Lizzy Caplan Joins ‘Gambit’ With Channing Tatum

Honestly, with so many delays and directors bouncing in and out, we figured “Gambit” was one of those superhero projects that would be talked to death, but never get made. Guess we’re wrong. The solo movie is casting up and the forever attached Channing Tatum now has a co-star.

Lizzy Caplan (“Masters Of Sex,” “Ill Behaviour,” “Now You See Me 2“) has signed up for the female lead role. Of course, the part is being kept secret for now. However, way back in the day, Lea Seydoux was offered the co-starring role of Belladonna Boudreaux, in what would’ve been Rupert Wyatt‘s incarnation of the Louisiana mutant. The character is Gambit’s longtime love, who has her own unique set of skills and also rolls with the Assassin’s Guild. But, of course, a couple years have passed, and with “Gambit” being reconfigured in the era of R-rated, boundary pushing movies like “Deadpool” and “Logan,” the character could’ve changed.

Gore Verbinski (“The Lone Ranger,” “A Cure For Wellness“) is directing the movie, which will hit theaters just in time for nerd date night on February 14, 2019. [Variety]