With every delay due to director issues came a delay in the release date.
Numerous directors, from Gore Verbinski to Doug Liman to Rupert Wyatt have been attached to the Gambit movie over the years, but all have left for various reasons.
The movie is currently set with a June 2019 release, but it was once eyeing an October 2016 release window, which gives you an idea just how rough a go of it this movie has had.
Certainly, to keep the June 2019 release date, production on Gambit needs to begin this summer, but with the history this film has had, I’ll have to take an “I’ll believe it when I see it” attitude.