Ahead of the release of Shawn Levy’s buddy superhero movie Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds has offered a look back at how the film was made. Entertainment WeeklyRyan revealed that the original premise of the threequel was to be a short road movie. (Also Read – Deadpool and Wolverine new teaser: Fans are excited about the face-off between Wolverine and Sabretooth)
What did Ryan say?
“Really, it was a $5 or $6 million budget with no special effects. It was a talkie-talkie road trip with me and Dopinder (Karan Soni’s driver character) and we collected and saw things along the way. It wasn’t an event movie. If we’re headed to Point C, the purpose was to get us to Point B. It was the weirdest. I loved it. I thought it was fun,” Ryan said.
Ryan Reynolds first played Deadpool in Tim Miller’s 2016 film of the same name. He then made a sequel to it in David Leitch’s Deadpool 2 in 2018. However, Disney acquired 21st Century Fox soon after, putting the fate of Deadpool 3 in jeopardy. Ryan said, “I didn’t know if I would ever be able to play Deadpool again. It’s not something I could say publicly, but I didn’t know how a character like that would fit into that world (Marvel Cinematic Universe).”
About Deadpool 3
However, as fate would have it, Deadpool 3 turned out to be the biggest installment of the franchise, starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. The actor, who bid goodbye to the iconic character in James Mangold’s 2017 film Logan, will now return to play Wolverine in the Deadpool threequel. It is directed by Shawn Levy, who has previously worked with Ryan in Free Guy (2021) and The Adam Project (2022).
In the film, the Time Variance Authority (TVA) pulls Deadpool out of his quiet life and sends him on a mission with Wolverine that will change the history of the MCU. Deadpool and Wolverine also stars Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen, Karan Soni, Aaron Stanford and Jennifer Garner. Produced by Kevin Feige under Marvel Studios, Deadpool and Wolverine is scheduled to release in theaters on July 26.
