X-MEN Reboot Rumored To Be Casting For Actors To Play Kitty Pryde... And Gambit

X-MEN Reboot Rumored To Be Casting For Actors To Play Kitty Pryde... And Gambit

According to a new rumor, Marvel Studios is now searching for actors to play Kitty Pryde and Gambit, which would obviously indicate that Channing Tatum will not be reprising the role...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 27, 2025 07:01 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men

When Channing Tatum made a surprise appearance as Gambit in last year's Deadpool and Wolverine, it was assumed that he would reprise the role if Marvel Studios decided to include the character in the planned X-Men reboot, but this may not be the case.

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, a recent casting grid reveals that Marvel is currently searching for actors to play the Ragin' Cajun and Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat.

This isn't the first time we've heard that Pryde would be part of the team, but if this is accurate and the studio is also looking for someone to play Remy LeBeau, it obviously suggests that Tatum will not be returning - at least, not for the X-Men movie.

Tatum could still make another appearance as the fan-favorite mutant in Avengers: Secret Wars, which has been previously rumored.

We have also heard that Stranger Things alum Sadie Sink is up for the role of Jean Grey, and that there is interest in both Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) and Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) to play Storm.

Though Marvel does (finally) appear to be making progress on the elusive X-Men movie, official updates have been few and far between. All we know for sure is that Michael Lesslie is currently working on the script, and that a director is being sought.

If some of the X-Men make their debut in the next Avengers movies (which they are rumored to do), there's a chance we could get some official casting news fairly soon.

During a recent interview with Discussing Film, Kevin Feige was asked how it feels knowing that "we’re closer to seeing the X-Men and Avengers together on the big screen."

"It is extremely emotional, on a personal level, to have done a movie with Hugh after 25 years and me being a small part of that first X-Men movie. And knowing that, thanks to various corporate studio entity deals, we now have 1000s of characters back — characters I hadn’t frankly thought about in many years because we didn’t have the rights to them. Now that we do, it is great fun thinking [about who we can finally]. Our animated series X-Men ’97 was sort of the first taste of people reuniting with the X-Men mythology and that storyline. The response to that series just further excited us about how to bring the soap opera and the saga of the mutants to the MCU."

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CholoScorpion
CholoScorpion - 1/27/2025, 7:17 PM
First X-Men movie shouldn't even feature them.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 1/27/2025, 7:47 PM
@CharlesLeeRay -You just want them to do the Erivo....boom chakalaka boom boom
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/28/2025, 7:09 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - Kinda depends as we already had A first class film with Fox and a more established one with the first Fox Xmen film with the School already up and running. I mean casting for mutants doesn't auto equate to being full members of the main team and that main team may be a bit bigger than the original six. Adding to those originals with a couple of other female mutants and at least one that isn't white (rather than changing the race of one of those) would be fair if wanting Cyclops for instance already a strong leader not still learning the ropes.

If these two characters are set to be recast and appear in Secret Wars carrying over into being the new 616 regulars in the next saga that doesn't auto mean they are on the main Xmen team is the main point anyway as may form more than one mutant team early on. They may have the traditional School setup or include Genosha (along with it's own academy) right from the start of the reboot as a way that mutants were always part of the timeline but a form of Wakanda style scenario where almost all self isolated in their own fictional country.
CholoScorpion
CholoScorpion - 1/28/2025, 9:11 AM
@Apophis71 - they being non official members of the team could work, but I don't see how they won't make them part of the team by the third act of the movie.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/28/2025, 9:43 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - Depends on the nature of the story realy, I mean there are the options of ones where the team is off on a mission and needs backup/rescue or where the main team is in action and the base ends up under attack. I don't however see the NEED in the first movie for every single mutant introduced in it to be part of the action in the final act as setting up some for future use is oft gonna be likely in a cinematic universe scenario like the MCU. First film should realy be laser focused onto a core group overall else run the risk of too many to ballance everything out well like they did with Eternals.
CholoScorpion
CholoScorpion - 1/28/2025, 9:56 AM
@Apophis71 - I get your point and should work, but mostly in series, with an great "slow burn"; not that wouldn't work on a movie, but based on bluckbuster's formula, by the end they are official members.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/28/2025, 10:19 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - I guess but we had a school full of mutants shown in the first Xmen film, most were never part of the team so...
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/27/2025, 7:20 PM
Interesting , I wonder what the age range is for this if true?.

Anyway , my choices would be…

Austin Butler as Gambit

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Maude Apatow as Kitty Pryde.

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Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 1/28/2025, 6:45 AM
@TheVisionary25 - A+
Battinson
Battinson - 1/27/2025, 7:21 PM
Boooooo! Keep Tatum for [frick]s sake
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/27/2025, 7:24 PM
@Battinson - Tatum was a parody of Gambit. He was a meme.
CholoScorpion
CholoScorpion - 1/27/2025, 8:32 PM
@McMurdo - if he was a parody, he woudn't even have those awsome fight sequences and rather just die quickily. Tatum is not the best option for an X-Men reboot or a long term proper cast. But a parody? That’s just a way of expressing your personal hate on his portrayal. As for being a meme, everyone is susceptible of become a meme; even non funny characters. Even Gambit from X-Men 92', 97' or a straight from a comic page Gambit can be a meme.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 1/27/2025, 9:58 PM
@McMurdo - Yeah that was some pretty bad stuff. Fun to see him in action but other than that I was not big on that appearance at all.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/27/2025, 10:31 PM
@Battinson - you need to incarcerated, immediately.
Comicmoviejunki
Comicmoviejunki - 1/28/2025, 7:07 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - dude. He was an obvious parody.
Comicmoviejunki
Comicmoviejunki - 1/28/2025, 7:07 AM
@Battinson - Hell no!
CholoScorpion
CholoScorpion - 1/28/2025, 8:40 AM
@Comicmoviejunki - for being hilarious on a Deadpool movie? Even Wolverine was more mocking than ever. Hell, even Johnny Storm took a mortal fall with deadly impacts, like a straight scooby doo sequence and delievered the dirtiest lines even for a roguish boy like Johnny. Why wasn't Human Torch a parody again? But, yeah, Gambit has a lot of meme material dialogues and for that he's a total caricature. You just want so hard to have that impopular opinion.
TREE24K
TREE24K - 1/27/2025, 7:23 PM
Austin Butler would be a fantastic Gambit
soberchimera
soberchimera - 1/27/2025, 10:57 PM
@TREE24K - Or Johnny Blaze
TREE24K
TREE24K - 1/27/2025, 11:48 PM
@soberchimera - damn. I can see that too. Or hell, maybe even Cyclops
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/27/2025, 7:25 PM
Michael Lesslie???

Why can't Feige hire a great writer to crack X Men. The creative talent "poached" for the MCU is 50% of the time nonsensical.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/27/2025, 7:31 PM
I hate fan casting but I'll give it a try:
Glen Powell as Cyclops
Idk about Jean
Idk about Logan
Austin Butler as Gambit
Margaret Qualley as Rogue
Stephanie Hsu as Jubillee
Cynthia Ervo / that chick from JW Dominion as Storm
Idk about Magneto or Professor X
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 1/27/2025, 7:52 PM
@bobevanz - Daniel Craig or Viggo for Magneto and Ralph Fiennes for Charles
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 1/27/2025, 8:15 PM
@bobevanz - For Jean User Comment Image I'd go with Conor User Comment Image Leslie,Emily User Comment Image Rudd,or Zoey User Comment Image Deutch as for Logan User Comment Image Taron Egerton,Tyler Hoechlin User Comment Image ,or User Comment Image Emile Hirsch,Storm User Comment Image User Comment Image Coco Jones,MAGNETO User Comment Image Ralph User Comment Image Fiennes,& Prof. X I'd cast Mark User Comment Image Strong, & Jubilee User Comment Image Peyton Elizabeth Lee
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/27/2025, 8:16 PM
@bobevanz - not bad at all. I think Viggo could be a great Magneto but my pic for Charles is Jason Isaacs.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/27/2025, 8:16 PM
@bobevanz - Milo Gibson for Logan.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 1/27/2025, 9:41 PM
@HAUSMAN01 - Holy s*** Fiennes for Magneto? Sold. 100% sold.
DeaconFrostBite
DeaconFrostBite - 1/28/2025, 2:26 AM
@TheFinestSmack - Yess! That’s been my choice for awhile now. I was so excited to see someone else suggest Milo… I had to log in after years of just being an observer haha.
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