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,

Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2 helped Disney to what CEO Bob Iger described as “one of the best quarters in the history of our film studio.” Disney has endured a number of tough years, with its Star Wars,

Calling all Marvel fans! Deadpool & Wolverine is now streaming on Disney+. This comes after the film’s digital release last month, via Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Fandango at Home. The threequel is the 34th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and premiered in theaters on July 26,