Joe Cornish And Shane Black Said To Be GAMBIT Director Contenders

Joe Cornish And Shane Black Said To Be GAMBIT Director Contenders

We recently found out that Edge Of Tomorrow director Doug Liman was being courted to step in and take the helm of Fox's Gambit movie, and now we have two more names to add to the list.

By MarkCassidy - Oct 22, 2015 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Gambit
Source: Heroic Hollywood
The Gambit movie may have lost original director Rupert Wyatt, but if one of the guys said to be in contention to replace him gets the gig, Channing Tatum and Fox will have landed on their feet.

Heroic Hollywood has heard that in addition to the previously reported Doug Liman, Shane Black and Joe Cornish are also on the studio's radar to helm the X-Men spinoff. Black has directed many fan-favorite flicks, most recently Marvel's Iron Man threequel, while Cornish has also worked with that studio as a writer on the Ant-Man screenplay. Since his acclaimed debut, Attack The Block, he's been lined up for several other big projects, but never landed any - could Gambit be the one?

No mention of any talks taking place, so it's possible these are just the directors Tatum and co. have in mind. We'll keep you updated, but for now let us know which of these three you'd most like to see bring the Ragin' Cajun to the big screen for his first ever solo movie.
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Channing Tatum Says A GAMBIT Solo Movie Is Down To Kevin Feige And Bob Iger
Related:

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Channing Tatum Says A GAMBIT Solo Movie Is Down To Kevin Feige And Bob Iger

Former ANT-MAN Director Edgar Wright Reveals Why He Turned Down The Chance To Direct Fox's GAMBIT Movie
Recommended For You:

Former ANT-MAN Director Edgar Wright Reveals Why He Turned Down The Chance To Direct Fox's GAMBIT Movie

DISCLAIMER: As a user generated site and platform, ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and "Safe Harbor" provisions.

This post was submitted by a user who has agreed to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. ComicBookMovie.com will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement. Please CONTACT US for expeditious removal of copyrighted/trademarked content. CLICK HERE to learn more about our copyright and trademark policies.

Note that ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

1 2 3 4 5
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 10/22/2015, 7:32 AM
Shane Black? Wow, that would be sort of hurtful
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 10/22/2015, 7:34 AM
f ck gambit movie derp
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 10/22/2015, 7:48 AM
Ror strikes me as the kind of guy that drinks window cleaner in a back alley to get drunk.
TheSuperguy
TheSuperguy - 10/22/2015, 9:02 AM
This movie is gonna surprise a lot of people.
Darktower
Darktower - 10/22/2015, 9:05 AM
Shane black!!!! well its gonna suck...
movie is already doomed!
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 10/22/2015, 9:08 AM
I'm fine with either director. They are both great.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 10/22/2015, 9:12 AM
My interest in this movie would jump 100% if Shane Black becomes involved.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 10/22/2015, 9:14 AM
He can fight the Mandarin!
phenomenon313
phenomenon313 - 10/22/2015, 9:15 AM
Shane Black already took the playing cards out of the script.
mattattack
mattattack - 10/22/2015, 9:16 AM
NO SHANE BLACK! He is responsible for the god awful Iron Man 3 shit show. Joe could be cool.
Itsbeenfun
Itsbeenfun - 10/22/2015, 9:19 AM
Comparing IM3 to MOS shows you guys have no imagination.
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 10/22/2015, 9:20 AM
Iron Man 3 is good.

There. I said it.

But I thought Shane Black was revitalizing the Predator franchise?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 10/22/2015, 9:22 AM
Not only is Iron Man 3 good, it's in the top 5 of Marvel movies.

PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 10/22/2015, 9:22 AM
@Darktower

???
Shane Black is an awesome director and writer. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was awesome and he has wrote such classics like Lethal Weapon. I don't see the problem...oh wait
'BUT HE DONE IRON MAN 3 AND THAT HAS MANDARIN TWIST HURR DURR'

Get over Iron Man 3 and if you actually watch the film you would see that it's a pretty entertaining flick, but NO people just think the Mandarin twist completely takes away the great action, characters and script.

But you are the guy who called Whedon a bad director and didn't even acknowledged his previous work but only because of ONE movie you call him a bad director. lol

Just remember, one bad movie doesn't equals a bad director
Everyone has their bad day in the office dude
ANewPope
ANewPope - 10/22/2015, 9:22 AM
Deadpool
Apocalypse
Gambit
New Mutants
X-Force
Hellfire Club
Legion

& people still hatin'
Itsbeenfun
Itsbeenfun - 10/22/2015, 9:23 AM
@SauronsBANE

No. We're not coming at you because I feel the same about MOS.
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 10/22/2015, 9:23 AM
However I DON'T want Shane Black doing Gambit. Would prefer Liman or Cornish
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 10/22/2015, 9:24 AM
@SauronsBANE

Now in top 5 Marvel films. You mean MCU films or all Marvel fims?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 10/22/2015, 9:24 AM
@Bazinga You think MoS is a top 5 Marvel movie?

PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 10/22/2015, 9:24 AM
Oh yeah the people who are saying Gambit is a stupid idea and Fox is a terrible studio are coming

[frick] the haters, Fox's slate is more exciting for me than DC's and even Marvels.
Pedrito
Pedrito - 10/22/2015, 9:25 AM
Haha.. Iron Man 3 was awesome.
The only reason it gets hate is to overcompensate for MOS, which sucked so badly later that year.

Looking forward to Gambit being revealed as actually being a male stripper. That's all Tatum is good for anyway.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 10/22/2015, 9:25 AM
@LEVITIKUZ Oops, probably should've clarified as "Top 5 MCU movie". Good point.
1 2 3 4 5
View Recorder