Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, believes his character could one day appear in the same movie as The Avengers

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"You know, I think as an optimist I would love it. That’s the best thing about comic books; you can just pitch these characters into each other," Jackman told Yahoo . "I’m surprised by what’s happened with Spider-Man joining. You’re in a very complex world where big, big sums of money are being spent for different franchises and so getting them together is difficult."Two years ago I’d have said you’d be a real optimist to think it’d ever happen, but weirdly now I just think it maybe could. I think there is the possibility that it will happen."Jackman's mention of Spider-Man is, of course, in reference to Sony and Marvel's deal to bring the superhero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Having Wolverine team up with a Marvel character(s) would require a similar deal between Marvel and Fox, which has the movie rights to Wolverine.The interview concluded with Jackman being asked which specific Marvel character he'd like to see star alongside Wolverine. His answer? Iron Man. But only if the superhero were played by Robery Downey, Jr., as Jackman "can’t think of him as anyone else."You can see Jackman next in Chappie, which hits theaters this weekend.

Jordan Sirani is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsirani