Gambit (rumor: October 6, 2017)
The Gambit movie has always felt like a producer’s project. They injected a guy who looked like and called himself Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, played by then-rising star Taylor Kitsch. Gold, right? Wrong. But somehow the Gambit movie survived the wreckage of that movie and resurfaced again when a fresher rising star emerged to play the Cajun thief who converts potential energy to kinetic – Channing Tatum. To be fair, Tatum is a far bigger star than Kitsch ever was and the film’s being made mostly because he wants it. That’s a great sign – passion means even if it’s not good, it will probably be enjoyable, as long the production doesn’t nosedive.
That already threatened to happen once, when Rupert Wyatt walked off the project last fall after pre-production and even casting the female lead Lea Seydoux (she’s no longer attached). This pushed production back six months, during which they hired Doug Liman, who pushed the film back another six months to shoot the sniper drama The Wall starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Amazon (he also has the Tom Cruise-led drug thriller Mena in the can, giving the director a whopping three films due in 2017).
The film itself was rumored to be a heist or crime caper by way of the superhero, which can work (see: Ant-Man). But it’s been undergoing page-one rewrites since Liman took over so who knows what they’ll make when filming begins this fall.
Got a nice ring to it.
Get a closer look at the villain!
The James Bond actor also talked about the film's lengthy production.
Wonder Woman rides the bus?
This is family business.
Henry Golding transforms into Snake Eyes in this cool sneak peek!