Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool’s sticking with the MCU (duh)
Reynolds teased Wade Wilson’s MCU path — and, helpfully, how soon fans should actually expect to see it.
Deadpool's been in a weird spot lately. The last film, Deadpool & Wolverine, made an absolute fortune (over $1.3 billion globally, cheers for asking) and officially dragged Ryan Reynolds' fourth-wall-breaking loudmouth into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But after all that fuss, there's been dead silence about what comes next. For a franchise that usually plots out its next half-dozen projects years ahead, the radio silence on Deadpool 4 has been... well, odd.
Earlier this year, Ryan Reynolds didn't exactly help matters. In an interview with Collider, he more or less said he was keen for a breather, suggesting that bombarding everyone with yet more of Wade Wilson isn’t the way to go. Here's how he put it:
‘Deadpool works best on both scarcity and surprise, so jumping right back into it full-on right now is probably something I'm not going to do.’
He doubled down in April, dropping hints that maybe Deadpool doesn’t need to star in his own films any more. According to Reynolds, the bloke thrives when he's bouncing off other characters, saying he had ideas written down but didn't see Deadpool as 'the centre' any more—just part of an ensemble, really. With Marvel's upcoming barrage of X-Men stuff, this sounded like he was prepping fans for a future where Deadpool’s just part of the gang, not leading the show.
Good for Deadpool, really, who’s spent decades in the comics desperately trying to be accepted by the X-Men. Not so great for fans hoping for another solo headline, but there we are.
Well, the weather’s changed again. Turns out, at FanaticFest, Reynolds gave the clearest sign yet that Deadpool 4 is actually happening—and he’s not aiming for safe territory. Not only did he confirm he'd be back for another go in the scarlet outfit, but he teased that this time he's digging deep into comic lore. In his words, he's focusing on ‘some really deep cuts that are missing from the movies’.
If you know your Deadpool comics, you’ll know there’s no shortage of absolute madness to draw from. Zombie presidents, Deadpool offing every Marvel hero in existence—nothing’s ever off the table. Reynolds has always been happy to embrace the weirder, more meta corners of the character’s history, so talk of 'deep cuts' is genuinely promising for anyone who’s grown bored of formulaic MCU wallpaper.
He’s staying tight-lipped about everything else—when it’s actually coming, whether there’s a script, even who’ll be on board. But after all the mixed signals and interviews suggesting he was hanging up the swords, it’s the first real sign that the Merc with a Mouth isn’t out of ammo just yet.