


But David Leitch’s film, despite its hilarity, is surprisingly emotionally grounded, and has more to add to Logan’s message than its overt references to the film.ĭeadpool 2 opens with a music box, featuring the character Logan impaled on the husk of a dead tree in the same position as he died in Mangold’s film. The bleakness of Logan seems like a far cry from Deadpool 2, given the latter’s lack of baggage from either a character standpoint or its position in a now-18-year-old franchise. Packaged in the form of a post-modern Western and stripped of costumes and some of the flashier aspects associated with superhero films, Logan deconstructed Wolverine’s legacy in an ode to pain. Mangold delivered the film many fans of the character had always wanted: a gritty, blood-soaked meditation on violence. When Logan was released last year, it provided a swansong for Hugh Jackman’s 17-year run as Wolverine, a role he originated in 2000’s X-Men. But what may not have been quite as anticipated is that Deadpool 2 forms the perfect companion piece to James Mangold’s Logan, while furthering the importance of 20 th Century Fox’s entire X-Men-centric franchise. I’m not sure exactly where that rumor came from, but Hugh and Ryan are really close and they really do want to work together and they really do want to see these characters come together, so in the long run, that rumor could become true - that they’re in a movie together, but it’s just not ‘Logan.’ And no, not even an end-credit scene.Deadpool 2, with its sophomoric humor, plethora of pop culture references, and soundtrack that covers everything from a-ha to Dolly Parton, is a kick in the shins to superhero conventionalism. “Yeah, that’s not happening,” Reese said. Reese also put a firm end to the rumors that Reynolds would have a cameo appearance as Deadpool in the upcoming Logan film, something that was widely reported ( even by us!) last month. I don’t think any of us operated under the assumption that it would be even possible to do a Deadpool/Wolverine thing, so we just haven’t planned for it, it’s still not in the plan, but if it were to happen, it would require a hard look at the overall architecture of our storylines.” I think it does create real scheduling and universe issues and something that could be ironed out, but it would need to be ironed out. “If you’re looking at Deadpool 2, if you’re looking at X-Force, if you’re looking at Deadpool 3, there’s not necessarily room for team-up movie. “Yeah, it would, if you think about it,” Reese explained. Of course, if Jackman were to cave and play Wolverine for a final movie, it would mean big changes to the current plans for Deadpool sequels. “And to have ? It would be amazing to have Hugh resurrect Wolverine in the Deadpool universe, and again, Ryan’s making a hard push to make that happen, and hopefully the public gets behind it and we can all convince Hugh to put the claws on one more time.”

“We’ve come a long way from 2009, when we couldn’t get the movie off the ground ’til now,” said Wernick. Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who are responsible for much of the snappy dialogue from 2016’s smash box office success Deadpool, recently told The Playlist that they, along with star Ryan Reynolds, are still optimistic about about reunited the characters Wolverine and Deadpool on the big screen. Although X-Men fans are reluctant to see Jackman finally pass the role on to someone else, the people behind Deadpool are hoping they can convince him to get fitted for a yellow spandex suit, just one last time. To be fair, he’s been starring as the angry Canadian mutant since 2000’s X-Men, and has played the role in an amazing eight different movies. Hugh Jackman has announced that he will finally be hanging up the adamantium claws after Logan, his final appearance as beloved X-Men hero Wolverine.
