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"X-Men" producer/writer Simon Kinberg teased the tone of upcoming standalone movie "Gambit" which has Channing Tatum attached as a male lead. He told Collider, "I mean Deadpool obviously has a very different, almost antithetical tone to the mainline X-Men movies."

"The X-Men movies are dramatic and almost operatic, whereas Deadpool is irreverent and hysterical and sort of a dirty R-rated comedy in many ways. And Gambit will have its own different flavor and tone to it, will be more of like a heist movie and a sexy thriller in a way."

"Edge of Tomorrow" director Doug Liman is in final negotiations to helm the flick after Rupert Wyatt ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes") exited. Without confirming or denying the rumor, Kinberg said, "We have a director in and I don't know if I'm allowed to say who it is yet because his deal isn't done, but it's somebody we're excited about, and somebody I adore, and hopefully we can make an announcement soon about that."

He added, "But we've been spending a lot of time together - Channing, [Reid Carolin, Tatum's producing partner], [screenwriter Joshua Zetumer], the director, and myself - just working on the script, and we hope to start shooting next spring."