Sequels "Gambit" starring Channing Tatum? - Part 1

[Zarex]

It's very notable how the F4 forum people are appearing in here now. They are like little piranhas who think they've smelled blood with the news of Gambit's director leaving, so they are selecting their next target. LOL.

It's boring over in the FF forums now. All the X-Men fans abandoned thread in early August.

Personally, I find some of the similarities with the FFINO production process interesting. But I don't have a rooting interest in whether or not the film gets made.

 

[Flint Marko]

It's boring over in the FF forums now. All the X-Men fans abandoned thread in early August.

And with that, the "toxicity" has disappeared completely. I don't think that's a coincidence.

It is very simple. Marvel can get away with making films with unknown heroes because they have a built in fanbase large enough to offset a lot of the risk. Fox struggles to make Wolverine movies because of a shoddy track record and never actually cultivating a sustainable fanbase. Fox's "success" don't come close to the success of Marvel or WB in the same genre.

Exactly. If they struggle to make a successful Wolverine solo movie, why should we have any faith they can pull off a $150 million Gambit movie?

 

[starscream22]

Marvel Studio films get a boost from rep. Not the same with Fox.

Yeah, and they've earned that rep due to better overall quality CBM's. No they're not perfect, there's one MCU film that comes to mind that I'll never watch again but even that one is loved by many other. Plus that's minor compared to Fox's terrible CBM track record.

No surprise if this turns out to be Gam4stic.

Exactly. If they struggle to make a successful Wolverine solo movie, why should we have any faith they can pull off a $150 million Gambit movie?

Ay! Quit making sense you...blind follower of successful, highly liked Marvel films you!

 

[Flint Marko]

I'll say this, if Fox goes for the Hail Mary and manages to pull off a $150 million Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum after FFINO, they might look like geniuses.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

If they have that much faith in Gambit's script and talent then I think they should spend 150 million. It's better than them doing last minute cost cutting and script meddling.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

If they have that much faith in Gambit's script and talent then I think they should spend 150 million. It's better than them doing last minute cost cutting and script meddling.

True.

 

[Flint Marko]

Is the word from the inside that they have a lot of confidence? I haven't heard that but I haven't been following the production very closely.

 

[TeeKay]

It'll be interesting to see what unfolds the next couple of weeks. FF changed everything. There's no going back.

 

[-JKR-]

They should learn from their errors on Fantastic 4, not bow down. What's done is done. What matters is how they handle future projects.

 

[I Am The Knight]

It'll be interesting to see what unfolds the next couple of weeks. FF changed everything. There's no going back.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If they have that much faith in Gambit's script and talent then I think they should spend 150 million. It's better than them doing last minute cost cutting and script meddling.

After the FF, yeah. If you are going to lose money, at least believe in it.

 

[Eddie]

Fox doesn't expect to see any merchandise revenue for Gambit, Marvel gets a cut, and rental/home sales aren't what they used to be. They need a Gambit film that costs more money than Ant-Man to make a fair bit more than Ant-Man to be much of a hit.

 

[Eddie]

It'll be interesting to see what unfolds the next couple of weeks. FF changed everything. There's no going back.

 

[starscream22]

Is the word from the inside that they have a lot of confidence? I haven't heard that but I haven't been following the production very closely.

Confidence in "Gambit"? Please, the only reason this is seeing the light of day is because Lauren Shuler-Donner just happens to be chairman of the "Magic Mike fan club for Cougars".

This is the same guy who ruined Duke in G.I.Joe, now people expect him to voice a believable Cajun accent in a movie where the stakes are a tad bit higher...?

 

[Majik1387]

Lauren Shuler Donner has wanted a solo Gambit movie since the release of X1; long before Channing Tatum came to the Hollywood scene. No matter how you feel about Gambit, don't try to tell us that she had no confidence in the character prior to now.

And Tatum didn't ruin Duke at all, he just wasn't really written as Duke at all.
And honestly, accents have never been believable nor a requirement for any characters in the X-Movies, so I'm not going to hold that on Tatum all of a sudden.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

After the FF, yeah. If you are going to lose money, at least believe in it.

One of the big problems Fox has now or days is mediocre marketing. They are going to step it up for Gambit because he is no Wolverine and it isn't being directed by James Cameron, they are especially going to have to step it up if they plan on spending 150+mil.

 

[Mike Murdock]

Honestly, the accent is one thing I'm somewhat optimistic about. That's because I can tell, based on what Tatum has said, that he genuinely cares about getting that right. He clearly likes the character and is going to work hard at it. IMO, Tatum's recent acting (Foxcatcher, 21 Jump Street) was much better than his earlier work and his willingness to work hard is a big part of that. So I think he will do everything in his power to get the accent right. Whether he has the power to do that is a separate question, but I do think we'll get as close as we're going to get with any other actor they'd likely cast.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm not finicky about accents, I care about the performance so much more. If the overall performance works, I am super cool. Not trying to dismiss what anyone else cares about but that is just me.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Lauren Shuler Donner has wanted a solo Gambit movie since the release of X1; long before Channing Tatum came to the Hollywood scene. No matter how you feel about Gambit, don't try to tell us that she had no confidence in the character prior to now.

They need a Wolverine replacement. I can certainly see where they think Gambit is perhaps the most likely character to succeed in that role. There are a lot of similarities between them.

Yeah, he might not be the most popular character in the comics, but that doesn't mean as much as his potential. Star-Lord and Iron Man were never the most popular either, and look at them now.

 

[Majik1387]

I'm sure the rest of Fox execs see Gambit as a Wolvie replacement, not LSD though.

And hell, Marvel is even bringing Hellcat to the MCU/Netflix-verse, so it doesn't really matter the actual popularity of the comic character.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I'm not finicky about accents, I care about the performance so much more. If the overall performance works, I am super cool. Not trying to dismiss what anyone else cares about but that is just me.

I agree too. We were just having this same conversation in the Captain Marvel forum with regards to her Boston accent.

 

[starscream22]

Lauren Shuler Donner has wanted a solo Gambit movie since the release of X1; long before Channing Tatum came to the Hollywood scene. No matter how you feel about Gambit, don't try to tell us that she had no confidence in the character prior to now.

And Tatum didn't ruin Duke at all, he just wasn't really written as Duke at all.
And honestly, accents have never been believable nor a requirement for any characters in the X-Movies, so I'm not going to hold that on Tatum all of a sudden.

Okay....was Taylor Kitsch unavailable. Oh that's right, that Origins movie film sucked.....Yeah, that's too bad.

And Tatum didn't ruin Duke at all

Yeah, okay.

Wait! No, not okay. You can blame the weather if you like. I say he sucked as Duke and never liked him in anything else. So will I be watching this movie if it's made?

Hmm.........

 

[Majik1387]

I've been following the X-Movies for forever, LSD has wanted a Gambit solo movie when the rest of the execs wanted to work on solo movies for Magneto, Storm, and Mystique. Wolverine wasn't even on their minds for a solo movie until the third film. Tatum and Kitsch were not even in Hollywood at the time of LSD's yearning for a Gambit movie.

You can try to blame Tatum, and Wolverine Origins all you want for this project, but the fact is LSD has been waiting patiently to finally get a go at having it. Don't try to say there's no confidence in this film when it's clearly bull.

And I won't take anything seriously from a poster who chose their name after a friggin Transformer.

And you won't watch the movie? That's fine, odds are you're not the target audience anyway.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I agree too. We were just having this same conversation in the Captain Marvel forum with regards to her Boston accent.

I saw some of that, I don't know much about CM so I didn't know that she was from Boston.

I'm sure the rest of Fox execs see Gambit as a Wolvie replacement, not LSD though.

And hell, Marvel is even bringing Hellcat to the MCU/Netflix-verse, so it doesn't really matter the actual popularity of the comic character.

Nobody is saying only make films based on popular characters, I'm just saying that they can't half-ass the film and they can't half-ass the marketing either because unknown characters can't fall back on popularity.

 

[starscream22]

That's because I can tell, based on what Tatum has said, that he genuinely cares about getting that right.

Where have I heard that before.....

“The only thing I can tease you about is what I worked on most was the voice" ~Toby Kebbell

...................Deja Vu anyone?