After years of campaigning to star as beloved mutant Gambit, Channing Tatum’s wish will come true in 2016!
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Fox announced that the “X-Men” spinoff, about the hero with the power to harness kinetic energy and a love of card throwing, will hit the big screen on October 7, 2016.
The Cajun character, whose name is Remy LeBeau and debuted in the “X-Men” comics in the ’90s, was first portrayed on the big screen by Taylor Kitsch in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
The actor Tweeted on Monday night, “How do you say October 7, 2016 in Cajun?”
How do you say October 7, 2016 in Cajun?
— Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) January 6, 2015
The Gambit movie will be Fox’s eighth “X-Men” feature. The mutants will next be seen in “X-Men: Apocalypse” on May 27, 2016.
— Jesse Spero
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