There was only one Marvel Cinematic Universe movie released in 2024, but man, was it a doozy. Deadpool & Wolverine finally delivered the long-awaited team-up between Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Logan, and the end result was met with positive reviews and made over $1.3 billion worldwide. Although Reynolds has since gone on to say he’s not interested in doing another standalone Deadpool movie, now there’s word that he’s looking to pair the Merc with the Mouth with the X-Men for an upcoming Marvel movie. Yes please!
Per THR, Reynolds is “exploring ideas” for a Deadpool that would feature three or four X-Men characters, and is working on “various treatments.” It’s also mentioned that Deadpool may only be a supporting character in such a project, as Reynolds reportedly believes “that keeping his f-bomb wielding anti-hero more on the sidelines could allow for the X-Men characters to be used in unexpected ways.” It was also clarified that this team-up would be separate from the X-Men reboot that Michael Lesslie is writing.
Assuming this Deadpool/X-Men team-up does move past the conception stage, don’t expect it to arrive for a while. Ryan Reynolds is currently writing the comedy movie Boy Band for Paramount Pictures. That will pair him back up with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, and Hugh Jackman is also reportedly “keen to co-star.” It’s unclear if Boy Band is the same movie that Reynolds talked about last November that would reunite him with Levy and Jackman, or something different. Even after the Boy Band script is finished though, the Deadpool actor has said he’s spending the rest of 2025 focused on writing other projects.
I’m ok with a long wait time, though. Deadpool has been tied to the X-Men corner of the Marvel mythology, and over the course of three movies, we’ve seen him form bonds with mutant characters like Colossus, Domino, Cable and, of course, Wolverine. But rather than just making Deadpool 4, I like the idea of getting a proper X-Men team-up on the books. It was great to see see Wade fight alongside Wolverine, X-23 and Gambit (as well as Blade and Elektra) in Deadpool & Wolverine, so let’s bring in more members of the X-Men for him to annoy.
I’d also be curious to see if this Deadpool/X-Men team-up would set up the aforementioned X-Men reboot or follow it. The MCU hasn’t had any trouble bringing people back from the Fox era of X-Men movies, 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. However, there still has yet to be a new X-Men team set up in the main MCU reality.
Honestly, maybe it would be worth using whatever story Ryan Reynolds picks, assuming this team-up goes forward at all, as a way to finally set up the new X-Men that we’ve been promised for years. That sounds like it could be a definite possibility if Deadpool would be more of a supporting character. Regardless, I welcome any opportunity for Reynolds to put the red and black costume back on, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more updates on this potential project.
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