Sequels "Gambit" starring Channing Tatum? - Part 1

[starscream22]

I think the idea of a Gambit solo film could work as long as the budget doesn't get out of control and they try to make it into this big blockbuster that needs to do big blockbuster numbers to turn a profit. A smaller heist film or something like that would probably do well. Gambit isn't a character that should require a huge budget. Ant-Man was done for $130 million and that was far more effects intensive than Gambit needs to be.

If they market it as a "Heist movie" they'll get crucified though. But if they were smart they'll make it a Thieves Guild version of SOA.

 

[TeeKay]

I'm am very worried about Deadpool. Not so much from a quality standpoint, but from a BO standpoint. Studios are really afraid of making R Rated action movies anymore and a Deadpool film that disappoints at the box office will just strengthen their resolve. That would be a bad thing for all of us.

I'm confident Deadpool will make enough money.

 

[The Guard]

Boy, there's an awful lot of retroactive the-idea-of-a-Gambit-movie hating going around the net today.

I don't really see this as any different than any other film that has lost a director.

So Fox didn't get their first choice for a lead...that's happened in countless other films.

Every film ever made has script/budget issues in some capacity.

Not quite ready to panic just yet.

 

[starscream22]

I'm confident Deadpool will make enough money.

Yeah, that may be the only sure bet they have.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Nobody wants this movie, so no biggie

 

[Lip]

Yeah, I just realized I don't really wanna see this movie. After the rumours about Tatum leaving, I was kind of secretly hoping Fox would cancel the project and focus on X-Force, New Mutants or other project. Now after this news about the director, I'm expecting the same thing (this being real possibility or not).

I'm a huge X-Men fan, I really like Gambit as a character and I really want to see an expanded mutant universe... but not with this movie =/

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I am not against Fox, I was defending Fantastic Four until late November of last year when I jumped off the defenders bandwagon. I like most of the X-films and I think Deadpool will be fine for the people whom are interested in that sort of film. I'm not a Fox hater but Gambit man, Gambit. Something just does not feel right about this project, it feels like this project needs to be put on ice for a couple of years.

 

[Mr. Youtube]

This is a Fox/Marvel movie without Bryan Singers involvement, so it isn't crazy to assume that it'll be a disaster.

I'm pretty sure that the based Bryan is involved to a degree, make sure it doesn't muck up with his films and that it does in general make sense. Zetumer wrote RoboCop and is a good writer (I liked that film, it seemed everyone's problem with it was that it wasn't rated R) and Kinberg is like Goyer, great ideas, but only occasionally tranks (get it?) out a great film and occasionally just tranks out.

 

[Val_Zod]

Boy, there's an awful lot of retroactive the-idea-of-a-Gambit-movie hating going around the net today.

I don't really see this as any different than any other film that has lost a director.

So Fox didn't get their first choice for a lead...that's happened in countless other films.

Every film ever made has script/budget issues in some capacity.

Not quite ready to panic just yet.

it really isn't retroactive. Most people following this project weren't keen on a Gambit movie from the very beginning. They'd rather he show up in an Xmen movie as a strong supporting character. All this news does is perpetuate the idea tha Fox should just scrap this thing and focus on something else.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'd be open to a Gambit film I just don't see this particular Gambit film ending well. I mean we already have rumors of Fox doing their last minute budget issues meddling. If Fox didn't want to spend so much on Gambit then they should have always had an eye on a lower budget, don't do any last minute crap like they did with the first X-Men and Fantastic Four.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I'd be open to a Gambit film I just don't see this particular Gambit film ending well. I mean we already have rumors of Fox doing their last minute budget issues meddling. If Fox didn't want to spend so much on Gambit then they should have always had an eye on a lower budget, don't do any last minute crap like they did with the first X-Men and Fantastic Four.

I agree. If you are going to have a lower budget movie, plan for a lower budget movie. Planning for a higher budget movie and having to cut back at the last minute results in all sorts of problems.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I agree. If you are going to have a lower budget movie, plan for a lower budget movie. Planning for a higher budget movie and having to cut back at the last minute results in all sorts of problems.

Exactly. They are in no danger of rights reversion. Why they were so keen to put Tatum on the stage with the logo yet seem to be dragging their feet on X-force or New Mutants is beyond me.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

Boy, there's an awful lot of retroactive the-idea-of-a-Gambit-movie hating going around the net today.

I don't really see this as any different than any other film that has lost a director.

So Fox didn't get their first choice for a lead...that's happened in countless other films.

Every film ever made has script/budget issues in some capacity.

Not quite ready to panic just yet.

As a wise man once said about another Fox superhero disaster: "when there's smoke there's fire". You would think people would be less nonchalant now that the same wiff of trouble is blowing their way once again.

 

[squeekness]

As much as I like the idea of a Gambit movie, I'm still quietly hope that a delay like this causes Tatum to bow out and move on. Tatum is not my Gambit.

 

[Flint Marko]

Boy, there's an awful lot of retroactive the-idea-of-a-Gambit-movie hating going around the net today.

I don't really see this as any different than any other film that has lost a director.

So Fox didn't get their first choice for a lead...that's happened in countless other films.

Every film ever made has script/budget issues in some capacity.

Not quite ready to panic just yet.

For what it's worth, this same logic was applied to FFINO on countless occasions before it was released. I'm not saying this film is in the same boat just yet, but it certainly doesn't look good.
And I don't see anyone retroactively hating the idea of a Gambit movie, people have been pretty mixed on it for quite some time. Is Channing Tatum really a good pick for Gambit, or is that the same sort of out-of-touch studio executive thinking that brought us Barakapool and FFINO? Only time will tell, but the cards aren't in their favor.

 

[Eddie]

Yeah,this isn't retroactive at all. Gambit has been the least anticipated major comic book film of 2016 since it was announced. Hell, the conversation on this very forum has been so slow the film doesn't even have its own subforum.

 

[Kermit_The_Frog]

Welp... who's next on this list?

 

[Superhero 101]

Something about this film gives me a bad feeling. 1st Tatum wanted to drop out, then it has a unnecessarily high budget, and now the director has dropped out I think the only good news for this film is that they casted Lea Seydeaux

 

[Dasher10]

1. Why did Fox hire a director with poor availability?

2. Why did they reschedule the shooting dates to when the director was unavailable?

 

[I Am The Knight]

3. Why is Fox making this movie?

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Something about this film gives me a bad feeling. 1st Tatum wanted to drop out, then it has a unnecessarily high budget, and now the director has dropped out I think the only good news for this film is that they casted Lea Seydeaux

Yeah, it isn't just the director dropping out but a combination of things. I'm not going to immediately declare this to be a disaster or anything like that, but it does raise a few eyebrows.

 

[slumcat]

Nothing retroactive about this. "I really really really want a Gambit movie really bad", said no one ever.

I think if Tatum hadn't agreed to be Gambit, this would never even be greenlit. I mean seriously.

Just dump this already.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Something about this film gives me a bad feeling. 1st Tatum wanted to drop out, then it has a unnecessarily high budget, and now the director has dropped out I think the only good news for this film is that they casted Lea Seydeaux

The budget has been baffling from the beginning. Fox are going to give a Gambit movie a bigger budget than a Fantastic Four movie why? I like Gambit but he hasn't been super popular in years and Fox doesn't have the Pixar like trust Marvel has with movie goers so people aren't just going to go see the movie because and they especially don't have that sort of trust after the Fantastic Four debacle.

 

[TeeKay]

Boy, there's an awful lot of retroactive the-idea-of-a-Gambit-movie hating going around the net today.

I don't really see this as any different than any other film that has lost a director.

So Fox didn't get their first choice for a lead...that's happened in countless other films.

Every film ever made has script/budget issues in some capacity.

Not quite ready to panic just yet.

After FF I think people have a right to be worried. This is Fox after all.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

If they find another director I certainly hope that they don't put that director through hell.