Wolverine: Taylor Kitsch is Gambit!

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 19, 2008

We’ve been tracking the progress of X-Men Origins: Wolverine now for quite a while, with all the biggest casting news coming in the last few weeks since the production got underway in New Zealand. But this seems to be one of the cooler bits of news to come out of the Wolvie camp since it was announced that Hugh Jackman was coming back for the prequel.

Taylor Kitsch, who has been seen in The Covenant, Snakes on a Plane and Television’s Friday Night Lights, is reportedly going to join the production as Gambit. Our friends at SuperHeroHype broke the story this morning, saying that Kitsch has signed on for a three picture deal.

He of course joins Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Danny Huston (William Stryker) and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) for the 20th Century Fox release, scheduled to open May 1, 2009.

The film will show us the origin of Wolverine, his relationship with Victor Creed (Sabretooth) and the ominous Weapon X program. And so far, the story seems to involve some great cameos from other very notable and previously unseen characters from the Marvel Universe. This would include The Blob, whose existence we scooped the other day.

For me though, Gambit is the coolest addition to the mutant line-up thus far. He’s the badass guy who has the ability to charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy and launch them at people. Most notably, he’s the guy who can kill you from 50 ft. away with a deck of cards. How cool is that?

Getting lost in all of this Wolverine casting news? Here is a quick round-up of who has been at least rumored for the flick and who is said to be playing them. Know of any others? Email me: neil@filmschoolrejects.com.

Logan/Wolverine – Hugh Jackman
Victor Creed/Sabretooth – Liev Schreiber
Remy/Gambit – Taylor Kitsch
Young Logan – Kodi Smit-McPhee
William Stryker – Danny Huston
Silver Fox – Lynn Collins
The Blob – Unknown
Deadpool – Ryan Reynolds

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Josh Radde

Good news! Kitsch really came in to his own during season 2 of FNL. He has surprisingly dead-on comic timing for a guy that looks like a model, and comedy will be important for the wise-crackin' Grambit.

Awesome.

andries price

i saw x men origns wolverine it was good and awsome it was so great i will see wolverine 2 deadpool and gambit and sabertooth those the x men movies willl about to see wolverine 2 here i come i will see wolverine 2 in theatres 2011 then it's deadpool.

hugh jackman

hey andries i heared of you about to see wolverine 2 so i played logan// wolverine so see wolverine 2 andries my man you saw x men origns wolverine i heard it's good too. will have fun man see ya.

taylor kitsch

hey andries whats up man my named taylor kitsch i heared you like me played gambit that make me happy now i will do x men origns gambit after wolverine and i heared you what me play gmabit on x men 4 too. im excited for you man hahahaha well man you make me happy so see me on x men origns wolverine 1 to 2 and see x men origns gambit too. see ya andries my man.

Wolverine: Taylor Kitsch is Gambit!

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