Comic Vine News

129 Comments

Confirmed: Channing Tatum is Gambit

It's official and one of the X-Men producers says why she believes Tatum is a great fit for the role.

The agile X-Man is eventually heading back to the big screen... and he's going to be played by Channing Tatum! While chatting with Total Film, X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed the 21 Jump Street star will step into Remy LeBeau's boots. The producer previously stated she wanted the actor for the role and, during press interviews for White House Down, Tatum also expressed great interest in the character.

No Caption Provided

Donner says Tatum's a good fit because he's a "rogue" and a "rascal" just like the card tossing X-Man. She also emphasized how Tatum knows New Orleans well and claims he can absolutely handle the action segments. You can watch the full interview here.

Viners, what do you think about Tatum as Gambit? Can you see him carrying a bo staff and strutting around in a trench coat? Speak your mind below.

Source: Total Film

129 Comments

Avatar image for paste_pot_pete
Paste_Pot_Pete

135

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I think this would bring some people who like Tatum's look, but as Gambit? No.

Avatar image for daltonmunnal
daltonmunnal

181

Forum Posts

83

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Wonder-Woman gets casted everyone goes crazy,Gambit gets casted everyone loves it.

And by 'everyone' you mean 'a very small handful of people.' Sure doesn't look like it's getting a good response to me.

Anyway, I don't see it. Admittedly I've had very very little exposure to his acting, but I don't see Gambit in him and I don't see what was wrong with the last guy. I'll give him a fair shot, but I'm not excited about it.

Avatar image for jakkoaks
Jakkoaks

119

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Im good with this look forward to it

Avatar image for rustyroy
RustyRoy

16610

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By RustyRoy

@tparks said:

Awesome. Tatum should be good for this.

Avatar image for amazing_webhead
amazing_webhead

10761

Forum Posts

1019

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 13

User Lists: 20

As long as we're completely ignoring the Wolverine movie, I don't care if it's Will Ferrell!

Avatar image for entropy_aegis
entropy_aegis

21789

Forum Posts

420

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By entropy_aegis

Wonder-Woman gets casted everyone goes crazy,Gambit gets casted everyone loves it.

All I see is moaning here.

Avatar image for matthewparker
MatthewParker

4562

Forum Posts

10200

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 19

Edited By MatthewParker

My initial response was "what the heck!!!"

But who knows maybe he'll be good.

Avatar image for guardiandevil83
Guardiandevil83

9481

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Tatum is actually from Louisiana so the accent should be no problem. He just doesn't scream "Gambit" to me. Taylor Kitsch actually looked, acted and sounded the part in my honest opinion.

Avatar image for guardiandevil83
Guardiandevil83

9481

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Guardiandevil83

Tatum is actually from Louisiana so the accent should be no problem. He just doesn't scream "Gambit" to me. Taylor Kitsch actually looked, acted and sounded the part in my honest opinion.

Avatar image for kriminal
kriminal

678

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By kriminal

Another rumour is Zac Efron is the new cyclops wonder if its true

hope not

Avatar image for transformers1024
Transformers1024

7603

Forum Posts

1596

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Dangit...

Avatar image for lykida
Lykida

190

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Taylor Kitsch :'(

My first thought. When I watched John Carter I thought: Yes, he's older now, I think he would make a good Gambit if the script is alright.

I'll just wait and see. And hope they bring back Cyclops in Apocalypse...

Avatar image for hexthis
HexThis

1136

Forum Posts

80

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 1

Typical Hollywood. Someone with enough box office numbers just wants a role and they get it. No need for auditions or conceptualization, just "I'd like to work with you" and "I wanna play a superhero!" and that's it.

Avatar image for wolverine008
Wolverine008

51027

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

@hexthis said:

Typical Hollywood. Someone with enough box office numbers just wants a role and they get it. No need for auditions or conceptualization, just "I'd like to work with you" and "I wanna play a superhero!" and that's it.

No Caption Provided

Avatar image for smashbrawler
SmashBrawler

6033

Forum Posts

258

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Terrible casting in an X-Men movie! In other news, people from England speak English!

Avatar image for batteredarmor
BatteredArmor

6234

Forum Posts

44

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

This could work...it probably won't, but still it's possible

Avatar image for madeinbangladesh
MadeinBangladesh

12494

Forum Posts

53

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 59

User Lists: 172

Edited By MadeinBangladesh

HAHA comic fans mad everywhere. It's a logical choice and would made insane amount of money int he box office since women love Channing Tatum

No Caption Provided

Avatar image for longbowhunter
longbowhunter

9425

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 1

Not a Channing Tatum fan, but ok I can roll with it.

Avatar image for transformers1024
Transformers1024

7603

Forum Posts

1596

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

I hated the idea at first...but once I think about it, I kind of like it now. Can't wait to see how th. X-Men universe plays out!

Hophully the rumor that it won't cross over with the new, Fantastic Four movie is true.

Avatar image for omgomgwtfwtf
OmgOmgWtfWtf

7513

Forum Posts

4246

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By OmgOmgWtfWtf

I don't mind. He definitely got the physique and masculine facial features down. I doubt he could be any worse than the other X-men. I mean what has Colossus done in the films lmao?

Avatar image for wolverine008
Wolverine008

51027

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Wolverine008

I don't mind. He definitely got the physique and masculine facial features down. I doubt he could be any worse than the other X-men. I mean what has Colossus done in the films lmao?

He was looking pretty beefy in X2!

No Caption Provided

Avatar image for _zombie_
_Zombie_

10572

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Avatar image for illmatic4177
illmatic4177

429

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Avatar image for surfingthehighway
SurfingtheHighway

1434

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I was hoping it would be the guy who plays Sam in Supernatural.
I haven't seen the show that much, but he looks the part and actually can act!

Avatar image for dagreatnameless
DaGreatNameless

8

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

to me he just doesn't seem slender enough to be gambit. I always picture gambit as more slim then bulky.

Avatar image for idude
iDude

1148

Forum Posts

6866

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

He looks the part, IMO. I think he'll to fine.

Avatar image for deactivated-5fbfd5d291164
deactivated-5fbfd5d291164

12702

Forum Posts

1547

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 74

User Lists: 7

I can dig it.

Avatar image for cuboid
Cuboid

157

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I'm alright with this.

I'm more interested in what movie this is for - Age of Apocalypse or are they doing a Gambit solo film?

Avatar image for manneffest
MannEffest

1378

Forum Posts

5177

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 6

Edited By MannEffest

My reaction.

"Wait… What? Oh… Interesting."

Avatar image for micah007123
micah007123

10836

Forum Posts

237

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Awesome choice. I can't wait to see him in costume.

Avatar image for machomustachio
MachoMustachio

303

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By MachoMustachio

Six Wolverine movies, a Xavier/Magneto movie, and now a Gambit movie... maybe someday I will get a X-Men movie..*sigh* someday...

No Caption Provided

Avatar image for judasnixon
judasnixon

12818

Forum Posts

699

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By judasnixon

Oh for @$%# sakes......

No Caption Provided
Avatar image for jonez_
Jonez_

11499

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Dafuq are you guys happy about?

Tatum was a f#cking hoochie daddy.

Avatar image for spideysense44
Spideysense44

3839

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Yesss prove them rong Tatum

Avatar image for gothamfanboy
gothamfanboy

3

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

ok well this is a surprise but not bad at all. i'll totally watch this. look who played the last gambit.

Avatar image for k4tzm4n
k4tzm4n

41857

Forum Posts

9127

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 16

User Lists: 1

k4tzm4n  Moderator

RIDICULOUS. YOU NEED AN OSCAR WINNER FOR THE COMPLEX MAN KNOWN AS GAMBIT. NOT SOME GOOD LOOKING GUY WHO HAS BEEN IN ACTION MOVIES AND CAN ACT CHARMING. THAT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE THE REMY LEBEAU I KNOW!

/FLIPS ALL OF THE TABLES EVER

Avatar image for patrat18
patrat18

11753

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

@squares said:
No Caption Provided

Like I needed more reasons to believe the X-film franchise is full of fail.

lol

Avatar image for ultron345
Ultron345

245

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@flameboy298: I see a lot of people disliking this casting though.

Avatar image for DanialCarroll
DanialCarroll

2540

Forum Posts

12718

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 5

I seem to be one of the few people that thinks he'll be good in the role. Oh well.

Avatar image for thewalkingdeadpool18
thewalkingdeadpool18

410

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

People to stuck in the past when it comes to actors. It's Batfleck all over again they used to suck at acting they can act now lay off.

Avatar image for rolls7royce
Rolls7royce

38

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Hopefully he won't try to do a cajun accent. *shudders*

Avatar image for fernandogrey
FernandoGrey

301

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By FernandoGrey
Ryan Guzman (Step Up Revolution 3D) In my opinion, he would have been a better candidate to reprise the role of Gambit better than Channing
Ryan Guzman (Step Up Revolution 3D) In my opinion, he would have been a better candidate to reprise the role of Gambit better than Channing "Potato Head" Tatum.

Avatar image for shrmntnk62
shrmntnk62

264

Forum Posts

24

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Channing Tatertot sucks. I can't even give him the benfit of the doubt after seeing how terrible he was as Duke in G.I. Joe. The guy's just a terrible actor. He only get's jobs because he's pretty. This is an awful hard pill to swallow. Boo.

Avatar image for imredjimmy
imredjimmy

55

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I really do like Channing (mostly because he's super hot and I have no shame) but I'm not sure he's quite the fit for Gambit. He comes across to me like too much of a good guy.

Avatar image for nappystr8
nappystr8

1548

Forum Posts

859

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 19

User Lists: 5

I had no problem with Kitsch in the role and would have preferred to see him return, but Tatum ain't really a bad choice.