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Channing Tatum Says Shelved Gambit Script Was an R-Rated Rom-Com With Explicit Sex

Tatum contrasts the abandoned Fox concept with what he views as Disney’s limits on sex-driven R-rated content.

Overview

  • Tatum told Variety the unmade Fox-era Gambit was conceived as an R-rated romantic comedy that included “mutants having sex.”
  • He said Marvel and Disney would not make that version, arguing the studios avoid sex and that the MCU needs greater tonal variety.
  • The standalone Gambit film developed at 21st Century Fox stalled after Disney acquired the studio in 2019.
  • Following his brief turn in Deadpool & Wolverine, Tatum is set to reprise Remy LeBeau in Avengers: Doomsday.
  • He added that Marvel Studios has ideas for the character and suggested a future film could happen if fan demand is strong, though his explicit Fox vision is unlikely.