Holy, Betty White! This is not a f***ing drill, people: Hugh Jackman will reprise his iconic role as Wolverine in Ryan Reynolds’s first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film, Deadpool 3!
My jaw dropped when Reynolds first released this video:
And then I lost my everlasting mind when this happened:
Guys! The pair have been hinting at bringing the X-Men’s clawed fiend and the Merc with the Mouth together again for LITERAL years! The last time we saw them on screen together was in Jackman’s first solo Wolverine movie in 2009. That film was lambasted for its disappointing portrayal of Deadpool – a fact that even Reynolds ripped to shreds in his first movie in 2016.
I know what you’re thinking, though: Jackman very clearly and finally laid Wolverine to rest in the 2017 standalone feature Logan, passing his claws to his clone/daughter. However, as the hilarious friends explain in the second video, that movie is set way, WAY into the future, when Professor X causes a global incident. Deadpool 3 will be set in our future/Wolverine’s past and we can enjoy all of the blood, gore, fourth wall breaking and comedy we can handle.
I hope we can – since Disney has acquired Marvel, things have been Mousified to the detriment of Stan Lee’s comics. Case in point has been Hawkeye and She-Hulk. I am praying to the Celestials, the Eternals and the Watcher that Disney doesn’t f*** with Deadpool and Reynolds’s signature foulmouth, sadistic, brutal and gory joy. I need my sex and violence, goddammit!
Jackman’s main reason for giving up his legendary claws in 2017 was because, after 17 years of playing the character, his body could no longer endure the gruesome fitness programme it needed to get into Wolverine shape. Since hanging up the mantle, he has been enjoying life as a travelling Broadway performer and a gentle actor.
I don’t need him to be super ripped but my heart and eyes would love at least one more scene like this one:
The MCU’s Deadpool 3 film will be in cinemas worldwide in 2024.
