British Australian actor Hugh Jackman returns to the famous character "Wolverine" in the third part of the "Deadpool 3" movie series, after he retired from this role in 2017 in the movie "Logan".
The hero of the movie "Deadpool", Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, announced the news through Jackman's official account on Twitter, as well as the release date of the next movie on September 6, 2024, and it is known that both stars have a long friendship, and this is the second time that they meet The two fictional characters together in a movie.
Yeah, sure.
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— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) September 27, 2022
Wolverine comes back to life
Hugh Jackman played Wolverine for the first time in 2000 in the first part of the X-Men films, which transformed him from a famous actor into an international movie star.
After 17 years of presenting the character in 9 films, Jackman decided to retire in one of the best superhero films ever, "Logan", which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Screenplay, and in which the character died, affecting millions of viewers.
So did the character "Deadpool", in the career of Ryan Reynolds, he was re-released after his fame fell dramatically, and he remained for a long time in the romantic comedies that fell into disrepair.
In 2009, Reynolds made the first appearance of Deadpool in the movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", in which Deadpool and Wolverine were enemies, will this relationship change in the upcoming movie?
success and prospects
The first part of the "Deadpool" films was an unexpected success;
Although he came with an "R" rating (for adults only) - which is supposed to reduce his popularity - his revenues amounted to $ 782 million, and made Reynolds one of the most important movie stars in the world.
Directing Deadpool 3, Sean Levy is the director who has made a golden duo with Reynolds in the past few years, having directed two hugely successful films, "Free Guy" and "The Adam Project."
These works contributed to directing Levi out of his directorial isolation, and it was the last film he directed before that in 2014.
The movie "Deadpool 3" poses a great challenge for Levi, especially as it constitutes his entry into the world of superheroes, away from comedy and action, with expectations that this will bring some renewal to the Marvel world.
Deadpool and Marvel
Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, thus acquiring the rights to the X-Men movies. A very important question arose, who is the next Wolverine in the shadow of Jackman's retirement?
This film will become the first Deadpool film under the Marvel Studios umbrella, as well as the second time that Hugh Jackman will work with Kevin Feig, Marvel's godfather credited with developing the extended Marvel Cinematic Universe and head of the studio, who began his career producing the first X-Men films. .
Fears and features
Despite all this happy news for fans of this type of film, there are some logical fears among some;
Deadpool films got their own uniqueness from their adult-only rating that their makers unleashed on screen, and Logan later took advantage of this rating, making these films violent and bloody and significantly different from the usual Marvel films that tend to be family and cute.
In addition to violence, these films also feature a higher level of maturity than other superhero films in the crises experienced by the characters, from Deadpool's outburst of disfigurement against his will;
He turned into a supernatural when one of the doctors convinced him of a medical experiment that cured him of the deadly disease he suffers. The experiment removed the disease, but also changed his appearance, and gained him abilities that he does not care about, so he turned into an “antihero” who does not care about helping others, but only desires in survival.
On the other hand, "Wolverine" suffered grief for the loss of all those close to him as a result of his long life in his latest films, and he has become an elderly fighter, indifferent to his life, seeking to end it were it not for the simple ties that bind him to the girl whose abilities indicate that she is the next Wolverine.
Changes and questions
Can Disney and Marvel be able to keep the spirit of the two characters as they are without compromising them and try to fit them into the ideal mold of the usual Marvel characters that combine kindness of heart, personal tragedy, wit, and love for humans?
And the project still has about two years until its presentation, which means that there are a lot of changes that will happen to the characters on the Marvel universe itself, which is gradually losing its glow, which raises questions whether the movie “Deadpool 3” will become the kiss of life for this world, or Marvel ends. And kill the project before its birth?