Channing Tatum Praying for MCU Gambit Movie After Deadpool & Wolverine By Channing Tatum hopes his dream of a Gambit movie could come true after his appearance as the X-Men character in . It’s been nine years since Tatum and producing partner Reid Carolin began developing a standalone Gambit movie for 20th Century Fox. Unfortunately, that dream appeared to die in 2019 when Disney merged with Fox.

But now that he’s finally got a chance to put on that Cajun drawl and throw those cards on the big screen, Tatum is eager to revive that dream. When asked him about it at the premiere of his new movie , he said, “I sure hope so. From your mouth to God’s ears.

Write it into existence, my friend. Please.” Tatum has already been on at Marvel about it, as well.

“I’ve course I’ve said it. I’ve been saying I want it for the last 10 years,” Tatum said. “It’s in Bob Iger and Kevin Feige’s hands.

I pray to God.” Channing Tatum grateful for Deadpool & Wolverine opportunity Tatum clearly values the character, and he after he helped him get the opportunity to play Gambit in Deadpool and Wolverine. In a social media post, he wrote, “I can say that there is almost no one that has had my back in this industry more than @VancityReynolds.

I thought I had lost Gambit forever. But he fought for me and Gambit. I will owe him probably forever.

Cause I’m not sure how I could ever do something that would be equal to what this has meant to me. I love ya buddy.” Gambit hasn�.