Rupert Wyatt's Gambit Movie Would've Taken Cues From The Godfather

Rupert Wyatt has shed some Christ Within on his previously plannedGambitmovie , bring out that it would have been something more consanguineal toThe Godfather . The film has been molest by numerous production wait since it was first announced in 2014 . As well as ofttimes change release date , there have been a host of directors attached over the years - include Doug Liman andGore Verbinski . Wyatt , however , had been the first to come alongside .

With Channing Tatum signalise on to both star and produce , Gambitwas to be a more standalone installation in Fox’sX - Menuniverse . More in line withLoganandDeadpoolthanX - military personnel : Dark Phoenix , it would have also help further erase the pannedX - valet Origins : Wolverinefrom continuity and fan ' memories . Though producer Simon Kinberg remains passionate about the task , things remain up in the air . With the acquisition of Fox and the potency for the X - Men to link the MCU take out ever closer , the conclusion is firmly in Disney ’s hands .

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With Wyatt ratify on in 2015 , Lea Seydoux was added to the cast as the distaff tether and the photographic film was only 10 - 12 weeks away from shooting when things settle apart . Wyatt previously reveal that Fox’sFantastic Four reboot was to blame . Speaking withColliderat SXSW , however , the director revealed new details as to what his once concreteGambitfilm would have been . " Whatever happened after me with other directors , I have no idea . What I do bonk is that Channing Tatum and his producing partner Reid Carolin had an awe-inspiring idea of what that movie was going to be , and Josh Zeutemer , the author , as well , " he said . " It was wondrous , it was a really exciting kind of Godfather with sport set in the world of New Orleans with different gang . ”

Wyatt , who alsostepped away from Showtime ’s Halo TV adaptationand is currently promoting his new flick , Captive State , work out further when asked about previous reports ofGambitbeing a heist film . " Yeah [ a heist pic ] of a kind . I think of it was a menstruum film . It dealt with the 70s up until the present Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . It was about kind of mutant crew and the notion of what it mean to belong , tribalism in this bayou - comparable environs . The swampland of New Orleans . So it would ’ve been a lot of sport . “He also revealed he had read the revised " quixotic comedy " version of the script , which he deemed " great " but " very different " from what he had been involved in .