There was just one Marvel Cinematic Universe film launched in 2024, however man, was it a doozy. Deadpool & Wolverine lastly delivered the long-awaited team-up between Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Logan, and the top end result was met with optimistic opinions and remodeled $1.3 billion worldwide. Though Reynolds has since gone on to say he’s not thinking about doing one other standalone Deadpool film, now there’s phrase that he’s trying to pair the Merc with the Mouth with the X-Males for an upcoming Marvel film. Sure please!
Per THR, Reynolds is “exploring concepts” for a Deadpool that might characteristic three or 4 X-Males characters, and is engaged on “varied therapies.” It’s additionally talked about that Deadpool could solely be a supporting character in such a venture, as Reynolds reportedly believes “that retaining his f-bomb wielding anti-hero extra on the sidelines might enable for the X-Males characters for use in surprising methods.” It was additionally clarified that this team-up could be separate from the X-Males reboot that Michael Lesslie is writing.
Assuming this Deadpool/X-Males team-up does transfer previous the conception stage, don’t count on it to reach for some time. Ryan Reynolds is at the moment writing the comedy film Boy Band for Paramount Footage. That can pair him again up with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, and Hugh Jackman can also be reportedly “eager to co-star.” It’s unclear if Boy Band is identical film that Reynolds talked about final November that might reunite him with Levy and Jackman, or one thing totally different. Even after the Boy Band script is completed although, the Deadpool actor has stated he’s spending the remainder of 2025 centered on writing different tasks.
I’m pleased with a protracted wait time, although. Deadpool has been tied to the X-Males nook of the Marvel mythology, and over the course of three films, we’ve seen him type bonds with mutant characters like Colossus, Domino, Cable and, in fact, Wolverine. However slightly than simply making Deadpool 4, I like the thought of getting a correct X-Males team-up on the books. It was nice to see see Wade battle alongside Wolverine, X-23 and Gambit (in addition to Blade and Elektra) in Deadpool & Wolverine, so let’s convey in additional members of the X-Males for him to harass.
I’d even be curious to see if this Deadpool/X-Males team-up would arrange the aforementioned X-Males reboot or observe it. The MCU hasn’t had any hassle bringing folks again from the Fox period of X-Males films, with Patrick Stewart’s Professor X, Ian McKellen’s Magneto, Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique, Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler, Kelsey Grammer’s Beast and James Marsden’s Cyclops are all returning for Avengers: Doomsday, as will Channing Tatum’s Gambit. Nevertheless, there nonetheless has but to be a brand new X-Males group arrange in the primary MCU actuality.
Actually, perhaps it could be price utilizing no matter story Ryan Reynolds picks, assuming this team-up goes ahead in any respect, as a strategy to lastly arrange the brand new X-Males that we’ve been promised for years. That sounds prefer it might be a particular chance if Deadpool could be extra of a supporting character. Regardless, I welcome any alternative for Reynolds to place the crimson and black costume again on, so we’ll preserve our eyes peeled for extra updates on this potential venture.