James Marsden Shares SONIC 3 Filmed Near DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Set

After years of speculating, in 2022, Marvel Studios confirmed that Deadpool would officially join the MCU for a third installment of the R-rated comic book franchise at the start of Phase Six. This would mark the first official character of the Fox X-Men universe joining the MCU (although Patrick Stewart as a variant Professor X in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness kinda counts too, we suppose).

James Marsden Cyclops Deadpool and Wolverine
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Deadpool & Wolverine will likely be riddled with cameos. And everyone has their wishlists for which past actors and characters might return for the film. For me, James Marsden is first on the list. We need Marsden to return as Cyclops in Deadpool & Wolverine. It wouldn’t be the same without him. But will he? Well, speaking to The Playlist, Marsden himself brought up a very suspicious piece of information while speaking about a completely different topic, Sonic the Hedgehog 3. He shared, “We just wrapped, actually. We were near the ‘Deadpool’ [production] stages actually up there in Pinewood… Yeah, this is a little… umm…bit of a Pandora’s box.”

It sure is. But is that a cameo tease from Marsden, or just a stray observation? We guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Here is everything we know so far about Deadpool & Wolverine.

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The Deadpool 3 logo.
Marvel Studios

Thanks to a Super Bowl trailer (check it out below!), we know that this film, formerly called Deadpool 3, is actually Deadpool & Wolverine.

Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Plot

The plot of Deadpool & Wolverine remains a mystery. All we know is that Hugh Jackman is returning as Wolverine, and that it takes place before the feral X-Man’s death in Logan. In fact, Jackman has confirmed that time travel will be involved in the threequel in a big way.

As most folks know by now, Deadpool’s third solo film will reunite him with his X-Men Origins: Wolverine co-star. Deadpool and Wolverine will work together, although they have made it very clear that these two characters “hate each other.” It will not be a love-fest in this story. But the fact that Deadpool & Wolverine is smack in the middle of the Multiverse Saga should give us all a clue as to what’s going to go down, and probable multiversal shenanigans will ensue.

Dogpool, of course, will also star.

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We also now know what Deadpool & Wolverine‘s new official logo looks like thanks to a fun poster.

full poster for Deadpool & Wolverine movie with a friendship heart locket with character masks on it and words best friends
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Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Cast

Hugh Jackman returns as Wolverine in the MCU Deadpool 3 movie
20th Century Studios

We know Hugh Jackman will return, along with the very obvious Ryan Reynolds. Here’s who else we know about: Karan Soni, cab driver Dopinder, Leslie Uggams, Emma Corrin, and Matthew Macfadyen. In exciting news, Morena Baccarin and Stefan Kapicic are reprising their roles as Vanessa and Colossus in Deadpool & Wolverine. So are Rob Delaney’s Peter, Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), and Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio). Jennifer Garner’s Elektra from the 2003 Daredevil Marvel Fox movie is also reported to reprise her role in this MCU film.

split image of Vanessa and Colossus from Deadpool franchise returning for Deadpool 3
20th Century Studios

Behind the Scenes

Deadpool & Wolverine‘s director for this third outing will be Shawn Levy, most recently known for his work on Stranger Things. This would be a reunion for Levy and Reynolds, as the pair previously worked together on the movie Free Guy. Levy is also known for the time travel movie The Adam Project.

On the writing side of things are Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, writers for the popular animated series Bob’s Burgers. The writers for the first two Deadpool films, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, are also contributing to movie number three’s screenplay, as is Ryan Reynolds himself.

Deadpool & Wolverine Release Date

First look at Hugh Jackman Wolverine MCU suit from Deadpool 3, his yellow costume form the comics in high quality. Deadpool and Wolverine walking.
Marvel Studios

Deadpool & Wolverine will arrive on July 26, 2024.

Originally published on January 4, 2023.

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