This summer counts Deadpool & Wolverine one of the most important blockbusters. Just the hype around it the first trailer gives an idea of how great the anticipation is for the third film in the series. The preview of the new Marvel film dominated the Super Bowl weekend in 2024 also with us the headlines.
Apparently Marvel could have triggered such a hype much earlier. At least that's what comes from a recent interview conducted with Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Feige and Wendy Jacobson. The idea for a crossover between Deadpool and Wolverine had been slumbering in the Hollywood star's bedside table for a while.
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When is Deadpool & Wolverine coming?
Deadpool & Wolverine is on in Germany 24th July to the start. Accordingly, more than six years have passed since the second film. Published in 2018 Part 2 in the cinema and was just as successful as that Original from 2016. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine has not been seen on the big screen since 2017.
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After the release of Deadpool 2, however, there was a jolt through the film landscape. The Disney company had bought 20th Century Fox, which meant that franchises like the X-Men or Deadpool now belonged to the media giant. What would the future of the Rated-R brand look like under Disney's care? And how would you place Deadpool in the MCU?
Deadpool in the MCU?
Reynolds didn't describe the original pitch for Deadpool & Wolverine in great detail in an interview with Empire Magazine. It should have been a kind of Rashomon story between the two, told from three perspectives.
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Rashomon is, among other things, a Japanese film drama from the 50s, which also tells its story from numerous perspectives and awaits the audience with a twist. “It was a way to produce a big film on a small scale” said Reynolds.
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However, Feige hesitated. “I honestly didn't even know how to do Deadpool [in das MCU] should install” are his words in the interview. The Marvel boss was not least busy establishing many more characters in the MCU. Reynolds also presented a variety of ideas for the film, which he confirms.
The interview talks about films that could be shown at the Sundance Festival, budgets under $10 million or completely new concepts – 18 of them, to be exact.
The bottom line is that executive producer Wendy Jacobson sums up how they ultimately came to a common denominator: “It took us a while to find a reason for this film. As Hugh [Jackman] got in touch and preparations began two months later. It was one of the fastest changes I have ever seen.“
Sources: Comic Book Movie, Empire Online