The 2011 science fiction actioon film Real Steel marked the first screen collaboration between director Shawn Levy and star Hugh Jackman, who developed a close friendship during the making of Real Steel, in which Jackman plays a former professional boxer whose sport has been taken over by fighting robots. Following Real Steel, Jackman and Levys friendship expanded to include Ryan Reynolds, who previously appeared with Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and later collaborated with Levy in the films The Adam Project and Free Guy. Of course, Jackman, Levy, and Reynolds eventually joined forces in Deadpool & Wolverine, which has become the highest-grossing film of their careers.