Ryan Reynolds Teases New Deadpool Team Up Project
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Ryan Reynolds is working on what sounds very much like a new Deadpool team-up movie. While speaking to Time Magazine's Eliana Dockterman, Reynolds was asked about not only the future of Deadpool, but how Reynolds had previously said he thinks the Merc with a Mouth works better as a supporting character. Toward the end of his response, Reynolds said, "I'm writing a little something right now which is like an ensemble, but it's...I like it when he's isolated. If Deadpool becomes an Avenger or X-Men we're at the end and that's his wish fulfilment, and you can't give him that."
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All we know for the moment is that Reynolds is writing the project and that "it's an ensemble." We don't even know if this is something Marvel has green lit or it's something he's writing on spec.
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine with Dogpool in "Deadpool & Wolverine."
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine with Dogpool in "Deadpool & Wolverine."
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One possibility is that he's trying to recreate the "X-Force" movie that was never made. "Deadpool 2" was originally going to be followed by an "X-Force" film in which Deadpool would've been a supporting character, but that plan was changed by Disney's acquisition of Fox. We know from "Deadpool & Wolverine" that Deadpool's time travel shenanigans in "Deadpool 2" included resurrecting the X-Force members who died during their disastrous skydiving intro.
Before mentioning the project he was working on, Reynolds left a possible hint in talking about good it felt to see audiences react to the return of Wesley Snipes as Blade in "Deadpool & Wolverine."
"I was really grateful where we got to see people and characters like Blade with Wesley Snipes, who is a guy who should have a third act in this moment because he is a f---ing huge movie star," Reynolds said. "That feeling and the gasp that comes out of people when he crosses the frame in the movie is just a feeling I want more of and I think I'd be able to do that as the supporting actor."
If his ensemble project is something he's writing in search of capturing that feeling, then that opens up all new possibilities. Is he hoping to do another movie with Snipes, Jennifer Garner, Channing Tatum, etc? Or maybe reintroducing some characters we haven't seen come back? Ben Affleck as Daredevil? Eric Bana as the Hulk? Who knows?
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