"The Crown" Star Emma Corrin to Play Villain in "Deadpool 3"

“The Crown” Star Emma Corrin has recently joined the cast of Marvel's highly-anticipated movie "Deadpool 3".

Details behind the character are unknown other than she will play the villain. 

Marvel Studios has had its eye on Corrin from the holidays, but working out what has become a busy schedule for the Emmy nominee had to be overcome before they could fully commit. Arrangements were settled during the past week, and Corrin is on board.

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 will join Rayn Reynolds and Levy as producers.

Reynolds and Levy previously collaborated on the hit comedy movie "Free Guy" and Netflix's "The Adam Project".

"Deadpool 3" has been in development for years now but was further delayed by the 2019 Disney/Fox merger.

The franchise is the top-grossing X-Men movies of all time, with the 2016’s Deadpool and the 2018’s follow-up “Deadpool 2” were huge box office, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide.

The threequel was officially confirmed in December 2019. It 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”.

After the acquisition, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was quick to confirm 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. 

The project 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.

The upcoming installment sees Australian actor Hugh Jackman reprising his role as Wolverine.

Jackman was last seen as Wolverine in 2017's "Logan", which the"Deadpool" star previously clarified won’t be touched as it's way ahead in the timeline.

"Deadpool 3" hits theatres on September 6, 2024.

Corrin can be seen onstage at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End starring in Orlando, Neil Bartlett’s new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s modern masterpiece.

She also recently signed on to the A-list ensemble of Robert Eggers’ "Nosferatu", which also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgård, and Nicholas Hoult.

Corrin is best known for the role of Lady Diana Spencer in Season 4 of the Netflix’s "The Crown", which earned Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards as well SAG and Emmy nominations.