On Thursday, Nov. 7, Jackman, 56, shared a photo on Instagram posing with arms wrapped around two pals, Australian TV and radio personality Gus Worland and Andrew Bimson. "Friends who are family!" the actor wrote in the caption.

EXCLUSIVE: Now that 96th Oscar Show producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan are officially on board to repeat for the 97th Annual Academy Awards after winning an Emmy in September for their efforts, the search for an Oscar host(s) continues with the Academy reaching out to stars,

The 97th annual Academy Awards will be held on March 2. In October, Deadline reported that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman were in the mix of choices to host.

"No, I don't— historically speaking, that is a difficult job, you know," Reynolds said. "We've had people that have come before us that did it flawlessly, I think, and you've ha