired Fox. Tatum and Reid did indeed could direct each other for the last film Dog. A wild journey. Now , both must let go of the Gambit film for dead.
