Deadpool & Wolverine is now out in theaters. Here’s everything we know about the MCU movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
In retrospect, we should have suspected that Deadpool & Wolverine wouldn’t keep its most famous co-star out of the title. In 2022, Ryan Reynolds coaxed Hugh Jackman into reprising his role as Wolverine for the first time since 2017’s Logan. Once that happened, the name Deadpool 3 didn’t fully convey how monumental this film would be.
So Marvel Studios has officially retitled it as Deadpool & Wolverine. Jackman has also humorously rebranded the film as Wolverine & [expletive], which would make this R-rated flick a lot harder to market!
Now that we’ve received our first look at Deadpool & Wolverine, we’re sharing what we know about the cast, release date, and the film’s plot.Is there a trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine?
Yes, the first full trailer has arrived, and it’s an R-rated preview of what’s to come. Curiously, Wolverine doesn’t seem to recognize Deadpool at the beginning of the trailer. But that doesn’t stop Deadpool from attempting to “convince” Wolverine to join him … with some minor shooting, stabbing, and punching along the way. It’s a far cry from the first teaser that debuted during the Super Bowl, which didn’t feature any full clips of Wolverine at all.
The original teaser did feature several returning characters from the first two Deadpool movies as the title character was abducted from his home and forcibly recruited to the Time Variance Authority, the organization that made its MCU debut in Loki.
Jackman’s Wolverine was only briefly seen from behind, but the teaser’s closing moments show off a good idea of how the title characters will respond to each other when Wolverine pops his claws to “help” Deadpool get up.
But with the film nearing its release, Deadpool and Wolverine have starred in a new, expletive-laden PSA telling theatergoers to silence their phones. This has ironically caused more buzz from audiences excited to see the duo’s film.Are there posters for Deadpool & Wolverine?
Shortly after the first teaser dropped, Marvel also released the first poster for the film.
Following the arrival of the second trailer, Marvel released three new posters. First, there’s the more Deadpool-centric poster.
Since Jackman’s character is co-headlining the movie, it just wouldn’t do to let Wolverine go without a poster of his own.
Finally, the third poster is a bit suggestive. But it is also a callback to one of the movie posters for Logan where Wolverine’s clone daughter, Laura/X-23, held his hand.When does Deadpool & Wolverine come out?
Filming for Deadpool & Wolverine began in May 2023 before coming to a halt in July due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. It resumed production in November 2023, and it’s now set to meet its July 26, 2024 release date.
At long last, Reynolds announced that filming for this threequel has wrapped with the suggestive Instagram post below:
One can’t help but shed a tear seeing this. This is certainly a heartfelt conclusion for those involved in the production, especially given the challenges they faced to make this film.
Previously, Deadpool & Wolverine had been scheduled for fall 2024 before moving up to May 3, 2024, in June 2023, a month before the actors’ strike began. Finally, in early November, days before the actors’ strike ended, Disney moved Deadpool & Wolverine to its current release date, allowing the team more time to finish the film.
Though the movie is only weeks away, Marvel Studios has reportedly started reshoots that will last until the end of May. It has also been rumored that these reshoots will add more cameos to the film (as if there weren’t enough already).Who is in Deadpool & Wolverine?
Reynolds is obviously coming back as the Merc with a Mouth. In September 2022, Reynolds announced that Jackman was returning as Wolverine for the threequel, even though that character died in 2017’s Logan. The video caused a stir among fans and immediately cemented the film as one of Marvel’s hottest upcoming movies.
Joining Reynolds and Jackman are The Crown’s Emma Corrin, who will play a major villain confirmed to be Cassandra Nova, and Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen as a “third wheel” character to Deadpool & Wolverine. Returning actors from the franchise’s previous entries include Morena Baccarin and Stefan Kapicic as Vanessa and the voice of Colossus, respectively, and Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna as Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio, respectively. Rob Delaney, who appeared in Deadpool 2 as Peter, X-Force’s only human member, is also set to return.
In July 2023, it was reported that Jennifer Garner would play Elektra again in Deadpool & Wolverine, although the actress denied the rumor during interviews for her Netflix movie Family Switch. Leaked set photos from December 2023 hint that the characters Sabretooth and Toad will return for the film, although it’s still unknown if X-Men’s Tyler Maine and Ray Park will return to play them, respectively. However, Aaron Stanford does reprise his role as Pyro in the film’s trailer, so it seems likely that audiences will see him with the rest of the Brotherhood of Mutants.
For those hoping to see Vinnie Jones reprise his role as the supervillain Juggernaut from X-Men: The Last Stand, there is some unfortunate news. Jones claims to have turned down Marvel’s offer to play Juggernaut again due to the “mental toll” he suffered from wearing his helmet-heavy costume in The Last Stand.
The latest trailer revealed that Cassandra Nova is using Ant-Man’s giant-sized skeleton as her headquarters. It also appears that she’s gathered some of the villains from the previous X-Men movies, including Lady Deathstrike from X2: X-Men United and Azazel from X-Men: First Class. However, it’s unclear if Kelly Hu or Jason Flemyng are reprising their respective roles.
As for the rest of the evil mutants, it’s harder to tell who they are from a distance. But eagle-eyed fans believe that Calisto and Toad are among the bad guys to the left of Lady Deathstrike.Are other X-Men going to appear in Deadpool & Wolverine? And what about that Taylor Swift rumor?
Karan Soni, who plays Deadpool’s friend and chauffeur, Dopinder, teased that there will be many surprise cameos in the film. “Let’s just say a lot of people traveled to London,” he said. While the studio has been good at keeping these big secrets, rumors have stated that Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellen will return to play the Storm, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Professor X, and Magneto, respectively.
Not only that, Channing Tatum is rumored to appear in the film as the fan-favorite mutant Gambit, a role he previously was to play in the character’s canceled solo film. Likewise, Taylor Swift has allegedly signed up to play either the singing hero Dazzler or Lady Deadpool, a variant of the Merc With a Mouth. However, recent rumors suggest Swift will instead portray the Blonde Phantom in the MCU in a project produced by Scarlett Johannsen.
Nevertheless, if the rumors about the movie are true, this threequel is looking to be the most star-studded superhero film since Avengers: Endgame.
Ryan Reynolds recently spoke to Fandango to give his sly answer to all these cameo rumors. “There’s so much speculation about so many people that might end up in the film,” he said.
