It was the Fox buyout that destroyed the 'Gambit' movie, According to Channing Tatum

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It was the Fox buyout that destroyed the 'Gambit' movie, According to Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum is connected to Gambit by a tragic story. This mutant, one of the most popular of the X-Men group, has experienced an uneasy journey through turbulent Hollywood and has always been linked to the actor of the class departed.

For 10 years, Tatum tried to make him a real-life character in a film (either in a solo role or as a supporting role) but in the year 2019 he gave up. He was devastated: "I turned off my Marvel machine. I've been unable to see any of the movies, "he explained recently. "I loved the character, and he was very sad. It was like losing a loved one."

Every once in awhile Tatum thinks about what transpired, and in Vanity Fair he has identified the main reason Gambit did not come to fruition. The film will premiere on February 10, the US Magic Mike's Last Dance with Steven Soderbergh directing, and while declaring that he's developing an adaptation of Ghost Tatum, he has blamed the acquisition of Fox at the hands of Disney in 2019 that was his spin-off from X-Men was canceled completely.

"It was canceled through Disney through Marvel when they bought Fox," he says. "I believe that the tone of the movie that we wanted to see was quite different from what they had in mind or, more importantly the kind of film they could be waiting to see how they do with us or in the absence of us."

"We play around with the occasional time, but we have to let it go spiritually, emotionally, and mentally," Tatum pledges. It all started when the actor was about to portray Gambit for X-Men: The Last Stand however Brett Ratner's team changed their minds at the final minute. He then lost another chance to portray him as Gambit in X-Men Origins.

Wolverine three years later, in 2009. In  https://www.magicmikeslastdanceimovie.com/ , it was Taylor Kitsch who replaced him in a film that was a total disaster for the critics which left the path clear for Tatum to attempt to advance. His film. During back-to-back production hell, Lea Seydoux and Lizzy Caplan were discovered for co-star roles.


However, Gore Verbinski and Doug Liman could have been directors, they ended up they decided to quit the project. In frustration, towards the end of the last decade, Tatum offered 20th Century Fox to direct the film and director Reid Carolin, and it was then that the studio decided to end the project It happened just within two months of Disney purchased Fox. Tatum and Reid indeed, could direct each other, in last year's film Dog. It was a wild adventure. Both must let go of the Gambit film for dead.