01 minute ago:We were already looking forward to the summer release of Deadpool and Wolverine, which will bring together Ryan Reynolds' R-rated antihero with Hugh Jackman's iconic X-Man. We're even more eager to see the film after Marvel dropped the official trailer, which is chock-full of off-color witticisms, meta-references, slo-mo action, and a generous sprinkling of F-bombs. (But no cocaine! Wade promised Feige! "They know all the slang terms. They have a list.")
"You’re talking about two massive movie stars in their most iconic roles,” Director Shawn Levy (Free Guy) told Screen Rant earlier this month. “It also gave me an opportunity. It’s the third Deadpool movie, but it’s not Deadpool 3. It’s a different thing that’s very much Deadpool and Wolverine. And it’s not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure.”
(Spoilers for Deadpool 2 below.)
Ryan Reynolds found the perfect fit with 2016's Deadpool, starring as Wade Wilson, a former Canadian special forces operative (dishonorably discharged) who develops regenerative healing powers that heal his cancer but leave him permanently disfigured with scars all over his body. Wade decides to become a masked vigilante, turning down an invitation to join the X-Men and abandon his bad-boy ways. The first Deadpool was a big hit, racking up $782 million at the global box office, critical praise, and a couple of Golden Globe nominations for good measure. Deadpool 2 was released in 2018 and was just as successful.
Marvel released a two-minute teaser for the new movie during the Super Bowl in February, featuring the trademark cheeky irreverence that made audiences embrace Reynold's R-rated superhero in the first place, plus a glimpse of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine—or rather, his distinctive shadow. And yes, Marvel is retaining that R rating—a big step given that all the prior MCU films have been resoundingly PG-13.
You may recall that the mid-credits sequence in Deadpool 2 showed a couple of X-Men repairing a time travel device for Deadpool, which he used to save his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin‚—whose tragic death kicked off the film—and kill the "real" Ryan Reynolds, just as the actor finished reading the script for Green Lantern (his first unsuccessful foray into superhero movies).
Deadpool and Wolverine reunites many familiar faces from the first two films: Reynolds and Baccarin, obviously, but also Leslie Uggams as Blind Al; Karan Soni as Wade's personal chauffeur, taxi driver Dopinder; Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead; Stefan Kapičić as the voice of Colossus; Shioli Kutsuna as Negasonic's mutant girlfriend, Yukio; Randal Reeder as Buck; and Lewis Tan as X-Force member Shatterstar.
We're also getting some characters drawn from various films under the 20th Century Fox Marvel umbrella: Pyro (Aaron Stanford)—last seen in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand—and Jennifer Garner's Elektra, who appeared in the 2003 Daredevil film as well as 2005's Elektra. Apparently, the mutants Sabretooth and Toad will also appear, along with Dogpool. New to the franchise are Matthew MacFadyen as a Time Variance Authority agent named Paradox and Emma Corrin as the lead villain. There have been rumors that Owen Wilson's Mobius and the animated Miss Minutes from Loki will also appear in the film.
The teaser revealed that the TVA, first featured in Loki, will play a big role in Deadpool and Wolverine. We saw Wade celebrating his birthday with Vanessa and all their friends, only to then have a group of formidable TVA agents knock on his door. He was tossed through a portal and ended up at TVA headquarters, face to face with Paradox, who offered him a chance to be "a hero among heroes."
Marvel dropped a new teaser last night, focused on moody black-and-white footage from 2017's Logan, Jackman's last on-screen appearance as Wolverine. "Look, eventually you're gonna hang up the claws and it's gonna make a lot of people very sad," Reynolds said in a voiceover. "But one day your old pal Wade's gonna ask you to get back in the saddle again. And when he does, say yes."
Based on this new official trailer, set to Madonna's "Like a Prayer," audiences will be so, so glad that Jackman said yes. This version of Wolverine is clearly from another timeline in the Marvel multiverse, drinking away his sorrows in a bar—or trying to, since the bartender insists he's not welcome there (or anywhere). Then Deadpool shows up to ask for his help. It doesn't go well. But Deadpool persists because he's about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Wolverine insists he's no hero, and there's clearly another tragic backstory for this version of Wolverine.
Cue a lot of bloody action, sometimes with the duo fighting each other—including a claw to the groin—sometimes with them joining forces to fight actual adversaries. We don't see much of Corrin's villain, but she seems to have Magneto-like control over Wolverine's adamantium, which should keep things interesting. [UPDATE: As BlakeCoverett points out in the comments—and physicist and comics fan James Kakalios mentioned on X—the villain seems to be Cassandra Nova, who has telepathic abilities much like Professor X/Charles Xavier. So she might be controlling Wolverine's actual body, not the adamantium fused onto his skeleton.]
Deadpool and Wolverine hits theaters on August 03, 2024.
Shawn Levy, director of Deadpool and Wolverine, clarifies that although the film features Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, the Marvel movie is not to be called Deadpool 3.
The filmmaker explained in a recent interview why the movie, which also stars Hugh Jackman reprising his role of Wolverine, is not Deadpool 3 despite being the third Deadpool movie.
“As far as crafting the Deadpool and Wolverine story, I just felt privileged every day because you’re talking about two massive movie stars in their most iconic roles,” Levy told Screen Rant during CinemaCon. “It also gave me an opportunity. It’s the third Deadpool movie, but it’s not Deadpool 3. It’s a different thing that’s very much Deadpool and Wolverine. And it’s not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure.”
Levy teased that the film is “going to be gnarly” and “it’s gonna be funny,” and ultimately “wanted to build a great time at the theater for audiences” as their main goal. The director, writer and producer said that early screenings of the film “were extremely, extremely promising.”
“I wouldn’t say that there were any big surprises, but you feel where the pace wants to tighten, you feel where you can afford to slow down and have a deeper, more durable character moment,” he added.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set to arrive in theaters on 03 August, 2024. Levy is the director of film with Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Reynolds and Levy credited as co-writers.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set to land in cinemas this week, launching Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman back on our screens.
The movie is the third film in the Deadpool franchise and the first to be part of the MCU since Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, which naturally has left some fans concerned that the film will be toned down.
But this doesn't appear to be the case, with the trailers including a fair few apt R-rated jokes.
So, if you're wondering whether Deadpool & Wolverine is suitable for a family trip to the cinema, here's everything you need to know about its age rating.
What age rating is Deadpool & Wolverine?
In the UK, Deadpool & Wolverine has been given an age rating of 15. Specifically, it's been rated for "strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references" – so, just what you would expect from a Deadpool movie.
More like this
So, no one under the age of 15 will be permitted to see the film in cinemas in the UK.
Deadpool & Wolverine is R-rated in the US. In the US, R stands for Restricted, and indicates that the film will contain adult material. It's generally advised that viewers are over the age of 17.
Some fans had been concerned the new instalment would be toned down, especially in terms of its adult jokes, as it's the first time Deadpool will make an appearance in the MCU.
However, the trailers speedily shut down any of those worries, with Wade joking: "P*****g isn't new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney."
The trailer also features various other adult jokes, with Reynolds clearly relishing in the innuendos with his social media posts, too.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige also recently spoke out on the age rating. When asked how young is too young to see the movie, Feige told Variety: "That comes down to parental guidance. It may seem strange to say, but it is an immensely wholesome movie — with a lot of bad words and gore."
It's been reported that there was one thing he wanted to keep off the table, though, drawing the line at drug use. He explained: "I didn’t say they couldn’t. But we were talking about everybody always being afraid of Disney-fying things. This is the biggest entertainment company in the world for 100 years. You should be so lucky to Disney-fy everything!
"But what people mean by that is shaving down the rough edges. We were open to everything. I had said there were some things that we could evolve. After about the 28th time you do a joke, sometimes it’s not as funny.
"Maybe I’m slightly prudish when it comes to drug use. But I was like “Eh, it’s not that funny” in passing. Ryan, of course, stores everything in his brain for later use as excellent jokes. And he added it to the script."
Feige also previously assured fans that the film will be R-rated from the very beginning, telling EW: "That’s our first R-rated film. To have Hugh come back is incredible.”
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in Deadpool and Wolverine. He's suited up in his iconic red and black suit and can be seen behind some rubble
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in Deadpool 3. Marvel Studios
Director Shawn Levy also told Wired: "Not only have Kevin Feige and Marvel and Disney supported this extremely Deadpool-ian, audacious, R-rated tone, they’ve also supported our super meta, self-referential self-awareness.
"Some of the jokes are dirty, some of them are cultural observations, but that’s what we love about Deadpool, that he knows he’s in a movie, even though the stakes are real.
"Our movie is very loyal to that DNA too, with tremendous Marvel and Disney support, in making fun of and being self-aware about everything, including themselves."
Ryan Reyonds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Deadpool 3.
What are Marvel's R-rated films?
Deadpool & Wolverine won't be Marvel's only R-rated film in the near future.
After similar concern from fans, it was confirmed that the upcoming Blade film, starring Mahershala Ali, will also be rated R.
Director Yann Demange previously confirmed to Deadline that Marvel bosses had given him the "green light", with fans relieved to know that the violence of the original hopefully won't be too toned down.
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01 minute ago:We were already looking forward to the summer release of Deadpool and Wolverine, which will bring together Ryan Reynolds' R-rated antihero with Hugh Jackman's iconic X-Man. We're even more eager to see the film after Marvel dropped the official trailer, which is chock-full of off-color witticisms, meta-references, slo-mo action, and a generous sprinkling of F-bombs. (But no cocaine! Wade promised Feige! "They know all the slang terms. They have a list.")
"You’re talking about two massive movie stars in their most iconic roles,” Director Shawn Levy (Free Guy) told Screen Rant earlier this month. “It also gave me an opportunity. It’s the third Deadpool movie, but it’s not Deadpool 3. It’s a different thing that’s very much Deadpool and Wolverine. And it’s not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure.”
(Spoilers for Deadpool 2 below.)
Ryan Reynolds found the perfect fit with 2016's Deadpool, starring as Wade Wilson, a former Canadian special forces operative (dishonorably discharged) who develops regenerative healing powers that heal his cancer but leave him permanently disfigured with scars all over his body. Wade decides to become a masked vigilante, turning down an invitation to join the X-Men and abandon his bad-boy ways. The first Deadpool was a big hit, racking up $782 million at the global box office, critical praise, and a couple of Golden Globe nominations for good measure. Deadpool 2 was released in 2018 and was just as successful.
Marvel released a two-minute teaser for the new movie during the Super Bowl in February, featuring the trademark cheeky irreverence that made audiences embrace Reynold's R-rated superhero in the first place, plus a glimpse of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine—or rather, his distinctive shadow. And yes, Marvel is retaining that R rating—a big step given that all the prior MCU films have been resoundingly PG-13.
You may recall that the mid-credits sequence in Deadpool 2 showed a couple of X-Men repairing a time travel device for Deadpool, which he used to save his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin‚—whose tragic death kicked off the film—and kill the "real" Ryan Reynolds, just as the actor finished reading the script for Green Lantern (his first unsuccessful foray into superhero movies).
Deadpool and Wolverine reunites many familiar faces from the first two films: Reynolds and Baccarin, obviously, but also Leslie Uggams as Blind Al; Karan Soni as Wade's personal chauffeur, taxi driver Dopinder; Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead; Stefan Kapičić as the voice of Colossus; Shioli Kutsuna as Negasonic's mutant girlfriend, Yukio; Randal Reeder as Buck; and Lewis Tan as X-Force member Shatterstar.
We're also getting some characters drawn from various films under the 20th Century Fox Marvel umbrella: Pyro (Aaron Stanford)—last seen in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand—and Jennifer Garner's Elektra, who appeared in the 2003 Daredevil film as well as 2005's Elektra. Apparently, the mutants Sabretooth and Toad will also appear, along with Dogpool. New to the franchise are Matthew MacFadyen as a Time Variance Authority agent named Paradox and Emma Corrin as the lead villain. There have been rumors that Owen Wilson's Mobius and the animated Miss Minutes from Loki will also appear in the film.
The teaser revealed that the TVA, first featured in Loki, will play a big role in Deadpool and Wolverine. We saw Wade celebrating his birthday with Vanessa and all their friends, only to then have a group of formidable TVA agents knock on his door. He was tossed through a portal and ended up at TVA headquarters, face to face with Paradox, who offered him a chance to be "a hero among heroes."
Marvel dropped a new teaser last night, focused on moody black-and-white footage from 2017's Logan, Jackman's last on-screen appearance as Wolverine. "Look, eventually you're gonna hang up the claws and it's gonna make a lot of people very sad," Reynolds said in a voiceover. "But one day your old pal Wade's gonna ask you to get back in the saddle again. And when he does, say yes."
Based on this new official trailer, set to Madonna's "Like a Prayer," audiences will be so, so glad that Jackman said yes. This version of Wolverine is clearly from another timeline in the Marvel multiverse, drinking away his sorrows in a bar—or trying to, since the bartender insists he's not welcome there (or anywhere). Then Deadpool shows up to ask for his help. It doesn't go well. But Deadpool persists because he's about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Wolverine insists he's no hero, and there's clearly another tragic backstory for this version of Wolverine.
Cue a lot of bloody action, sometimes with the duo fighting each other—including a claw to the groin—sometimes with them joining forces to fight actual adversaries. We don't see much of Corrin's villain, but she seems to have Magneto-like control over Wolverine's adamantium, which should keep things interesting. [UPDATE: As BlakeCoverett points out in the comments—and physicist and comics fan James Kakalios mentioned on X—the villain seems to be Cassandra Nova, who has telepathic abilities much like Professor X/Charles Xavier. So she might be controlling Wolverine's actual body, not the adamantium fused onto his skeleton.]
Deadpool and Wolverine hits theaters on August 03, 2024.
Shawn Levy, director of Deadpool and Wolverine, clarifies that although the film features Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, the Marvel movie is not to be called Deadpool 3.
The filmmaker explained in a recent interview why the movie, which also stars Hugh Jackman reprising his role of Wolverine, is not Deadpool 3 despite being the third Deadpool movie.
“As far as crafting the Deadpool and Wolverine story, I just felt privileged every day because you’re talking about two massive movie stars in their most iconic roles,” Levy told Screen Rant during CinemaCon. “It also gave me an opportunity. It’s the third Deadpool movie, but it’s not Deadpool 3. It’s a different thing that’s very much Deadpool and Wolverine. And it’s not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure.”
Levy teased that the film is “going to be gnarly” and “it’s gonna be funny,” and ultimately “wanted to build a great time at the theater for audiences” as their main goal. The director, writer and producer said that early screenings of the film “were extremely, extremely promising.”
“I wouldn’t say that there were any big surprises, but you feel where the pace wants to tighten, you feel where you can afford to slow down and have a deeper, more durable character moment,” he added.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set to arrive in theaters on 03 August, 2024. Levy is the director of film with Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Reynolds and Levy credited as co-writers.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set to land in cinemas this week, launching Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman back on our screens.
The movie is the third film in the Deadpool franchise and the first to be part of the MCU since Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, which naturally has left some fans concerned that the film will be toned down.
But this doesn't appear to be the case, with the trailers including a fair few apt R-rated jokes.
So, if you're wondering whether Deadpool & Wolverine is suitable for a family trip to the cinema, here's everything you need to know about its age rating.
What age rating is Deadpool & Wolverine?
In the UK, Deadpool & Wolverine has been given an age rating of 15. Specifically, it's been rated for "strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references" – so, just what you would expect from a Deadpool movie.
More like this
So, no one under the age of 15 will be permitted to see the film in cinemas in the UK.
Deadpool & Wolverine is R-rated in the US. In the US, R stands for Restricted, and indicates that the film will contain adult material. It's generally advised that viewers are over the age of 17.
Some fans had been concerned the new instalment would be toned down, especially in terms of its adult jokes, as it's the first time Deadpool will make an appearance in the MCU.
However, the trailers speedily shut down any of those worries, with Wade joking: "P*****g isn't new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney."
The trailer also features various other adult jokes, with Reynolds clearly relishing in the innuendos with his social media posts, too.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige also recently spoke out on the age rating. When asked how young is too young to see the movie, Feige told Variety: "That comes down to parental guidance. It may seem strange to say, but it is an immensely wholesome movie — with a lot of bad words and gore."
It's been reported that there was one thing he wanted to keep off the table, though, drawing the line at drug use. He explained: "I didn’t say they couldn’t. But we were talking about everybody always being afraid of Disney-fying things. This is the biggest entertainment company in the world for 100 years. You should be so lucky to Disney-fy everything!
"But what people mean by that is shaving down the rough edges. We were open to everything. I had said there were some things that we could evolve. After about the 28th time you do a joke, sometimes it’s not as funny.
"Maybe I’m slightly prudish when it comes to drug use. But I was like “Eh, it’s not that funny” in passing. Ryan, of course, stores everything in his brain for later use as excellent jokes. And he added it to the script."
Feige also previously assured fans that the film will be R-rated from the very beginning, telling EW: "That’s our first R-rated film. To have Hugh come back is incredible.”
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in Deadpool and Wolverine. He's suited up in his iconic red and black suit and can be seen behind some rubble
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in Deadpool 3. Marvel Studios
Director Shawn Levy also told Wired: "Not only have Kevin Feige and Marvel and Disney supported this extremely Deadpool-ian, audacious, R-rated tone, they’ve also supported our super meta, self-referential self-awareness.
"Some of the jokes are dirty, some of them are cultural observations, but that’s what we love about Deadpool, that he knows he’s in a movie, even though the stakes are real.
"Our movie is very loyal to that DNA too, with tremendous Marvel and Disney support, in making fun of and being self-aware about everything, including themselves."
Ryan Reyonds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Deadpool 3.
What are Marvel's R-rated films?
Deadpool & Wolverine won't be Marvel's only R-rated film in the near future.
After similar concern from fans, it was confirmed that the upcoming Blade film, starring Mahershala Ali, will also be rated R.
Director Yann Demange previously confirmed to Deadline that Marvel bosses had given him the "green light", with fans relieved to know that the violence of the original hopefully won't be too toned down.
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Deadpool & Wolverine was released on Thursday 25th July. You can watch Deadpool and Deadpool 2 on Disney Plus.
Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.