The Marvel Cinematic Universe is understood for continually producing new content material, each in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. When Disney acquired twentieth Century Fox and its properties it lastly opened the door for Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool to hitch the enjoyable… nevertheless it took years earlier than Deadpool & Wolverine hit theaters (and broke information). And the character’s creator Rob Liefeld just lately provided a Kevin Feige-related rationalization for why followers had been left ready for thus lengthy.
Previous to its launch, Deadpool & Wolverine was one of the crucial hotly anticipated upcoming Marvel films hitting theaters. So it is likely to be shocking that it took the studio so lengthy to truly inexperienced gentle the threequel. Throughout an look on the Millar Time podcast, Liefeld made some allegations about why Marvel dragged its ft on this regard. In his phrases:
[Feige] was simply, I believe, having hassle grappling with the truth that [Deadpool] was not his franchise. And my Disney insiders had informed me for years – you wanna know why there’s six years between Deadpool 2 and [Deadpool] 3? As a result of [Feige] did not wish to make it. He solely made it as a result of his goose had been cooked on so many flops, that they are like, ‘We gotta greenlight this.’
Effectively, that is positively one rationalization for the way issues went down with Deadpool. Whereas we must always deal with this as a rumor in the meanwhile (particularly since Liefeld would not like Feige), nevertheless it might supply some context into what was reportedly occurring within the studio. As a result of it was unusual what number of years it took earlier than Deadpool & Wolverine lastly began manufacturing.
Liefeld’s story is likely to be conjecture, however he does supply some strong factors. In any case, there have been various MCU films which have failed within the years since Avengers: Endgame hit theaters and have become the very best grossing film of all time. For instance, The Marvels was a field workplace flop, whereas different titles like Ant-Man 3 struggled as nicely.
Along with titles that struggled on the field workplace, different titles like Eternals and Thor: Love and Thunder did not resonate with audiences. The stress was probably on on the studio, and Deadpool & Wolverine’s success got here on the excellent time. In order that a part of Liefeld’s allegations about Kevin Feige appears logical.
Given how a lot audiences turned out to see Deadpool 3, I’ve to imagine that we’ll be seeing Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds of their roles someday sooner or later. Whereas they weren’t listed in Avengers: Doomsday‘s solid announcement, followers are positively hoping to see them lastly be a part of the Avengers franchise.
The Deadpool franchise is streaming on Disney+ now, and the following MCU film hitting theaters is The Unbelievable 4: First Steps on July twenty fifth as a part of the 2025 film launch record.