Léa Seydoux To Lead With Channing Tatum In GAMBIT For Fox

It'll be a few months before we see Blue Is The Warmest Color actress Léa Seydoux in Daniel Craig's next James Bond spy epic, Spectre. Until then as of a few weeks ago, the actress was one of three in line for the lead female role of Belladonna Boudreaux in title actor Channing Tatum's upcoming Marvel adaptation, Gambit next to actresses Abbey Lee and Rebecca Ferguson.

Since then, Ferguson, who kicked a perpetual load of asses this summer in director Christopher McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, dropped the film for the new Emily Blunt thriller, The Girl On The Train. As for the part of the Marvel femme fatale, Deadline reports that Seydoux herself has snagged her place in Gambit amid talks for the role. 

Tatum is producing as is Reid Carolin, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg with a script by Josh Zetumer, based on the 1990-created X-Men comic book centered on former leader of the Thieves Guild, Remy LeBeau, who has ability to charge most objects with energy, rendering them explosive. Boudreaux herself, LeBeau's longtime love interest eventually grew into her own powers and became the leader of the Assassins' Guild.

Production will be kicking off in Lousiana for an October 7, 2016 release from Twentieth Century Fox following the studio's other Marvel releases, including Deadpool in February and X-Men: Apolcalypse in May.

It's Official! Channing Tatum Closes The Deal To Play GAMBIT!

Apparently NOW the word now after all the ruckus about actor Channing Tatum disbanding from Twentieth Century Fox's production of the comic book adaptation, Gambit, is that he's officially closed a deal to star. A new report by CBM via THR suggests there was uncertainty as to whether or not Tatum would be able to return for multiple movies seeing as how the studio is looking forward to replacing Hugh Jackman as its Marvel franchise mainstay while he finishes his last stint as The Wolverine.

Gambit was created by Jim Lee and Chris Clairemont and unveiled in X-Men comic book universe beginning in 1990, sporting a cajun accent with impeccable charm and the ability to charge most objects with energy, rendering them explosive. Tatum has long been in the running to star, and much to the delight of executives at Fox, including Lauren Shuler Donner who has produced all of the studio's Marvel X-Men movies so far, including Jackman's final Wolverine film in 2017 and next year's release of X-Men: Apocalypse to name a few.

So there we have it. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt is directing the darn thing from Robocop scribe Josh Zetumer's script and filming will begin soon in Louisiana for an October 7 release next year. The X-Men franchise has been quite epic so far, and with the studio moving on from Wolverine to vehicles like Deadpool and Gambit, the next several years should get even more interesting.

Personally I'm glad that Tatum has solidified his place in the film's production aside seeing as how much he's worked toward it. Sure, he's got his hands on other projects as well and that's fine, but an integral figure like Gambit has been long missing from the X-Men movies, so this was well worth the surprise. And if there are more Gambit titles to come, so be it.

Stay tuned for more info!

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Fox's GAMBIT Loses Its Star

It's no fun wasting minutes of hype writing about movies and casting faves only to see such developments fall apart before our eyes. Actor Channing Tatum has long been the frontrunner for Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming production of live-action Marvel property, Gambit, having spoken with high hopes of playing the character, followed by word that Rupert Wyatt would be directing.

As of Tuesday night however, it appears it has all been for naught with a report from The Wrap stating the actor's departure from the film. No reason has been publicly given for the fallout, although any number of reasons are imaginable considering it's a major studio production, so, your guess is as good as mine at this point.

Production is expected to begin in Louisiana this October for a hefty sum of $154 million dollars ahead of its October 7, 2016 release. There's no word yet on who will replace Tatum who had been high on playing the role, doing everything from working on the classic Cajun accent to learning new card tricks to get the character right. Essentially, he would have been a great pick, and now we are going to need an actor who is just as passionate about the X-Men favorite if this is really going to work.

Still though, I think Banlieue 13 star David Belle would make a great candidate, but that's just me. Comment below or on our Facebook page and let us know who you think should play Gambit!

Rupert Wyatt To Direct Marvel's GAMBIT For Fox

All other things pending regarding actor Channing Tatum's involvement on the future Ghostbusters and Jumpstreet franchises in some capacity, the Magic Mike XXL star is currently out promoting his new film which is set to arrive on July 1. However if a male stripper drama isn't something you fancy and would rather see the actor in something a bit more explosive, you can best count on some of this happening in the upcoming release of 20th Century Fox's Marvel adaptation, Gambit, which has been in the works for a while now.

The bright-eyed mutant character was initially created by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee in 1990 and shares a history as a bit of a wild-card anti-hero in the X-Men spectrum of the Marvel universe. Hailing from Louisiana with a thick Cajun accent, the character is best known for his affiliation with the X-Men, on top of his love for one of its youngest mutants, Rogue, his ability to charm, and his knack for harnessing energy into objects to make them explosive. Following Battleship star Taylor Kitsch's rendering of the character in The Wolverine in 2009, Tatum was officially attached to the role early last year prior to Robocop scribe Josh Zetumer's attachment later on, and with plenty of time between now and the film's designated October 7, 2016 release date, EW exclusively reports that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and The Gambler helmer Rupert Wyatt will be directing.

Tatum is also producing the film with Reid Carolin, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, the latter who wrote the upcoming August release of Josh Trank's Fant4stic reboot and is also producing the May 2016 release of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse. The studio also has one other Marvel feature film adaptation in the form of Ryan Renyolds's expansion as Deadpool which arrives four months earlier, whilst developing another of Claremont's comic book work, The New Mutants with Josh Boone directing.

Stay tuned for more info!