He may technically be dead, but Wolverine won’t let that stop him from being in the next Deadpool movie.

Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter today to announce that his BFF Hugh Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine in the next installment of Deadpool, now a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which we now know will premiere on September 6th, 2024.

Reynolds addressed viewers from his couch, saying, “Hey everyone, we’re extremely sad to have missed D23, but we’ve been working very hard on the next ‘Deadpool’ film for a good long while now, I’ve had to really search my soul on this one. His first appearance in the MCU obviously needs to feel special. We need to stay true to the character, find new depth, motivation, meaning every Deadpool needs to stand out and stand apart. It’s been an incredible challenge that has forced me to reach down deep inside.”

“Hey, Hugh, you want to play Wolverine one more time?” Reynolds asks as Jackman walks in the back of the shot.

“Yeah, sure Ryan,” Jackman replies as he goes up the staircase in the rear of the shot.

The last time Jackman sported the Wolverine claws and sideburns was in 2016’s R-rated Logan, directed by James Mangold. Wolverine died at the end of that film, and Jackman has said that he was done with the character. How he’ll come back to life for Deadpool 3 is unknown, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told Variety, “Anything’s possible in the multiverse.”

Shawn Levy, who made Free Guy and The Adam Project with Reynolds will sit in the director’s chair for this movie, which is officially an MCU property. after Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote the first two Deadpool films, returned to write the third.

Reese has previously confirmed that Deadpool 3 won’t lose its R-rated designation just because the film moved into the Disney family house. Back in 2016, Deadpool did boffo box office with a $782 million worldwide gross. The sequel in 2018 surpassed that, pulling in $785 million worldwide, so it was unlikely that Marvel or Disney would try to change anything that might affect that kind of success.

Reynolds and Jackman, reportedly best bros in real life, have collaborated before: Reynolds first appeared as the ‘Merc with a Mouth’ (sort of) in 2009’s widely panned X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which was the first X-Men spinoff to focus on Jackman’s character. That version of Deadpool, however, had his mouth sewn shut and did not sport his familiar red and black costume.