Confirmed: Channing Tatum is Gambit in the X-Men Movies

With X-Men: Days of Future Paststill over a week away from release in the USA, we now know of at least one mutant who will see screen time very soon, as well as who will be playing him. It should come as no surprise to anybody that it's Channing Tatum, the man that X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner was quite vocal about wanting in the role.

Speaking with Total Film, Ms. Shuler Donner said, without question that "It is Channing Tatum." Whether this means Mr. Tatum will carry a Gambit solo film or whether he might function as the charismatic central figure of a future X-Men film once Hugh Jackman has moved on from Wolverine remains to be seen. Perhaps we'll see him introduced in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse.

She also makes it sound like a Deadpool solo film is still very much a possibility and describes the X-Force movie as "fascinating, because it allows us to be a little grittier."

You can watch the whole interview over at Total Film.

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