That Gambit Film Has an Actual 2016 Release Date, Chere

If you’d forgotten about the fact that we’re getting a Gambit movie—well, first of all, you clearly haven’t been following certain members of the TMS editorial staff on Twitter. But there’s no escaping it; Channing Tatum will hitting big screens as the ragin’ Cajun on October 7, 2016.

Tatum confirmed the news by tweeting about it:

The script by RoboCop‘s Joshua Zetumern will be based on a treatment written by Chris Claremont and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner. Though 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse will be set in the ’80s, there’s no word on when in the wacky current X-films movie timeline the Gambit film will take place. And say what you will about Tatum not being good for the role, but I admit I’ve been sold on him since he admitted to being such a huge fan of the character.

But if I’m being realistic, all I really want from the Gambit movie is this:

(via io9)

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Sam Maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the Kingdom of the North (Toronto). Her first book, THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will be out soon from Quirk Books. Sam’s parents saw Star Wars: A New Hope 24 times when it first came out, so none of this is really her fault.

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