Ryan Reynolds once co-wrote the non-producing Deadpool Christmas movie

Ryan Reynolds once co-wrote a Christmas-themed Deadpool movie that was never produced. Speaking to Big Issue, the Free Guy star revealed that he, along with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick — who co-wrote the 2018 Deadpool movie and its sequel — have been working on the Christmas flick, though it’s been “lost in the shuffle.” When it acquired 21st Century Fox. Reynolds is currently starring with Will Ferrell in Spirited, the Apple TV+ musical A Christmas Carol, full of dance sequences. Turns out, the unproduced Holiday Deadpool script also had a similar theme.

“I’d like to see a song and dance number on it dead list Movie. Four years ago, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and I wrote a Christmas movie starring Deadpool,” Reynolds Tell A big problemHe discusses his love of musical numbers. “Maybe one day we’ll make this movie. It’s not a musical, but it’s a complete Deadpool Christmas movie. Someday.” This wouldn’t be the only time the Merc with a Mouth got a holiday-themed spin, as in late 2018 select theaters got a PG-13 re-release of Deadpool 2titled Once Upon a Time in Deadpool. In it, the titular protagonist is seen telling the story to Fred Savage, who played The Grandson in The Princess Bride. The premise was to recreate the situation, with Deadpool playing a grandfather, who is reading a novel in the 1987 movie.

After the commercial success of free man And the Adam ProjectReynolds met with the director Shawn Levyfor Deadpool 3. The trio brings in Hugh Jackman In the mix like Wolverinewho officially retired the sharpening adamantium claws mutant in 2017 Logan. As fans, one would expect Reynolds W Marvel Studios gone after Jackman, trying to convince him to play the character and force interaction between the two, just like in the comics. But, a variety Profile from last month He indicated that Jackman was the mastermind behind the decision. “I think, in fact, that he gave up,” he said, referring to Reynolds, who was pleading for cooperation. “I think it was a huge shock to him. There was a big pause, and then he said, ‘I can’t believe the timing of this.'”

Unlike the first two films, Deadpool 3 is a spin-off Marvel Cinematic Universe, which brings up some schedule inconsistencies, which the cast jokingly addresses in a video. “Logan takes place in 2029,” Reynolds explained in September. “A completely separate thing. Logan died in Logan. Don’t touch that.” In the comics, Deadpool is known to have a shared history with him Wolverine, where both original stories began with the mysterious Weapon X program, turning them into invulnerable killing machines. The pair maintain a rivalry throughout, which is expected to form the core of the story in Deadpool 3.

Deadpool 3 was originally slated for a September 2024 release, but it got stuck delay As the MCU has updated its calendar for Phase 5 and 6 films. The movie is now releasing two months later, on November 8, 2024. Meanwhile, its director Levi A. A Star Wars movie is in the makingOnce work on Deadpool 3 is finished.