The Post-Credits Scene in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Was Supposed To Set Up Channing Tatum's GAMBIT
It turns out that the post-credits scene in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse involving the Essex Corporation packing up samples of DNA from a Weapon X facility was supposed to set up Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie.
Long-time X-Men producer Simon Kinberg confirmed that Mister Sinister was going to be a part of Gambit during a recent watch party with IGN. He explained:
"We had a tease of it at the end of Apocalypse. The Essex Corp is something that you see in a tag at the end of Apocalypse. We had talked about doing something with him, and I won't get into the specifics of it since it's no longer a 20th Century Fox property and now it's part of the MCU. I have no idea what the plan is. But Mister Sinister was going to be part of the Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum."
It’s kind of a shame that the Gambit movie never happened while it was at Fox. I was actually really curious to see how that would have turned out. But, with all of the issues that it had during the years that it was in development, it just wasn’t meant to be. There’s no word on what Marvel Studio plans on doing with the character.
When previously talking about Tatum’s version of the film, producer Simon Kinberg said that it would have had a "romantic or sex comedy vibe" to it. He explained:
"When you look at Gambit. He’s a hustler and a womanizer and we just felt like there was an attitude, a swagger to him, that lent itself to romantic comedy. Deadpool was an R-rated, raunchy comedy, Logan was a western, Gambit’s gonna be a romantic comedy, and New Mutants is very decidedly a horror film."
Kinberg also clarified labeling the film a romantic comedy, saying:
"You know, when I say romantic comedy, I use that term loosely, in the same term that I use the term western for Logan loosely. It’s not like they’re gunslingers at high noon in Logan. It’s just a vibe. And I would say the vibe of Gambit has a romantic or sex comedy vibe to it. While it is also still very much a superhero movie with villains and heroes, as all these movies are."
What would you like to see from a Gambit movie now that Marvel has control of the character? Do you think they’ll ever make a standalone movie?