With Wolverine’s inclusion, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is poised to be one of the biggest films of the summer and a major game-changer for the MCU. Before Disney purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019 and decided to fold the “X-Men” into the MCU, the original plot for “Deadpool 3” was wildly different, although it was always supposed to feature Wolverine in some capacity.
Once it was decided that Deadpool would be joining the MCU, Ryan Reynolds pitched several ideas that Marvel Studios rejected. While concrete plot details for “Deadpool & Wolverine” are vague, it’s clear that the multiverse is playing a major role in the picture’s narrative. The trailers have done an excellent job of teasing a Wolverine who is mourning the loss of the X-Men, likely because of his own actions. Still, the question on everyone’s minds is if the threequel will do the character of Logan justice, especially after his nearly two-decade-long arc was closed with grace.
Director Shawn Levy wants fans to know that Wolverine’s inclusion in the film isn’t gimmicky or cheap. “So the story, the tone, the movie itself leans into that gift of having Deadpool and Wolverine co-starring in a movie for the first time,” Levy told Collider in 2023 before the film was officially titled “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
Audiences can look forward to the next chapter in the “Deadpool” saga on June 26.
