Gambit
Is this even happening? Apparently so. According to our bro Channing Tatum, it’s being reworked – hopefully into the bad ideas bin. After losing directors and passing by release dates like they were antelopes at a watering hole, the warning signs are flickering that Gambit shouldn’t see the light of day.
Despite absolutely no one asking for this flick, Fox is pressing ahead with it, anyway, proving the Fantastic Four won’t be the only characters they ruin beyond repair. The weird thing is that Tatum mentioned they’re considering an R rating for the movie, which doesn’t make any sense at all. Remy LeBeau, as a member of the X-Men, was never a crude guy or someone who pushed the limits of even PG-13, so this appears to be another case of mistaken superhero identity. Maybe Fox thinks Lobo is the Ragin’ Cajun and someone hasn’t told them his name isn’t Gambit? If true, what an excellent troll!
Instead of flogging this dead horse, it’s time that Simon Kinberg and his people do the obvious and put Gambit in an X-Men film. Depending on his reception in said movie, then consider the possibility of a solo project, rather than run into a project blind and be surprised by how it flops in the end. Sheesh! You’d think that someone would’ve thought of this by now.