And so Fox’s X-Men Universe comes crashing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe via the medium of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool! But is it the really real MCU, or another parallel universe? Honestly, we can’t keep track.
How to watch Deadpool & Wolverine in New Zealand
Deadpool & Wolverine arrives in New Zealand cinemas on July 24.
Deadpool & Wolverine
What is Deadpool & Wolverine about?
Corporate synergy.
But really, only the thinnest scraps of story are currently known—Deadpool goes to the MCU courtesy of the Time Variance Authority featured in Loki, teaming up with an alternate universe version of Wolverine for a mission that promises to change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever. There will be fights. Quips. Surprise cameos. The fourth wall will be shattered beyond repair. You know the drill.
This latest entry in the Deadpool series is directed by Shawn Levy, who previously directed Reynolds in Free Guy and The Adam Project, and Jackman in Real Steel. But we’ll always remember him for his turn in the criminally underseen, none-more-80s urban Tarzan thriller, Wild Thing. Track that one down.
The cast of Deadpool & Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool; Hugh Jackman is Wolverine, Morena Baccarin is Deadpool’s squeeze, Vanessa; Leslie Uggams is his roommate, Blind Al; Karan Soni is hapless taxi driver Dopinder: Brianna Hildebrand is snarky X-Man Negasonic Teenage Warhead; Shioli Kutsuna is Yukio, her girlfriend; Rob Delaney is amiable regular dude Peter; Lewis Tan is Shatterstar, who we were pretty sure was dead; Aaron Stanford is Pyro; Stefan Kapičić is the voice of Colossus. And bizarrely enough, Jennifer Garner is reprising her role as Elektra, a character she first played in the coolly received 2003 Daredevil movie; while Tyler Mane returns as Sabreooth, a character he last played all the way back in 2000’s X-Men.
And in breaking news, Emma Corrin’s unnamed villain has been revealed to be Cassandra Nova, Professor Charles Xavier’s evil twin sister.
Deadpool & Wolverine trailer
Why we’re excited about Deadpool & Wolverine
Well, look: Reynolds was born to play this role, right? It fits him like a glove. And it’ll be fun to see Hugh as Wolverine again, even though we can’t shake the feeling it’s a bit of a disservice to the excellent Logan. But what we’re really curious about is how the raunchy, free-wheeling sensibilities of Deadpool are gonna jibe with the much more family-friendly MCU. We shall see, although that new trailer ticks all the right boxes.
