Channing Tatum played his cards right as it has been announced he will be playing Gambit in upcoming X-Men movies. It was confirmed by X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner at the London premiere of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Channing will be introduced in the followup to Days of Future Past: X-Men: Apocalypse, but he will also star in a solo film. So far Channing is the only one attached to the latter project. It was hinted at in January that Donner was looking at Channing for the role. Gambit is a mutant from Louisiana whose power is to infuse objects with energy and have them explode; he mostly uses his power on cards.
Although Gambit was only introduced in 1990, he has become one of the most loved characters. Gambit is not the only X-Man to get a solo movie; Wolverine has being green-lit for his third solo film and there has also been talk about giving Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique a solo film. X-Men: Apocalypse will hit theaters on May 27, 2016. ~Dylan Paisley