Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesChanning Tatum's upcoming Gambit movie has finally gotten a release date!
Fox Studios has announced the highly anticipated X-Men spinoff will hit theaters on Oct. 7, 2016. The 34-year-old actor also excitedly shared the release date news on Twitter on Monday, writing, "How do you say October 7, 2016 in Cajun?"
Back in May 2014, X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed that Tatum was cast to play Gambit, who is known for being an expert gambler with special powers over kinetic energy.
"Well, you know, he's a rogue—Channing—he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau [Gambit's real name]," she said at the time. "And he can handle the action—we all know that! And he's got a really good heart."
"He'll be great for Gambit," she gushed. "And he's a Southerner, too! He's not from New Orleans, but he is a Southerner and he understands that world."
The Gambit comic book character was first portrayed on the big screen by Taylor Kitsch in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.