Deadpool 3 Gets MCU Release Date, Hugh Jackman As Wolverine

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If you were expecting a big Deadpool announcement at Disney's D23 expo earlier this month, you might've been disappointed. But since when has Deadpool ever played by the rules of other Marvel movies--MCU or not? Instead of taking the stage at a big expo, Ryan Reynolds himself announced the release date for his third outing as the Merc with a Mouth in Deadpool 3 from his couch, along with a cameo from a friend.

Hard keeping my mouth sewn shut about this one. ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/OdV7JmAkEu

Deadpool 3 will hit theaters on September 6, 2024, starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and, yes, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine one last time. It's everything you'd expect from Reynolds, from Jackman's casual, blink-and-you'll-miss-it background appearance to the music choice of Whitney Houston's version of «I Will Always Love You.»

This reveal leaves us with even more questions than answers. Wondering why Marvel didn't choose to announce it at D23 or next week at New York Comic-Con is just the first of many. Hugh Jackman will be playing Wolverine again, despite publicly stepping away from the role after 2017's Logan; the first X-Men film released in July 2000, meaning Jackman will have been playing the character for nearly a quarter century when Deadpool hits theaters.

Marvel's gigantic cinematic universe has long been without one of the company's most popular and enduring properties, the X-Men. While Disney brought the X-Men back in-house with its acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the interconnected nature of MCU and the long history of X-Men films meant that it was never going to be as simple as just making a new X-Men movie and dropping it. Fans have been asking since the acquisition how Marvel would bring mutants into their established