Gore Verbinski is Going to Direct Channing Tatum's GAMBIT
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It looks like Fox has found their new director for Channing Tatum's big screen adaptation of Marvel's Gambit. According to Deadline, the studio is currently making a deal with Gore Verbinski to direct the film.
Verbinski is best known for his work on The Ring, The Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Lone Ranger, A Cure For Wellness, and the Bioshock movie that he never got to make. He's a hit or miss director. I like some of the films that he's made. I do like his visual style of filmmaking, but sometimes his films just aren't good... I'm looking at you Lone Ranger.
That doesn't mean he's going to drop the ball on Gambit. I actually think Gambit will be a good film project for him that will align with his strengths as a filmmaker. I hope this works out because I kinda dig his style.
Doug Liman and Rupert Wyatt were both previously attached to the film, which is said to be a an Ocean's 11-type heist film. Daniel Craig has been rumored to be up for the role of Mr. Sinister in the movie and this is the rumored plot that was released:
Remy Lebeau (Channing Tatum) is on trial in New-Orleans. He’s considered a huge security risk. We flashback to almost 25 years before. Master thief Luke Lebeau runs into eight-year-old Gambit while doing a heist. Impressed by his skills, he offers to take the mutant orphan under his wings. Raised alongside other strays he calls “cousins”, the teenage Gambit becomes the superstar of the Thief Guild. He encounters Bella Donna Boudreaux while on the run from the police. Sparks immediately fly since Bella is also a fellow mutant. Their love is directly prohibited by both families since the Boudreaux are sworn enemies of the Lebeau clan. Deciding to unite the two sides, Remy offers to have the two clans team up on a HUGE heist to profit both families. Of course, the whole plan goes awry, and in the chaos, Maryanne Boudreaux shoots and kill Luke Lebeau.
We jump to 10 years later; Gambit is hired to do a job in Paris to steal something from the Louvre Museum. It was apparently a test job to see if he still has it. His mysterious employer is revealed to be Nathaniel Essex a.k.a. Mr. Sinister. He offers Gambit 40 million to recover a mysterious trunk that was stolen by the Boudreaux clan. It will be auctioned off during the yearly Thieves Ball where all the criminal organizations in the world meet up. It uses New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebrations as a cover. Gambit decides to enlist a crew of mutants to pull off this seemingly impossible heist…
What do you think about Gore Verbinski coming on board to direct? Do you think he's a good choice? If not, who would you like to see direct it?