Deadpool & Wolverine, 2024’s biggest hit, was almost scrapped five years ago.
2024 was a crazy movie year. Nothing was clear. Variety and unexpected success made it thrilling. We all believed Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s only big-screen release of the year, would succeed. The highly anticipated film, starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, exceeded expectations.
Ryan Reynolds reveals…
The movie started earning billions at the global box office and kept doing so. The Shawn Levy-directed film, one of the year’s most profitable, saved the MCU, which had been floundering recently. Did you know the movie almost didn’t materialize five years ago because the plan didn’t make sense? According to Comicbook, Ryan Reynolds proposed Kevin Feige the idea of Deadpool & Wolverine after Logan and Hugh Jackman’s iconic death scene, but it didn’t feel right. Jackman agreed to return years later.
“Ironically, my first pitch to Kevin Feige five years before was a Deadpool and Wolverine movie, a Rashomon story,” Reynolds remarked. So much of these movies is timing. Hugh Jackman had just finished Logan, a stunning film and storyline. Not right, he thought. So I appreciated that.”
About Deadpool 4
For the unfamiliar, Deadpool & Wolverine grossed $1.338 billion worldwide, including a record $84 million from IMAX. The film is also setting streaming records. Ryan Reynolds said he wants to spend more time with his family before making Deadpool 4, despite public clamor.
When questioned about Deadpool 4, Reynolds told Extra, “Bite your tongue. That would be great, but there’s a reason it’s been six years. It consumes my life, and I have four kids I’d like to meet and walk to and from school.”
The film stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al), Rob Delaney (Peter), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), and Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio) as Fox characters. Both Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen made their MCU debuts as Cassandra Nova and the TVA Agent.
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