Deadpool 3 won’t mess with Wolverine’s death in Logan, swear Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
In true Deadpool fashion, Ryan Reynolds bypassed Marvel’s giant San Diego Comic-Con and D23 events and instead updated fans on the status of Deadpool 3 via a quippy video on Twitter. On Tuesday, Reynolds announced that not only was the Deadpool sequel officially in the works at Marvel Studios (after being in limbo in the wake of Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox), but the Merc with a Mouth would bring one of his X-Men friends along for the ride: Wolverine. Despite retirement, Hugh Jackman would pick up his claws one more time for Deadpool 3.
The news immediately raised questions about what the heck Deadpool 3 would be about, and when it would take place. Jackman’s run as Wolverine ended definitively — as far as comic book movie deaths go — in 2017’s Logan. But in a follow-up video tweeted by Jackman, dropped with the message “some answers-ish,” he and Reynolds insist that Deadpool 3 won’t undermine the character’s bittersweet finale, which earned writer-director James Mangold a frickin’ Oscar nomination.
“Logan died in Logan. Not touching that,” Reynolds says. “What actually happens in our film is, these two fucking guys...” Cue “Jitterbug” by Wham!
Some answers-ish. pic.twitter.com/ZjQDeIRZTI
Known tricksters Reynolds and Jackman aren’t ready to spoil just how Marvel Studios will integrate the once-and-future Wolverine into Deadpool’s adventure (or the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe), but their comment on the Logan matter feels sincere. Wolverine popping back up in a movie does kinda fuck with Logan’s death in Logan, and Jackman’s commitment to “leaving a bit in the tank,” as he explained in a 2017 Entertainment Weekly story eulogizing the end of his run. Of all people, it was Jackman’s pal Jerry Seinfeld who
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