In some rather awesome news, Deadpool 2 has moved to bring in Julian Dennison.

The young actor wowed many and stole all our hearts in Taika Waititi’s stunning Hunt for the Wilderpeople last year, and he’s now joined the Deadpool sequel in a to-be-confirmed role – with the news seemingly broken by Wilderpeople director Waititi.

Never in my wilderpeoplest dreams would I have imagined this picture existing. But…. Yessss. @JulianDennison @VancityReynolds #SkuxLife pic.twitter.com/7KUifBrdxg

— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) June 28, 2017

Dennison joins a cast that currently features Ryan Reynolds as the titular Merc with a Mouth, Josh Brolin as Cable, Zazie Beetz as Domino, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapicic as the voice of Colossus, a mystery role for Shioli Kutsuna, and Jack Kesy as the villain of the piece, believed to be longtime X-Men rogue Black Tom Cassidy.

Currently in production and with John Wick’s David Leitch on directing duties, Deadpool 2 is set for a June 1st, 2018 release.