Rupert Wyatt to direct Channing Tatum’s ‘Gambit’ Movie!
Things are moving forward with the upcoming X-Men spin-off movie, ‘Gambit‘, which will star Channing Tatum. We have learned today that Rupert Wyatt has signed on to direct the picture. Get the latest on this below, and share your thoughts after the JUMP!
(Source: EntertainmentWeekly.com)
20th Century Fox’s Gambit, starring Channing Tatum as the titular Cajun mutant, has finally found its director: EW can exclusively reveal that Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will helm the mutant movie.
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While the character of Gambit, a.k.a. Remy LeBeau, appeared in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and was played by Taylor Kitsch (True Detective), this will be the comic-book fan-favorite’s first solo outing. Gambit, who eventually becomes part of the X-Men team in the comics, has the ability to charge objects with energy (his favorite being playing cards), rendering them explosive.Tatum is producing the film along with Reid Carolin, Lauren Schuler Donner, and Simon Kinberg, and it’s scheduled for release on Oct. 7, 2016.
