Every In-Production Fox Marvel Movie That Could Join The MCU
4. Gambit
Fox has been planning to make a solo Gambit film pretty much since the company got the rights for the character, but it languished in development hell for years. Regardless, there is a planned movie set to star Channing Tatum and Lizzy Caplan, but it remains in limbo (again) thanks to the merger.
Limbo doesn't mean "dead," so assuming the project will finally come to fruition, there may be some hope of seeing Gambit flick his cards from within the MCU whenever the film is finally released. It was initially set for a 2020 release, but It's impossible to guess when it might actually be made at this point.
Producer Simon Kinberg spoke about the development of Gambit and the other Fox films recently:
All of the movies at Fox are being evaluated. I love the idea of Channing playing Gambit. I think we have a great script for it and I think it’s a role he was born to play. It’s a character I grew up loving, and I know the fans love. So I suspect, I hope it will happen.
Gambit, like the other members of the X-Men, is likely going to show up in the MCU sooner or later. Even if his solo film is canceled, it's probable he will show up when the rest of his teammates do, which could help to push the agenda for a solo film sometime in the future.