The Ultimate Showdown Mcu Fans Have Only Dreamed of Could Become Reality in ‘Deadpool 3’

There’s so much mystery and intrigue surrounding Deadpool 3, but would we expect any less from “the Merc with a Mouth?” All we know is that it will costar Hugh Jackman in the MCU‘s first R-rated film. Past that, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen. 

When last we saw Wolverine, Jackman seemingly retired from the part with the near-perfect swan song that was Logan. After five years of denying rumors and gossip that he was in talks with Marvel Studios to reprise the role, he casually announced his return as Wolverine in the first Deadpool 3 teaser trailer. 

As if anyone predicted anything different, the comic community erupted in a chorus of cheers and joyful tears. Well before the bombshell of a trailer, Kevin Feige had said that the Deadpool franchise would not be rebooted, and it will be an R-rated film. Jackman recently said that Wolverine will hate Deadpool with a passion, which stays true to their relationship in the comics. Aside from those three points, we have no idea what to anticipate from Deadpool 3, and that leaves the door wide open for the best part about superhero shared universes—speculation.

Crossing our fingers

Given the sarcastic nature of Deadpool’s character plus what we’ve seen in the first two movies, there will be plenty of fourth-wall breaks. Since this will fall under the MCU umbrella, we’re sure to get a number of cameos from some of the biggest stars Marvel has to offer. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jackman’s X-Men costars, which has been a running gag, as well as an Avenger or two. Of course, it won’t be a Deadpool movie unless those cameos are done in epically hilarious fashion with a heaping helping of fan trolling for good measure. After all, this is Ryan Reynolds we’re talking about. 

While Reynolds does enjoy trolling basically everyone, including his wife, he also does a great job of listening to the fans and giving the audience what they want. For all the miscues in several X-Men movies, both Deadpool films hit the proverbial nail on the head in terms of tone and characterization. Reynolds also managed to give X-fans the best interpretations yet of Colossus and Juggernaut as well as doing a respectable job with Cable. In fact, I would hope that all three of those characters make return appearances. As nice as that sounds, there’s something bigger that could happen.

But what we really want…

There’s no denying that, as fans, we want to see all of those things. Please, Ryan, give us hilarious, expletive-filled Wolverine and Deadpool banter, violent action sequences, and as much Cable, Colossus, and Juggernaut as you can manage. However, there’s one cameo above all others that we want. In fact, practically every hardcore Wolverine fan would take this one cameo over every character you can possibly imagine: Hulk.

Fans have been begging for this crossover to happen since Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk kicked off the MCU. Long before Disney bought Fox, there were rumors and speculation about Marvel working deals with Fox to bring the characters together for over a decade. As soon as Jackman said he was done with Wolverine following Logan, he had said that he would return to the role if it meant a Wolverine/Hulk brawl. For that matter, Jackman teased that his Wolverine could take Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk in a CGI fight.

No question, this is THE moment comic fans have dreamt about for years. Reynolds knows this all too well. For that matter, so does Jackman. And Deadpool 3 could be the perfect movie to bring it to life. At the very least, I can see Reynolds and company teasing fans with a jaw-dropping Hulk cameo that would establish their rivalry.