The 'Gambit' Gamble: What's Going On With 20th Century Fox's X-Men Movie?

There was some pretty interesting/eye-opening spin yesterday regarding 20th Century Fox's “Gambit” and its director Doug Liman. THR reported in the afternoon, no doubt going through the “Edge Of Tomorrow” filmmaker's camp and agents, that Liman had found a new directing gig in sniper thriller “The Wall.” The word is that Liman is going to make “The Wall” first instead of “Gambit,” once again delaying the Channing Tatum led picture about the Louisiana-based Cajun-bred mutant with card-trick skills and kinetic energy control. According to the trade report, “Liman plans on knocking out ['The Wall'] with a late spring/early summer shoot before returning to pre-production on 'Gambit.' ”

To our ears, that sounds not only naively optimistic, but like 100% pure spin. THR added to their report that because of the delay, "Gambit" has possibly lost its female love interest in “Spectre” and “Blue Is The Warmest Color” star Lea Seydoux, and the role would...