Back in the days when 20th Century Fox was still around and running the X-Men film series, there was a five-year stretch where the studio was developing a Gambit movie. Channing Tatum would have starred as the titular Ragin’ Cajun, but the project was shelved once Disney acquired Fox in 2019. However, it sounds like Gambit still would have faced an uphill battle being made even had Fox stayed a separate studio, as Tatum went over just how R-rated this X-Men spinoff would have been.
Despite Gambit not working out, Tatum was finally able to play Remy LeBeau last year in Deadpool & Wolverine, and he’ll reprise the role in December 2026 for Avengers: Doomsday. While discussing his 2025 movie movie Roofman, which is now playing in theaters, the actor was asked by Variety about if there’s now a chance that the Gambit movie could be revived at Marvel Studios, he smirked and said:
