Is DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Ryan Reynolds' Mystery X-MEN Team-Up Movie Really X-FORCE?

Is DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Ryan Reynolds' Mystery X-MEN Team-Up Movie Really X-FORCE?

With Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds reportedly hard at work on a new movie for Marvel Studios (pairing the Merc with a Mouth up with various X-Men characters), all signs point to it being X-Force.

By JoshWilding - May 03, 2025 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

Yesterday evening, the news broke that Ryan Reynolds is in the early stages of writing a new Deadpool movie that will see the Merc with a Mouth paired up with "three or four" X-Men characters. 

Wade Wilson would be a supporting player in the project that's separate from the X-Men reboot being written by Michael Lesslie for Marvel Studios. Reynolds is currently working independently from the studio, so it's unclear whether the project will come to fruition. 

However, with Marvel Studios looking to put the X-Men front and centre and Deadpool & Wolverine proving to be one of its biggest hits during the Multiverse Saga, we're sure Kevin Feige won't hesitate to bring Reynolds back into the fold. 

What will this mysterious movie be? Well, scooper @MyTimeToShineH is strongly hinting that, as many of you have theorised, this is an X-Force feature. 

Deadpool has a storied history with the team; one of the most memorable came during Rick Remender's X-Force run. In that, the anti-hero was paired up with Wolverine, Archangel, Psylocke, and Fantomex. We also know that Reynolds was eager to develop an X-Force movie when the X-Men rights were still with 20th Century Fox. 

That project started taking shape before the Disney/Fox merger, and Reynolds even hinted at it during Deadpool 2's final act when the Merc's costume was given a grey makeover. 

"There are no updates to share just yet," Reynolds said while addressing Deadpool's MCU future last December. "But I trust Kevin and [Marvel exec] Lou D’Esposito with my life. The character trait I love most about Deadpool is that he’s a fanboy. His enthusiasm and longing to be part of a team is really endearing to me. It’s his overarching wish-fulfillment story."

"But I don’t think he should ever be an Avenger or an X-Man," he added. "If he becomes either, we’re at the end."

Asked if that means he'd turn down Avengers: DoomsdayAvengers: Secret Wars, or even the eventual X-Men reboot, he responded, "Just the opposite! I think Deadpool works so well appearing with the X-Men and Avengers, but he always needs to stay an outsider. His ultimate dream is to be accepted and appreciated. But he can’t be accepted."

"His coping mechanism of deflecting shame through humor works only when used to pave over his many inadequacies. If and when he does become an Avenger or X-Man, we’re at the end of his journey," Reynolds noted. 

Based on these remarks, it appears any solo Deadpool movies that do happen will pair the character up with other superheroes because, as Reynolds put it, "I have some pitches and ideas, but none of them center on Deadpool. He is a great supporting or ensemble player. And I would always want Deadpool and Wolverine to be paired in some way."

It's hard to imagine any comic book fan not being on board with the idea of an X-Force movie. Unless the Multiverse is set to continue after Avengers: Secret Wars, the project wouldn't be set on Earth-10005 and Reynolds will instead have to work around what Marvel Studios has planned for its new Uncanny X-Men. 

We'd imagine Reynolds is eager to reunite with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, though that surely hinges on whether the actor also intends to stick around. A fun idea might be to put Deadpool in a Multiversal team, but we'll see what the actor and writer cooks up.

Stay tuned for updates as we have them. 

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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 5/3/2025, 11:25 AM
Oh god no. Please let it be just a rumor. Reynolds' writing is pathetic.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/3/2025, 2:59 PM
@vectorsigma - yea Xforce would be fire if Drew Goddard was still attached but an Xforce film written by Reynolds will be a letdown.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 5/3/2025, 11:17 PM
@McMurdo - i agree.

I also think a mutant team movie needs an xmen first class approach. Matthew Vaughn is really underrated on it.

Anyway. Reynolds' writing lacks any subtlety and class and rely on fanservice and cringe humor.

Abd isnt he supposed to be busy with the Baldoni case? Lolz!
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 5/3/2025, 11:27 AM
Uncanny X-Force would be rad. Assuming they focus on characters who won’t be part of the X-men reboot, at least at first (e.g., Wolverine, Domino, Psylocke, Cable, etc.), it allows them to keep an R-rated corner of the MCU while not interrupting those plans. Win-win, and double the billions. Smart.
Vigor
Vigor - 5/3/2025, 1:14 PM
@Jackraow21 - this!
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/3/2025, 1:25 PM
@Jackraow21 - I would switch up the team a bit. I would have it with Deadpool, Domino, Cable, Wolverine, Gambit, and Psylocke. It could be a cleanup crew for the TVA after the events of Secret Wars. They exist outside of 616 but as a Multiversal group of assassins
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 5/3/2025, 1:54 PM
@SonOfAGif - I can dig it. I kind of figured this might be new actors in these roles at this point, but that could work too.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/3/2025, 2:50 PM
@Jackraow21 - We would still get new actors but X-Force would exist outside of that. Perhaps being sent on missions that may or may not disrupt the timeline/peace post Secret Wars. They would be the only active variants sort of doing their own thing while co-existing with the new Sacred Timeline.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 5/3/2025, 11:29 AM
that would be the best direction for Deadpool. Ive seen Reynolds say before that Deadpool should always play off other characters and I agree. I know they did a jokey x force in the second one but they could really make a cool x men movie with just wolverine, Psylock, warpath, Deadpool, and maybe bring back domino or colossus. That would leave an x men movie for the original 5. Maybe an adaptation of sinister trying to get his hands on jean gray, though I am kind of over them trying to make the dark phoenix saga work lol
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 5/3/2025, 11:40 AM
Bets he puts in a Chicken Jockey reference in it?
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 5/3/2025, 11:44 AM
Deadpool is a difficult character to keep fresh. I enjoyed deadpool 1, that's about it
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 5/3/2025, 12:48 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - Cable & Juggernaut were my biggest interests in Deadpool 2, other than that… yikes.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 5/3/2025, 1:04 PM
@WruceBayne - that's fair
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 5/3/2025, 11:47 AM
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mountainman
mountainman - 5/3/2025, 2:29 PM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - That storyline had the most empathetic version of Wade ever written.
TheJester187
TheJester187 - 5/3/2025, 11:56 AM
Gimmie a X-Force movie with Omega Red as the Villain.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 5/3/2025, 11:58 AM
@TheJester187 - I just posted X-Force vs Stryfe... but Omega Red would be cool too.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 5/3/2025, 12:20 PM
@TheJester187 - I like it! But not until the new X-men characters are established. None of this “let’s waste classic stories on the old crew” nonsense.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 5/3/2025, 12:00 PM
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TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 5/3/2025, 12:18 PM
"Well, scooper @MyTimeToShineH is strongly hinting that, as many of you have theorised, this is an X-Force feature."

This about sums up MTTSH. Takes what most people theorize and passes it off as a scoop.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 5/3/2025, 12:22 PM
Would be a damn good reason to bring Cable back since it was his team for years.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/3/2025, 12:46 PM
While I thought DP & W was solid , I would think Ryan would want Hugh back for Wolverine if he is indeed doing X Force which I don’t want after SW personally so I kinda hope this doesn’t happen…

I wouldn’t mind if Reynolds Deadpool is integrated into the MCU and we got an X Force then with new actors in the rest of the roles.

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bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/3/2025, 2:00 PM
"scooper @MyTimeToShineH is strongly hinting that, as many of you have theorised, this is an X-Force feature."

At this point, might as well just credit the users. I often see rumours that are exactly the same as comments I read before. But they might also be because they're just good guesses.

That said, X-Force would be cool, but I rather see a proper X-Men movie. Maybe in May 2028?
Nolanite
Nolanite - 5/3/2025, 2:11 PM
Ryan Reynolds needs to give Marvel the finger and let them rot in filmmaking hell.

He clearly has said that he was restricted to putting his version on the screen. He's even lucky that they allowed him to get his movie a R rated rating.

Plus, Ryan is looking kinda old now and days. Also, they need to stop with all of that nostalgia crap.

It can only work for so much.

Nolanite out
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 5/3/2025, 3:58 PM
He wears a red suit and when he takes his mask off his face is basically a mask of scar tissue. Does it matter how old he is?
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 5/3/2025, 2:31 PM
So long as they keep him and this project separate from the X-Men reboot I don't give a damn. I'm Deadpooled out.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 5/3/2025, 3:22 PM
Most overrated actor working today
GenD
GenD - 5/3/2025, 7:15 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of D&P. Sounds good to me!

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