The 'Magic Mike' actor reveals some details of the 'X-Men' spin-off he will star in, saying that it is a movie about saving the world but they will 'shift things a little bit.'
- May 26, 2015
AceShowbiz - While there's still at least a year before "Gambit (2016)", an "X-Men" spin-off, arrives, Channing Tatum has revealed some details about the movie including the story plan. He also expressed his excitement to play the titular character in the movie.
Tatum revealed that the film would be an origin story and the first script was completed. "Josh Zetumer just turned in the first draft of the script, and it's killer," he said. "None of us were sure how he was going to deal with the X-Men world. But we're going to be changing some of the tropes of these movies. It's always about saving the world (Laughs), but maybe we're going to shift things a little bit. There's so many ways you can take [an origin story]. You could do it like 'Batman Begins', or a different take and go the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' route. All I can say is, I'm super excited."
The actor will play Gambit, the kinetically charged, mutant Southern rake who is also known as Remy LeBeau. In an interview with Empire magazine, Tatum explained how he was closely connected to the character, "I love Gambit. I grew up in the South; my father's from Loiuisiana. We'd go to New Orleans and I heard all the dialects. It felt so different from the rest of America; it has its own ancient culture. So I identified with that. And he always felt the most real of the X-Men to me. He's kind of a tortured soul and he's not a good guy. But he's not a bad guy, either. He walks his own path. And of course he plays cards and drinks and is a martial-arts badass!"
As of now, no director is attached to the project just yet. Lauren Shuler Donner is producing alongside Simon Kinberg, Tatum and his creative partner Reid Carolin. "Gambit" is slated for a release on October 7, 2016 in the United States.
