As is tradition, Fox's CinemaCon presentation began with a comedic musical number, this time involving Deadpool, and surprisingly, Hugh Jackman. It's certainly not at all surprising that Fox's presentation would focus on Deadpool 2, as the sequel is arguably the studio's biggest release of 2018. That's somewhat amusing when one considers just how hard star Ryan Reynolds had to push Fox to even get the first Deadpool made, but at least they eventually came around, and have since embraced the Merc with a Mouth's R-rated spirit wholeheartedly. After all, $783 million worldwide buys one a lot of good will.

Jackman - who ended his long-running cinematic portrayal of Wolverine with last year's Oscar-nominated Logan - has of course long been a target of Deadpool's playful zingers, with a particularly hilarious joke near the end of the first movie seeing Wade Wilson actually don a mask of Jackman's face in order to try and hide his scarred visage. As Deadpool also loves to reference, the character made his rather regrettable film debut in the widely panned X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which saw the Merc lose his Mouth.

Despite Fox devoting its opening number at CinemaCon to Deadpool, sadly, Reynolds himself did not show up, relaying in via video that he couldn't be there. In the same video though - according to Deadline - Jackman made a surprise appearance, amidst lots of humorous references to the impending Disney/Fox merger, and Jackman's critically bashed but extremely financially successful late 2017 Fox film The Greatest Showman.

As cool as Jackman making that cameo during Deadpool's portion of Fox's CinemaCon presentation is, it also naturally leads one to speculate if this could be a hint at something more. Both Reynolds and Deadpool fans have publicly pushed for Jackman's Wolverine to appear in a Deadpool film multiple times, and while Jackman has joked about the prospect, he's also continually reaffirmed that Logan was his last time playing the adamantium-infused X-Men standout.

That said, given Deadpool's penchant for meta jokes and breaking the fourth wall, perhaps Jackman wouldn't need to be Wolverine to appear in a Deadpool film. It would be perfectly in keeping with Deadpool's spirit to have Hugh Jackman, the famous actor, become a character in a Deadpool entry, likely being relentlessly teased by Wade the entire time. For now, any scenario in which Jackman joins the Deadpool franchise is pure wishful thinking. It's fun to imagine though.

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Source: Deadline

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