Channing Tatum Says He Would Kill Kittens To Make A Gambit Movie, Gives Hopeful Update

Actor Channing Tatum has joked that he would do all manner of unspeakable things, including killing kittens, to be able to make a standalone Gambit movie. Tatum was going to play Gambit in such a film, but it was scuttled after Disney acquired the character’s theatrical rights from Fox, Tatum explained in a recent interview. But the film could now be back on, or at least Tatum believes it’s headed in the right direction. This story contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tatum said he worked on the Gambit movie for six years, and when it was on the “one-yard line,” Disney took over and everything changed.

“We were about to make the movie, and then Fox got bought by Disney,” Tatum said.

The actor went on to say that Marvel boss Kevin Feige told Tatum that he’s a big fan of Gambit but that he didn’t know where the character might fit into the MCU storylines going forward.

“He literally was like, ‘I love Gambit. I just don’t know how to do it right now. I don’t know how [Gambit] fits into what we’re doing. So I need to have a minute to figure it out,'” Tatum said.

The actor is now feeling a little more confident that a Gambit standalone movie could happen, perhaps thanks in part to the positive reception to the character’s appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine.

“Now we’ve sort of cracked a little bit of a code. Hopefully. I would kill kittens… I would do lots of terrible things to make that happen,” he said.

Tatum went on to say praise Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds for helping revive Gambit for Deadpool & Wolverine. “It was just nothing and nowhere and he was like, ‘I want this for you, I want this in the movie, and I want to see it.’ He made it happen. I’ll forever be grateful to him.”