Shawn Levy has been brought in – or maybe he should be targeted – to direct Deadpool 3.
The director is in talks to collaborate with star Ryan Reynolds on the Marvel property after previously working on 20th-century pandemic-era hit Loose Guy and the just-released sci-fi adventure film Project Adam on Netflix.
Fans have been craving a new chapter in the raunchy, violent and, of course, hilarious Deadpool series since the 2018 sequel, which featured Josh Brolin as Cable and Zazie Beetz as Domino.
Deadpool (2016) was directed by Tim Miller. The sequel was directed by David Leitch.
Reynolds regulars Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick wrote the first two films and are currently working on Deadpool 3. franchise based on the character introduced in the comics by Rob Leifeld and Fabian Niqueza.
The Deadpool films are the highest-grossing X-Men films of all time, with the first film making $783.1 million and the sequel making $785.8 million worldwide.
This will be the first Deadpool film since Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which produced the first two films. The news comes after Disney recently announced it was bringing its Netflix series to Disney+. These shows include Daredevil and The Punisher, which, along with Deadpool, are the most mature Marvel content in the Disney brand. The first two Deadpool movies are currently unavailable on Disney+, and at the time, there were concerns that Marvel might not continue the R-rated Disney family movie franchise. Then-CEO Bob Iger assuaged those concerns by saying that Deadpool could stay R-rated.
Deadpool 3 release date is unknown.
Boris Kit contributed to this story.