Deadpool 3 Gives Us a First Look at Wolverine's New Costume

Australian actor Hugh Jackman and co-star Ryan Reynolds shared Monday on Instagram the first look at the highly-anticipated threequel "Deadpool 3”.

Jackman reprising his role as Wolverine for the upcoming installment, which is rapidly becoming a multiverse mash-up of bygone non-MCU Marvel movie characters.

The "X-Men" star previously stated his return as Wolverine would not screw with “Logan,” the 2017 “X-Men” tentpole that brought an end to the superhero’s movie arc by killing him off. 

The photo featured Wolverine sporting his classic yellow-and-blue costume from the comic books, a costume the superhero has never worn on the big screen before.

“Deadpool 3” is currently in production. The movie is being helmed by Shawn Levy, who last directed Reynolds in “Free Guy” and the Netflix tentpole “The Adam Project”, from a script by franchise mainstays Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin penned a previous draft. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige will join Reynolds and Levy as producers.

 Not much is known about the movie’s plot, but it clearly involves the multiverse as Deadpool joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time after a string of solo movies produced under Fox.

Joining Jackman and Reynolds in “Deadpool 3” are returning players like Morena Baccarin, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, and Leslie Uggams, plus newcomers Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen. 

It has also been confirmed that Jennifer Garner will appear as Elektra, reprising the character from Ben Affleck’s 2003 “Daredevil” and her own 2005 spinoff movie after a nearly 20-year hiatus.

"Deadpool 3" has been in development for years now but was further delayed by the 2019 Disney/Fox merger.

The franchise is the top-grossing X-Men movies of all time, with the 2016’s Deadpool and the 2018’s follow-up “Deadpool 2” were huge box office, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide.

The threequel was officially confirmed in December 2019. It marks the first Marvel Studios project to use characters now available to it after Disney purchased 21st Century Fox, which gave Marvel access to mutants, including “Deadpool”, “The X-Men”, and “The Fantastic Four”.

After the acquisition, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was quick to confirm the franchise as a keeper for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

“Deadpool 3” will be the first R-rated movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The project also marks the first Deadpool movie in which Marvel will work hand in hand with Reynolds and Team Deadpool. Feige’s involvement comes after he helped revamp the Spider-Man franchise when he came on to help in the creative effort for that Sony series.

"Deadpool 3" hits theatres on May 3, 2024.