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Fox sets release dates for two new Marvel movies and Predator sequel, moves Gambit and Alien: Covenant

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Following the success of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox looks to be laying out its plans for its future Marvel slate, with BoxOffice reporting that the studio has set dates for two as-yet-untitled superhero movies on October 6th 2017 and January 12th 2018. Furthermore, the X-Men spinoff movie Gambit has been removed from its original October […]

Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie to start shooting in March

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20th Century Fox’s X-Men spinoff Gambit has had a bit of a rocky road through development, with Channing Tatum’s on-off involvement in the lead as Remy LeBeau, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt vacating the director’s chair following creative disputes with the studio. Well, with Tatum now firmly on board, […]

Channing Tatum on the status of Gambit: “We’ve just sort of started over”

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The Gambit film is going back to the drawing board according to lead Channing Tatum. Speaking with HeyUGuys, the Gambit actor talked about some of the struggles involved getting the film off the ground: “I look for a personal connection to the movies I make and it may not be immediately obvious…In every story, I […]

Rupert Wyatt blames Fantastic Four failure for Gambit stalling

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Although officially it still has a release date of March 13th 2020, it seems very clear at this point that 20th Century Fox’s long-gestating X-Men spinoff Gambit is never going to see the light of day. First announced back in 2014, the Channing Tatum-headlined project has passed through the hands of multiple directors – Rupert […]

Fox’s Gambit movie has a “romantic or sex comedy” vibe, according to Simon Kinberg

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Despite a suffering a ridiculous number of false starts and delays since it was first announced back in 2014 (not to mention the impending Disney takeover), 20th Century Fox is seemingly intent on moving forward with its plans for the X-Men spinoff Gambit. Just yesterday it was announced that the studio has set a new […]

Gambit production reportedly pushed back, again

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Well, this won’t come as much of a surprise, seeing as it’s Gambit we’re talking about, but according to Omega Underground the troubled X-Men spinoff has been pulled from 20th Century Fox’s production schedule following the departure of director Gore Verbinski last month. The film, which has Channing Tatum attached to play the mutant Remy […]

Rumour: Gambit could have a villainous love rival in X-Men spinoff

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With filming on 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed Gambit movie reportedly set to get underway in March, it shouldn’t be too long before we get some official news as to who’ll be joining Channing Tatum’s Remy LeBeau and Lizzy Caplan’s Bella Donna Boudreaux in the cast of the film. Mister Sinister is rumoured to be the […]

Kong: Skull Island director linked to Gambit movie

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Despite passing through the hands of several directors and pushing back numerous production starts and planned release dates, 20th Century Fox still hasn’t given up on its ambitions of a Gambit solo movie featuring Channing Tatum as the fan favourite mutant Remy LeBeau. The latest reports claim that Fox is looking to get cameras rolling […]

Fox’s Gambit movie now looking to start shooting in June

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20th Century Fox’s Gambit movie suffered its latest setback in a seemingly endless series of setbacks in January when it was announced that director Gore Verbinski (The Lone Ranger) had followed in the footsteps of both Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) by exiting the project. As […]