Ryan Reynolds has tweeted a high quality version of a Deadpool & Wolverine scene that is hard to make out in cinemas — and in the process sent Gambit fans into speculation overdrive.
Warning! Deadpool & Wolverine spoilers follow.
Reynolds tweeted a clip showing Gambit, played by Channing Tatum, in the aftermath of the movie’s final battle. The camera zooms in on Gambit’s face to reveal one of the MCU’s famous universe-hopping portals (or a Marvel Sparkle Circle, as Deadpool jokingly calls them) reflected in the much-loved X-Man’s eyes.
*whispers* Marvel Sparkle Circle #DeadpoolAndWolverine❤️? pic.twitter.com/TtuZ5jSAdL
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 27, 2024
The suggestion is that Gambit makes it out of the void alive and potentially straight into future MCU projects. That’s the fan speculation sparked by Reynolds’ tweet, which is already going viral.
Reynolds followed up to say a version of the sequence actually appears in the film on one of the monitors in the deep background of the TVA, but it was too small to see the portal reflections in Gambit’s eyes.
Marvel Studios has yet to announce a Gambit standalone movie or TV series, or any future project involving the character, but following Tatum’s long-awaited turn as the superhero fans are calling for more.
Tatum himself thinks his character deserves more screen time with a standalone movie. "I sure hope so," Tatum told Variety of a potential Gambit film. "From your mouth to God's ears. Write it into existence, my friend. Please."
Tatum had been gunning to play Gambit since X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006 (he was originally cast to play the Ragin' Cajun before the character got cut from the script). And for over a decade he's been trying to make a Gambit spinoff film, but it got killed when Disney bought Fox, leaving him "traumatized."
He finally got to make his long-anticipated arrival as the deadly card dealer in Deadpool & Wolverine — a movie that achieved the largest R-rated global box office opening ever with a staggering $438.3 million and the eighth-biggest domestic weekend box office debut of all time, with ticket sales reaching $205 million. It’s now broken through the $1 billion sales barrier.
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