“It was so exciting to play Wolverine one last time!”
said Hugh Jackman to
Figaro
in March 2017, on the occasion of the release of
Logan
directed by James Mangold.
Five years after his farewell to the character he played for 17 years, the Australian actor will finally put on the costume of the hero with adamantium claws for
Deadpool 3,
which is scheduled for release on September 6, 2024.
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In a video posted on his social networks on September 27, Ryan Reynolds, who plays the irreverent superhero Deadpool, explains that he racked his brains for several months to make this third installment – after those released in 2016 and 2018 – a
"special"
movie
.
“Hi everyone, we are extremely sad to have missed
D23
(a three-day gathering in mid-September during which Disney reveals its upcoming plans, editor's note)
but we have been working very hard on the next
Deadpool movie
for a good moment now”
, he begins by explaining facing the camera, sitting on a sofa.
Since Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox in 2019, Deadpool has been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an opportunity to bring the character
"new depth and new motivation, new meaning,"
adds the 45-year-old actor.
“It was an incredible challenge that forced me to dig deep inside, and I...have nothing. It's completely empty here, ”
continues Ryan Reynolds, pointing to his skull.
"But we had an idea."
Ryan Reynolds then calls out Hugh Jackman who passes in the background:
"Hey Hugh, you want to play Wolverine one more time?"
.
“Of course, Ryan”
, replies the person concerned, before launching
I will Always Love You
by Whitney Houston in the background, humorously subtitled “
I Will Always Love Hugh
”.
The two friends had already crossed paths on screen in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
in 2009, when Deadpool first appeared on the big screen.
Since this shoot, Ryan Reynolds had repeatedly expressed his desire to replay alongside Hugh Jackman and even the death of Wolverine in the film
Logan
in 2017 had not been able to make him change his mind.
Rightly so, it would seem.
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But while the hero with long claws and regenerative abilities dies in
Logan
, how can the character reappear in
Deadpool 3
?
In a new video, published a few hours after the premiere, the actors of the two heroes provide some answers to this question that many fans are asking on social networks.
“
Logan
is set in the year 2029. It's totally different.
Logan died in
Logan
.
We don't touch that.
What happens in our film is that these two guys...”
, begins Ryan Reynolds before his explanations are covered by the song
Wake me up before you go-go
of Wham!.
If the bravest could try to read the actor's lips, the main reason that could explain this scenario pirouette is that the previous X-Men films (and therefore
Logan
) simply do not belong to the same universe as the one in which takes place
Deadpool 3
.
Directed by Shawn Levy, this third opus will therefore be the one that will bring Deadpool into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
However, it will be necessary to wait almost two years before seeing the two heroes reunited on the screen.