Production has wrapped on Marvel Studios‘ long-awaited movie "Deadpool 3".
Ryan Reynolds announced Wednesday on Instagram and thanked the “Deadpool 3” cast, crew and director Shawn Levy, while poking fun at his co-star Hugh Jackman. The post included — in classic Reynolds and Deadpool fashion — a photo of the superhero’s spandex crotch.
“The suit hides the blood. Also sweat… But today, with ‘Deadpool’ wrapping, it’s mostly tears. A giant and forever thanks to the cast and crew of our film who battled wind, rain, strikes and @thehughjackman all under the stalwart leadership of @slevydirect,” Reynolds wrote. “I got to make a movie with my closest pals and that doesn’t happen very often. See ya July 26th… ⚔️🥺⚔️.”
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The threequel has been in development for years but suffered a setback by the 2019 Disney/Fox merger and further delay by the SAG-AFTRA strike last year.
"Deadpool 3" was officially confirmed in December 2019 and marks the first Marvel Studios project to use characters now available to it after Disney purchased 21st Century Fox, which gave Marvel access to mutants, including “Deadpool”, “The X-Men”, and “The Fantastic Four”.
The franchise is the top-grossing X-Men movies of all time, with 2016’s "Deadpool" and 2018’s follow-up “Deadpool 2” were huge box office, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide.
The two previous “Deadpool” movies, along with the entire “X-Men” franchise, were owned and released by Fox before the $71.3 billion acquisition.
After the acquisition, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige quickly confirmed the franchise as a keeper for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
“Deadpool 3” will be the first R-rated movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also marks the first Deadpool movie in which Marvel will work hand in hand with Reynolds and Team Deadpool.
Feige’s involvement comes after he helped revamp the Spider-Man franchise when he came on to help in the creative effort for that Sony series.
Shawn Levy is on board to direct with Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese returning to pen the threequel. Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin penned a previous draft. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige joins Reynolds and Levy as producers.
Reynolds and Levy previously collaborated on the hit comedy movie "Free Guy" and Netflix's "The Adam Project".
The latest “Deadpool” movie will be a reunion for Reynolds and Jackman, who previously starred together in 2009’s ill-fated “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
Now, the threequel will bring Deadpool and Wolverine together — even though the iconic X-Men hero died at the end of 2017’s “Logan”. But characters have a way of returning from the dead in superhero movies, especially with the universe-bending rules of the MCU’s multiverse.
“Deadpool 3” also features Jennifer Garner reprising her role as the sai-wielding superhero Elektra, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Karan Soni as Dopinder, and Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead.
Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen will also star in the upcoming movie.
“Deadpool 3” was originally slated to release in theaters on May 3, 2024, but was delayed, along with many other movies, during the SAG-AFTRA strike. It is now set to hit theatres on July 26.
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