The Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie guru will take charge of the project, which will centre on Remy LeBeau and his X-Men alter-ego, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Magic Mike star Tatum recently spoke about the movie, telling Empireonline.com, "(Screenwriter) Josh Zetumer just turned in the first draft of the script, and it's killer.

"None of us were sure how he was going to deal with the X-Men world. But we're going to be changing some of the tropes of these movies. It's always about saving the world, but maybe we're going to shift things a little bit. There's so many ways you can take it. You could do it like Batman Begins, or... go the Guardians Of The Galaxy route. All I can say is I'm super excited."

Tatum is co-producing the film, which is scheduled for release in October, 2016.