The WGA strike recently concluded and we're hoping SAG-AFTRA members will also get a fair deal in the coming days. Negotiations are ongoing and, providing they go well, actors could be ready to return to work as soon as next week.
When that happens, there will be a huge rush to resume production on countless TV shows and movies, including Marvel Studios' Deadpool 3. While there have been rumblings the threequel won't meet its planned May 2024 release date, a new report from The Wrap contradicts those claims.
When the actors' strike ends, certain productions will take precedence over others (that's something studios will have to figure out between themselves) and, in Disney's case, Deadpool 3 is said to be a "top priority." The studio wants this movie in theaters next May so cameras will begin rolling as soon as possible.
The movie is expected to be an Avengers-sized event, so we're not exactly shocked Marvel Studios and Disney would like to keep that prime May slot.
Production began this past May and ran through July before those working on it were forced to down tools.
"We were halfway through filming Deadpool, co-starring Wolverine," director Shawn Levy later explained. "It was a joy every day, and that chemistry is, I have to say, spoiler alert, it is as relentlessly awesome as we had all hoped it would be. But we are halfway through filming, we shut down, our crew and the rest of us are awaiting a fair and equitable deal that ends these strikes and puts our industry and certainly inclusive of our movie back at work."
Deadpool 3 will be a huge part of the Multiverse Saga and is rumoured to feature the Merc with the Mouth and Wolverine rounding up a plethora of alternate reality heroes so the TVA can rebuild a new world when Kang's Multiversal war begins.
Alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, Deadpool franchise vets Karan Soni (Dopinder), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Stefan Kapicic (Colossus), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio), and Rob Delaney (Peter) are all set to return in this threequel.
Emma Corrin is expected to play Cassandra Nova, while Matthew Macfadyen will likely take on the role of a TVA agent named Paradox. It's also been confirmed that Jennifer Garner will reprise her role as Elektra, with Liev Schreiber, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellen among the many names rumoured to appear.
Deadpool 3 is currently set to be released in theaters on May 3, 2024.