In Deadpool 3, the title hero meets Wolverine, who is once again played by Hugh Jackman. But that shouldn’t always be the case. Originally, lead actor Ryan Reynolds had over 18 additional ideas that he offered to Marvel.
What about Deadpool 3? After the first two films of the strange anti-hero were well received by fans and have a score of 90% (Part 1) and 85% (Part 2) on Rotten Tomatoes, it was only a matter of time before Deadpool 3 was in store for us .
The film will be released this year, on July 24, 2024. It will be as rough as its predecessors and will push the boundaries of what is otherwise allowed to be said in Marvel films.
As usual, Ryan Reynolds stars in the lead role, and he also had a say in the content. The character is so close to his heart that he approached the producing studio Marvel with his own ideas. Some of these ideas were too unusual for Marvel boss Kevin Feige.
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What ideas did Ryan Reynolds have? The actor recently told Empire that he had developed over 18 different ideas for the third installment in the Deadpool series.
One of them is based on a real classic film. Namely Rashomon by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. This 1950 film tells the same story three times, each from different points of view. This was almost revolutionary for the time and influenced many other filmmakers.
Ryan Reynolds probably found the idea of using this concept for Deadpool exciting. Another idea of his was to shoot the film with a relatively small budget of $10 million and to go to indie festivals like the Sundance Film Festival.
Reynolds’ ideas varied in size, he says. Ultimately, Marvel boss Kevin Feige had to give his approval. And that’s why it failed.
What does Kevin Feige say about this? Most of Reynolds’ ideas were rejected by the Marvel boss. This was mainly because he didn’t know how to deal with the character Deadpool in the future after it was taken over by Disney. He says:
The truth is, I wasn’t even sure how to incorporate Deadpool. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to make mutants and the X-Men [in das MCU] and I thought it had to be more than just playing the hits. But the truth is that Ryan is an idea machine.
Kevin Feige via empireonline.com
How was the situation resolved? Ryan Reynolds’ team took some time to come up with ideas. When Hugh Jackman suddenly agreed to return as Wolverine, they changed direction and decided on a team-up of the two unusual superheroes.
From then on everything happened very quickly. According to executive producer Wendy Jacobsen, all the wheels were put into motion to make the film in just two months.
We can see on July 24th whether Deadpool 3 can hold a candle to its predecessors. At least he has an interesting new addition in Wolverine. At first, Kevin Feige also thought the idea of his return was a mistake.