At the time, Levy assumed this was an Easter egg Deadpool & Wolverine ’s visual effects team came up with, but after the interview, the director checked with the VFX department and learned that this ship wasn’t a Master & Commander callback after all. He wrote in a follow-up email:

In a twist of fate, Deadpool and Wolverine's Shawn Levy was once in talks to direct the canceled Gambit movie – years before Channing Tatum finally made his debut as the card-dealing X-Men member.

Channing Tatum hopes that he and Ryan Reynolds might be back on the big screen together in the future. “When he makes a Gambit movie, I’ll return the favor,” Reynolds wrote in a previous Instagram Story,

Ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine's Disney Plus premiere on Tuesday, Marvel confirmed it wants to use the heroes again in the MCU.

Deadpool & Wolverine has finally arrived on Disney+ and Marvel Studios is marking the occasion with some new posters for the threequel showcasing a few hilarious team-ups we didn't get to see in theaters.

The film’s performance, combined with Pixar’s record-setting Inside Out 2, has eased investor concerns that Disney was losing its magic touch at the box office. Bob Iger, Disney chief executive, hailed it as “one of the best quarters in the history of our film studio”.