Ryan Reynolds is at the top of his game with the release of Deadpool & Wolverine. The newly-released blockbuster hit brought both Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to the MCU. Naturally, however, fans are curious about the future – and now Ryan Reynolds has spoken about what’s next for Deadpool.
Fortunately, Reynolds is still eager to return to the role. After all, he is one of the reasons that the movie Deadpool finally got made and why it became such a success much like its sequels. It’s understandable, then, that fans hope he’ll continue to reprise the role for the MCU.
While speaking with Steve Weintraub of Collider, however, Ryan Reynolds gave a clearer answer as to Deadpool’s future. For now, he assures fans that Deadpool & Wolverine is intended as a stand-alone installment. Though, excitingly enough, he hopes to return at some point.
Here’s what he shared via Collider:
“I would say that Shawn and I have been pretty clear, I think, in the most loving way, because talk about the greatest uptown problem any human beings could have is a studio like that saying, ‘What’s next?’ Or ‘How can we make something else?’ But this movie was made as a complete experience . It wasn’t meant to be a commercial for another movie. It wasn’t meant to be any of that stuff. And, I think I get a great deal of joy making a movie like that. But honestly, right in this moment, I have no idea if I’ll ever wear that Deadpool suit again — I hope I do — but I don’t know. Right now’s the time to just kind of hang it up for a bit and see what happens next.”
As for director Shawn Levy, he also says that Deadpool & Wolverine was directed as a stand-alone venture. Disney actually didn’t pressure them at all to set up any kind of sequels so long as they made one great movie. As such, even Levy is waiting to see what the future holds for Deadpool:
“A lot of people have asked me, ‘Were you pressured to service the next movie or set up something in Avengers?’ Really, to their credit, neither Disney or Marvel ever asked us to serve anything beyond one really satisfying self-contained story . And we made exactly that with their support. So, as far as the future, time will tell.”
Fortunately, Deadpool & Wolverine has been massively successful at the box office and with fans and critics. As such, it seems like it’s already reached the numbers required to greenlight a continuation. Of course, we’ll have to see if that’s the direction Disney ultimately chooses for Ryan Reynolds and his potential future as Deadpool.