Channing Tatum Teases Huge Gambit Return in Avengers: Doomsday – ‘Beyond Wildest Dreams’
Channing Tatum is promising high expectations for what’s to come in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. His long-overdue Marvel debut as Gambit finally came to fruition in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine. The actor teased fans about what’s to come for his second appearance as the character in Avengers: Doomsday.
Channing Tatum is Cooking Up Something for Avengers: Doomsday
The Roofman star talked about debuting as the Louisiana mutant in Deadpool & Wolverine, who can use kinetic energy to charge objects. In addition, Channing Tatum teased that fans won’t be ready for what the Russo brothers have cooking up for Avengers: Doomsday. The movie finished its principal photography in September and is currently in post-production.
During his October 9 appearance on The Tonight Show, Channing Tatum acknowledged that expectations are sky-high for the film. Entertainment Weekly reported him saying to host Jimmy Fallon, “They (Marvel) have to exceed their expectations every single time, and I was like, ‘How are they going to surpass the last thing they did?'” Deadline reported the actor saying that fans are “just not ready for what’s about to happen
His excitement is infectious, even if it comes with the typical Marvel-mandated secrecy that makes every interview feel like a CIA interrogation. “I think they put a chip in me so that if I say something stupid, I would just start getting seizures,” Tatum joked, which is probably the most accurate description of Marvel’s NDA process we’ve heard yet. Because let’s face it, Disney’s lawyers don’t mess around when it comes to spoilers.
The Script That Left Tatum Speechless
What’s particularly interesting is Channing Tatum’s reaction to the Doomsday script. The guy who literally lived and breathed Gambit for years – throwing cards at friends in his living room like some mutant cosplayer – admits he was genuinely concerned about how the Russo Brothers would top their previous work. Whatever Anthony and Joe Russo cooked up was enough to put those concerns to rest. Coming from someone who’s seen the absolute chaos that was Deadpool & Wolverine, that’s saying something.
Channing Tatum’s journey to becoming Gambit has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. The actor has been vocal about his childhood dreams of being an X-Man, and now he’s not just living that dream – he’s doing it on the biggest stage possible. “I was freaking out, man. Like standing there on the set and looking around you and thinking, ‘That’s Wolverine, that’s Blade,'” Tatum recalled about his Deadpool & Wolverine experience.
He added, “I get to play my favorite character… I was the kid who was throwing cards at friends in the living room. I always wanted to be an X-Man, so now to be in the Avengers, it is beyond my wildest dreams.” There’s something genuinely heartwarming about a grown man getting to live out his childhood superhero fantasies, especially after the long road it took to get there. Remember, we almost got a Gambit solo movie back in the mid-2010s that would have probably been about as memorable as Dark Phoenix.
Final Thoughts
Channing Tatum deserves this moment. After years of watching his Gambit project get shelved, canceled, and forgotten, seeing him get his shot in the biggest superhero franchise in the world feels like cosmic justice. His genuine enthusiasm reminds us why we fell in love with these characters in the first place. Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026
