Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman say goodbye to Deadpool & Wolverine with a jokey post-credits scene, plus a mid-credits tribute to Marvel at 20th Century Fox.
At this point, there are certain expectations for a Marvel Cinematic Universe post-credits scene. A few of them are just last-minute buttons on a gag from the movie, like The Avengers’ wordless shawarma-eating scene, or the giant ant playing drums after Ant-Man and the Wasp. But most of them are designed to move the focus from the movie you’re currently watching to the next planned film in Marvel Studios’ lineup, with some kind of teaser for the future.
Given all the cameos, references, and future teases in Deadpool & Wolverine, fans might go in expecting a post-credits scene that teases a Deadpool 4 or a Deadpool & Wolverine 2. You might think you’re getting a tease of the first full MCU X-Men movie, given the way Marvel has used multiverse shenanigans to ease the X-Men into the universe after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the franchise’s former home. Or maybe you’re expecting a tease for Blade, Captain America: Brave New World, or another film still to come on the MCU Phase Five roster.
Deadpool & Wolverine goes in a different direction, more in line with the two Deadpool movies that star Ryan Reynolds made before Disney got control of the character rights in the Fox acquisition. The first Deadpool spent its post-credits scene on a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off homage, albeit with a small tease that Cable would be part of the Deadpool 2 story. And Deadpool 2 doesn’t have a post-credits scene at all — just a mid-credits montage of time-travel antics.
So let’s talk about what is and isn’t in Deadpool & Wolverine’s mid-credits and end-credits scenes, and what it says about the future of the Deadpool franchise.Does Deadpool & Wolverine have a post-credits scene?
Sure does, but it isn’t a sequel teaser of any kind — it’s a look backward, not forward. The post-credits scene adds to an earlier scene in the movie, revealing that one of Deadpool’s most surprising acts in the movie wasn’t quite as callous and murderous as it looked. (He’s still a mouthy asshole, but that’s nothing new.)
[Ed. note: Warning: Significant spoilers lie ahead.]What happens in Deadpool & Wolverine’s post-credits scene?
Somewhere around the midpoint of Deadpool & Wolverine, the two title characters (played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman) wind up in The Void, the dimensional garbage heap of the Time Variance Authority from the Loki TV series.
