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You might have noticed that the Channing Tatum starring “Gambit” is no longer on a release schedule.
The Fox film, a spin-off of the “X-Men” flicks, was expected to be one of the next big superhero movies of the next twelve months. But after losing director Rupert Wyatt, and then Doug Liman (who was to replace Wyatt), clearly there were some issues with the production.
Producer Simon Kinberg tells Comic Book Movie that script issues have delayed the movie – but he’s confident they’ll get it to the starting line sometime.
“We’ve gotta get the script right,” revealed Kinberg. “We just didn’t get the script to the place that we all felt like that movie deserved, so we’re still working on the script — we’re very close, actually, to being done with the script.”
The writer turned producer says they have to find the right tone for the film.
“I think one of the things that I’ve learned on all of these movies — and maybe the lesson was best learned for me on ‘Deadpool’ — is the most important thing is getting the tone and the voice right,” said Kinberg, who produced “Deadpool”. “That the storytelling, the actual plots, are sort of interchangeable and disposable, ultimately. If I ask you what your favorite movies are, you’re not going to tell me the plot, you’re going to tell me you love this character, and so what we’ve really tried to do with ‘Gambit’ is make sure we get the voice of that character right, and the tone of the comics 100 percent on the page.”
“Gambit”, reveals Kinberg, was at one stage going to film at the beginning of 2016.
“… then we felt it just wasn’t ready. So, knowing — hoping — that ‘Gambit’ is, like ‘Deadpool’ was, the start of a new franchise within the X-Men universe, we want to make sure to get it right.”
