The X-Men universe will welcome another character in the person of Channing Tatum who will play the role of Gambit for a solo character movie.
The kinetically charged, mutant Southern rake, Gambit, also known as Remy LeBeau, is a character that is very personal to Tatum.
He expressed his connection to the character in Empire Magazine saying: "I love Gambit. I grew up in the South; my father's from Louisiana. We'd go to New Orleans and I heard all the dialects. It felt so different from the rest of America; it has its own ancient culture. So I identified with that. And he always felt the most real of the X-Men to me. He's kind of a tortured soul and he's not a good guy. But he's not a bad guy, either. He walks his own path. And of course he plays cards and drinks and is a martial-arts badass!"
Tatum also mentioned that the movie will be an origin story, and that the first draft of the script was already completed.
"Josh Zetumer just turned in the first draft of the script, and it's killer. None of us were sure how he was going to deal with the X-Men world. But we're going to be changing some of the tropes of these movies. It's always about saving the world (Laughs), but maybe we're going to shift things a little bit. There's so many ways you can take [an origin story]. You could do it like Batman Begins, or a different take and go the Guardians of the Galaxy route. All I can say is, I'm super excited," Tatum said, according to Cinema Blend.
Zetumer is working from a treatment by Gambit's creator, and X-Men comics legend, Chris Claremont, according to Comic Book. With that, we would at least be confident that they've got an excellent starting point for this film.
Gambit is said to be released on Oct. 7, 2016.
