Last night's Loki finale revealed how the God of Mischief created the Multiverse, giving those on every timeline free will and the chance to fight back in the Multiversal War which is on the horizon courtesy of Kang and his many Variants.
There have long been rumblings about next summer's Deadpool 3 featuring the Time Variance Authority and, for a while, it sounded like Owen Wilson would appear in the threequel as Mobius. Now, though, we have additional details about how Loki sets the stage for the Merc with the Mouth and Wolverine's long-awaited team-up.
"The events of Deadpool 3 take place after the Loki [season 2] finale," scooper @MyTimeToShineH claims. "The TVA got word that the Kangs are gathering and a new Multiversal War is about to start so they create an army of Multiversal heroes, mostly from dying worlds, to fight the Council of Kangs."
"Mr. Paradox is replacing Mobius (Mobius was going to be in it for a while and could still have a cameo but they decided to just leave him out of this story. He'll be back in full in the Avengers films) and is trying to recruit Wolverine. Deadpool who's a prisoner at the TVA after messing with time hears about it and [escapes]. His plan is to get Wolverine to come with him instead so they could become BFFs."
If that is indeed the premise of the movie, then it sounds awesome. We've heard that a group of Multiversal heroes will be key in the next Avengers movies, so all signs point to Deadpool 3 being a must-see chapter in the wider Multiverse Saga.
In fact, that's something The Hollywood Reporter mentioned lately when the trade said, "[it's] the most important project for the studio outside of anything with Avengers in the title." With it now the only MCU movie heading to theaters in 2024, Marvel Studios is likely banking on Deadpool 3 putting the Multiverse Saga back on the right track and being a $1+ billion hit, to boot.
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, Ian McKellen, singer Taylor Swift (potentially as Dazzler), and even Loki's Owen Wilson expected to appear.
Deadpool 3 is set to be released in theaters on July 26, 2024.