Ryan Reynolds wants to get the Deadpool & Wolverine band back together. That’s not exactly a surprise. The film smashed box office around the globe this year. What is a surprise is that this time he’s trying to book a gig outside of the MCU. Cinema’s Merc With a Mouth has revealed he is going to spend a year writing an all-new movie that will reunite Reynolds with both Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy in a film that has nothing to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yes, we can anticipate more Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Shawn Levy press tours in our future.
Variety reports the actor shared some pretty big news when appeared for an interview on an upcoming episode of the site’s Awards Circuit Podcast. That’s where Reynolds announced his plans to pen a script for a movie starring him and Hugh Jackman that would also get Levy back behind the camera. Reynolds shared, “I’m spending the year writing… I’m writing a movie for myself, Hugh [Jackman] and Shawn [Levy] to do that is not Marvel.” While Reynolds didn’t offer any specifics about the story, Variety says “his enthusiasm hinted at something fresh and unexpected.”
What he did say will likely be enough to create enthusiasm among moviegoers, though. As shared in the quote above, Reynolds reveals that the secret script he’ll work on for the next 12 months has nothing to do with the MCU, but it will still reunite him with the two people he found tremendous success in in the Marvel world. Sounds like a good recipe to us. In addition to bringing Reynolds back in the saddle with Jackman, the movie will also mark the fourth time he teams with director Shawn Levy. The two previously also worked on Free Guy and The Adam Project.
Considering the obvious reverence all three have for each other, it’s not surprising that they want to work together again. It’s also not hard to understand why Reynolds, Jackman, and Levy might also like the creative freedom provided by working on a movie outside the MCU. The infinite multiverse comes with a lot of strings attached. But this film doesn’t mean the three won’t return to the MCU at some point. Even if this new movie were to disappoint at the box office, it wouldn’t stop Marvel Studios from bringing any of them back for another.
But no matter their MCU future, the Deadpool & Wolverine band is getting back together. For those who love seeing Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman on screen together, that will be music to their ears.