13 Movies Already Cancelled In 2019 (And Why)
10. Gambit
What We Knew
Gambit seems like it's been in various stages of development for decades now (and it actually has, since Fox wanted to release a Gambit movie in the wake of X-Men Origins: Wolverine initially), but the one constant for most of those years has been Channing Tatum's enthusiasm and commitment to the project.
He's been attached to the project through three directors - Rupert Wyatt, Doug Liman and Gore Verbinski - and him sticking by it was always cause for confidence that it would eventually get off the ground. Simon Kinberg always talked a good game as well, and most recently, we were told (by Kinberg) that it was likely to be a comedic love story filmed in New Orleans, but it now probably won't be an anything story.
Why It Was Cancelled & The Future
Gambit was another of the Fox Marvel movies that has now been cancelled thanks to Disney's acquisition. It was always the most precarious of those movies even without a merger, to be honest, but now it's done.
In the future, you'd have to suspect that Disney would seek to put Gambit back in the main X-Men movies, at least in part to set them apart from the ones that came before.