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Ryan Reynolds and his free guy Director Shawn Levy has been planning a third movie since the making of the Deadpool movie in 2022. adam project. But their brainstorming suddenly took a turn when Reynolds received a call from an old friend of his.
“Everything fundamentally changed from the day Hugh called Ryan,” says Levy. entertainment weekly, referring to Hugh Jackman. “We were workshopping a lot of ideas for potential stories for a third Deadpool movie. They were story ideas that would be a continuation of his first two movies. ” dead poolHowever, no one had imagined such a seismic shift. The story has completely changed, and in fact, it's safe to say that things have changed very quickly since that day. ”
It didn't hurt that Levy was also friends with Jackman.The two also co-starred in the 2011 film. real steel2014 Night Museum: Secrets of the Tomband in 2021 free guy.
This time, for the first time since 2009, X-MEN Origins: Wolverine, Reynolds and Jackman share the screen as the characters Deadpool and Wolverine in Marvel Comics. That's the straightforward title of this movie (released July 26th). This also marks the first time that both characters will bring R-rated action antics to Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe's The Avengers. After ditching his sword and red leather suit, Wade Wilson (Reynolds) is ready to live a simple life. But when the Time Variance Authority, a multiverse organization dedicated to protecting the sacred timeline, pulls him away from reality, Wade realizes he still has a bigger purpose.
Jackman, who has already appeared in nine X-Men movies as the adamantium-clawed berserker, seemed content to retire from the role after the film wrapped in 2017. logan, it provided a finite end to his story. But fans, including Reynolds, always held out hope for a proper movie starring Wade and Logan. origin, even the actors make fun of it sometimes. “Everyone thought Hugh's return was a result of me or Ryan relentlessly pestering him and throwing him in,” Levy says. “But what's even more miraculous is that this was the result of an epiphany on Hugh Jackman's part. He wanted to do this team-up of Logan and Deadpool, so it was just like a gift from heaven. , everything changed.”
deadpool and wolverine We find a version of Logan who “let the whole world down” as Mister Paradox (inheritanceMatthew Macfadyen) movie trailer intonation. “It's still Wade dealing with certain issues, but it's really about two characters, two heroes, two haunted men going on a journey together.” Levy added.
Many other characters appear on Wade and Logan's adventures. Some we know, some we don't (at least not officially). Emmy nominee Emma Corrin (crown, murder at the end of the world) is also something of a twin sister to X-Men leader Professor Charles Arrives on the scene as Cassandra Nova, a member of the police force. Familiar faces from the past two Deadpool movies also return: Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), Blind Al (Leslie Uggams), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Briana Hildebrand), Yukio ( Shiori Kutsuna), Colossus (Stefan Kapicic), Peter/Sugar Bear (Rob Delaney), Dopinder (Karan Soni), and Shatterstar (Louis Tan).
Additionally, some roles have been leaked by the press and paparazzi, but Levy has declined to comment. One name he recognizes is Aaron Stanford, who returns as the fire-manipulating mutant Pyro after playing him in the 2003 film. X2 and in 2006 X-MEN: The Last Stand. The first thing fans saw was deadpool and wolverine The trailer arrived at the Super Bowl.
“I'll tell you, we didn't start with a wish list,” Levy says of all these special appearances. “From the day I started thinking about this, deadpool and wolverine In stories, the story dictates the characters, not the other way around. Aaron and his return as Pyro are a result of that, and that's true of nearly every character in the movie. ”
Despite packing a large ensemble into this multiverse-hopping, F-bomb-dropping, wall-shattering fourth extravaganza, the filmmakers are confident that this is Reynolds and Jackman's true He emphasizes that it is a two-person collaboration. “The film takes inspiration from the great films of its genre as a two-handed oil-and-water story,” he says. “It means everything from midnight run [1988] and 48 hours [1982] to rain man [1988] and airplanes, trains, cars [1987], these quests combine duos of mismatched characters. The joy we get as an audience watching that relationship develop. ”
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