Gambit: Fox’s X-Men Movie Would Have Been an R-Rated Rom-Com

Channing Tatum has shared some new details about what his Gambit movie would have looked like at 20th Century Fox.

Tatum played Gambit in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine. He will also soon be seen reprising the role in Avengers: Doomsday, which has wrapped production and will arrive in United States theaters in 2026.

What did Channing Tatum say about the Gambit movie?

Prior to that, Tatum tried to get a Gambit movie off the ground for many years when the rights to the X-Men character were owned by 20th Century Fox. Speaking with Variety, Tatum detailed what kind of Gambit movie he wanted to make and commented on if it could ever still happen at Marvel Studios.

“Look…if we’d made our Fox version, that script would’ve never gotten made — ever,” he said. “It was an R-rated romantic comedy. And when I say R-rated, I mean we went for it. We made Gambit the kind of character who could only exist in a movie with Deadpool. We had mutants having sex! It was wild — full-on. That’s something Marvel and Disney would never do. You don’t always know what Disney will be, but you definitely know what it’s not going to be. It’s not gonna be horror. It’s not gonna be sex. But I think Marvel needs that kind of tonal diversity; something to balance the other side. Gambit’s a great opportunity for that. There’s so much you can do with him, and he’s slowly being built into the Marvel psyche. It’s fascinating, and I think one day they’ll figure it out.”

Tatum further noted that there are “ideas” floating around for Gambit’s MCU future after Avengers: Doomsday. “If the fans really want it, I think there’s a world where Gambit could finally get his due,” he said.

Avengers: Doomsday hits United States theaters on December 18, 2026.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net