The film, which had been in development for some time with multiple director exits, was intended to see Tatum as the New Orleans-based mutant with the power to manipulate kinetic energy and whose weapons include a staff and a deck of playing cards. It was axed following Disney and Fox’s merger in 2019.

Lizzy Caplan is sharing details on what the scrapped Gambit movie would’ve been like. In 2017, Deadline reported that Caplan was in talks to co-star alongside Channing Tatum in a standalone film based on X-Men’s Gambit.

Lizzy Caplan told Business Insider that the solo "Gambit" movie with Channing Tatum, which was scrapped in the Disney-Fox merger, had a cool concept.