Channing Tatum is reportedly trying to get his troubled Gambit film back on track with help from The Bourne Identity's director.

The actor is courting Doug Liman for Fox's X-Men spinoff, according to The Wrap's Jeff Sneider.

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If he takes the bait, Liman will replace Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), who exited the project in September.



It was previously rumoured in July that Tatum himself had left Gambit, although he later returned to the movie.

Liman's most recently release was 2014's Edge of Tomorrow, and he is currently reteaming with Tom Cruise on '80s crime drama Mena.

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For those of us who didn't watch the '90s X-Men cartoon, Gambit - aka Remy LeBeau - is a Cajun thief with the mutant power to make things explode and to talk in the third person .



As it stands, we're sceptical about the movie's chances, but after Fox finally gave Deadpool the green light after years in the void, it feels like anything is possible.

Gambit is currently scheduled for release on October 7, 2016.

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