Channing Tatum will play X-Men mutant Gambit in new movie

Channing Tatum has appeared in comedies, action movies and dramas, from '22 Jump Street' to 'The Hateful Eight'. Photo: Reuters

X-Men superhero spin-off Gambit is now tracking for release on Feb 14, 2019, with Channing Tatum as its card-throwing lead charmer, and uncertainty over the movie’s director seemingly resolved. Tatum has been linked with X-Men character Gambit, and an associated solo movie, since confessing his appreciation for the character in 2014.

Gambit, born Remy LeBeau in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a skilled thief and a wanderer, able to charge objects with an immense amount of power (most typically his signature playing cards.). His superhuman abilities also grant him an edge when it comes to persuasion as well as a fast, fluid fighting style.