Channing Tatums Gambit Movie Just Found A Director In Rupert Wyatt!

The solo Gambit movie, starring Channing Tatum as the titular mutant, has reportedly approached numerous directors in the past to helm the motion picture, with rumors stating that the likes of J.C. Chandor and Darren Aronofsky were approached for the film. Now, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Rupert Wyatt is set to direct the 2016 movie!


Wyatt has a history for directing blockbuster filmmaking for 20th Century Fox thanks to his 2011 film Rise of The Planet of The Apes, and now Gambit will return him to the studio to direct Gambits first solo movie. I really loved ROTPOTA, and it gives me confidence that he'll be able to take Channing Tatums immense talent and use to turn Gambit from an average, one-note character (he's not bad per se, I just never found him all that interesting) into a compelling lead. We shall see come OCtober 2016, when Gambit is currently set to hit theaters.