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Gambit casting call reveals supporting character details, will start shooting in October

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As Channing Tatum and director Rupert Wyatt gear up to go into production on Gambit later this October in New Orleans (with a budget of $155 million), Showbiz 411 has got its hands on a casting call, which gives us an idea of the supporting characters set to feature alongside Tatum’s Remy LeBeau in next […]

Former Gambit Taylor Kitsch gives Channing Tatum his blessing

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Channing Tatum may be playing Ragin’ Cajun Remy LeBeau in 2016’s Gambit solo film, but he’s not the first actor to play the card-throwing mutant on the big screen. That title belongs to True Detective and Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch, who played the character in the critically derided X-Men Origins: Wolverine. When the X-Men universe was course-corrected with last year’s X-Men: Days […]

Movie Review – Magic Mike XXL (2015)

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Magic Mike XXL, 2015. Directed by Gregory Jacobs. Starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias, Adam Rodriguez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Amber Heard. SYNOPSIS: Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to […]

Second Opinion – Magic Mike XXL (2015)

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Magic Mike XXL, 2015 Directed by Gregory Jacobs Starring Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Banks, Jada Pinkett-Smith SYNOPSIS: Three years after quitting the stripper life, ‘Magic’ Mike Lane runs into his old stripper buddies from the Xquisite show, who take him along on a road […]

Movie Review – Magic Mike XXL (2015)

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Magic Mike XXL, 2015 Directed by Gregory Jacobs Starring Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Banks, Jada Pinkett-Smith   SYNOPSIS: Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road […]

Channing Tatum and producer Reid Carolin talk Gambit movie

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Now that 20th Century Fox has found a director for its Gambit movie in Rupert Wyatt, the studio can starting moving forward with its third X-Men movie of 2016. Digital Spy caught up with star Channing Tatum and producer Reid Carolin during the Magic Mike XXL press tour this week, during which Tatum was asked […]

Channing Tatum on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, “I f***ing hate that movie”

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Well, it’s fair to say that Channing Tatum was not a fan of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. “Look, I’ll be honest. I fucking hate that movie. I hate that movie,” the actor said in an interview with Howard Stern. “I was pushed into doing that movie. From Coach Carter, they signed me to a […]

Channing Tatum discusses Gambit movie; won’t cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Despite Fox tentatively pencilling in a release date for October 2016 back in January for their upcoming X-Men spin off movie Gambit, lead star Channing Tatum has been unsure as to whether the movie would actually ever get made. Thankfully the ball has started to roll with the recent announcement that Rupert Wyatt (Rise of […]

Rupert Wyatt to direct Channing Tatum in Gambit

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It looks like 20th Century Fox has finally found a director for its Channing Tatum-led Gambit movie, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has signed on to helm the X-Men spin-off. SEE ALSO: Channing Tatum on Gambit Gambit has been written by Joshua Zetumer from a treatment […]