After years and years of wishing it would be so, a great many Marvel fans are finally going to get the proper team-up between Deadpool and Wolverine they've wanted for in "Deadpool 3." Indeed, both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will be reprising their roles as Wade Wilson and Wolverine, respectively, uniting for the first time on screen since the disaster that was "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." It turns out that "Logan" director James Mangold actually had conversations with both actors about such a thing some years back, and he envisioned it as a road trip buddy movie, harkening back to some true classics.

Mangold isn't involved in "Deadpool 3," which is being directed by Shawn Levy ("Free Guy"). However, while promoting the release of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the filmmaker explained to Comicbook.com that he talked to Reynolds and Jackman about it back when Fox was still...