Gambit Described As A Romantic Comedy By Producer

In an interview with IGN, producer Simon Kinberg described the X-Men spin-off Gambit as a romantic comedy. The film is in development hell but is expected to star Channing Tatum as the titular mutant. Here are highlights:

On the film’s tone: “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.”

On allowing the character to dictate tone: “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. 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.”

On upcoming X-Men projects: “Gambit has a great script and we’re looking to start that movie early next year. Multiple Man, that script’s being worked on right now.”

On X-Force: “We’re just waiting for Drew Goddard to be done with releasing his film that comes out in a few weeks, and then he’ll get started on that script to direct.”

On the reshoots for The New Mutants: “Audiences really embraced the notion of a superhero movie or a comic book movie that was, in its core, a horror film.”