Overview

• Channing Tatum confirmed he will reprise Gambit in Avengers: Doomsday during an appearance on The Tonight Show.
• The actor said reading the script made him wonder how the filmmakers could pull it off and teased that audiences are “just not ready” for what’s coming.
• Avengers: Doomsday is slated to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
• Reporting lists a sprawling ensemble of returning MCU and legacy X‑Men actors, including Robert Downey Jr., Pedro Pascal, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn and James Marsden.
• Tatum reflected on Gambit’s long road to the screen and noted that a previously planned Fox-era Gambit script was an explicit R‑rated romantic comedy he believes Disney would never make.