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In 2014, it was announced Channing Tatum was set to headline aGambitfilm, initially slated to hit the theatres in 2016. Unfortunately, the film never fit the release schedule, as apart from undergoing three major rewrites, the film also lost three directors before even entering production.
Moreover, Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox proved to be the final nail in the coffin for Tatum’s passion project, as the industry giant wasted no time in clearing Fox’s slate, axingGambitin the process. However,Deadpool & Wolverinehas once again reignited the hopes for aGambitfeature, and Ryan Reynolds has got the actor’s complete back for it.
Ryan Reynolds Has Some Encouraging Words for Channing Tatum’s Gambit
Speaking of Gambit’s revival inDeadpool & Wolverine,Channing Tatumshared thatRyan Reynolds“took Gambit out of truly, like, the grave”. Tatum is also hopeful that it’ll not be just a one-off thing like John Krasinski’s Mr. Fantastic, and following Reynolds’ involvement in reigniting discussion surrounding his lostGambitfeature, Tatum will“forever be grateful to him.”.
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Reflecting on hisinterview, Reynolds took to hisIGstory to share“It’s impossible not to love and root for @channingtatum”. Although it remains to be seen if aGambitfeature is eventually greenlit under the Disney umbrella, theDeadpoolstar is confident and even stressed that he’ll do whatever Tatum wants him to do for the film.
His story read:
When he makes a Gambit movie, I’ll return the favour. If he needs someone to carry sandbags, I’m in. If hje needs a Deadpool, I can do that. Someone to provide fresh orange slices to the crew, no problem. Name it.
However, while Feige entertained the idea of aGambitfilm, Tatum shared that, at the moment, the MCU boss doesn’t know how to fit Gambit into the MCU’s current scheme of things. On the bright side, theMagic Mikestar stressed that they’ve“sort of cracked a little bit of the code”, so there is hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel.
Channing Tatum Had an Out-Of-Body Experience inDeadpool & Wolverine
Before his canned Gambit feature, there were plans to incorporate Tatum’s Remy LeBeau inX-Men: Apocalypse, which would’ve set up his planned origin film. But after eight years, the actor finally got to live his dream and team up with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and other Marvel superheroes.
Speaking of his experience of standing next to so many Marvel icons, Tatumdescribedit as an out-of-body experience.
I was having an out-of-body experience just standing next to Hugh. It was like, ‘Oh, my God, there’s Wolverine. There’s Blade! Elektra – everyone’s here, this is wild.’
Fans will hope his brief appearance in theDeadpoolthreequel isn’t the last ofTatum in the MCU, as the actor joked he’d“do lots of terrible things”to make the project a reality.
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Deadpool & Wolverineis currently running in theatres.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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