In a twist of fate, Deadpool and Wolverine's Shawn Levy was once in talks to direct the canceled Gambit movie – years before Channing Tatum finally made his debut as the card-dealing X-Men member.

At the time, Levy assumed this was an Easter egg Deadpool & Wolverine ’s visual effects team came up with, but after the interview, the director checked with the VFX department and learned that this ship wasn’t a Master & Commander callback after all. He wrote in a follow-up email:

Before directing Deadpool & Wolverine, Shawn Levy was once considered to direct the Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum. What did Shawn Levy say about Channing Tatum's Gambit Movie? In the bonus commentary for Deadpool & Wolverine,