Deadpool 3 will finally be arriving in cinemas this July, and we've now had a new look at the eagerly-awaited MCU movie.
The new trailer for the movie, officially titled Deadpool & Wolverine, landed on April 22. It's the second trailer for the threequel, following the first trailer debuting during the Super Bowl in February 2024.
In case you haven't been following the development of the movie at all, Deadpool 3 will be bringing back Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. We still have no idea exactly how he'll be coming back though.
There are plenty of other returning cast members too, so to mark the new trailer release, here's everything you need to know about Deadpool 3.
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Deadpool 3 release date: When will Deadpool and Wolverine be released?
Deadpool 3 will now arrive in cinemas on July 26, a slight delay from its original May 3, 2024 release.
UK audiences will get to see the movie one day earlier as Deadpool 3 is released in UK cinemas on July 25.
Originally, the movie was scheduled to hit cinemas on September 6, 2024, before it was pushed back to November 8, 2024, and suddenly moved forward again six months ahead, before being delayed to its current date.
Hopefully that date won't change now that filming has wrapped as of January 24, 2024. Ryan Reynolds marked the occasion by sharing a crotch shot, naturally, while Hugh Jackman shared a video of him getting a haircut.
The movie initially filmed from May to July 2023, before being shut down by the writers' and actors' strikes in Hollywood.
It then resumed in late November where the production was hit by set leaks, but you won't be seeing any of those leaks here as we want to keep the surprise.
Deadpool 3 trailer: Watch the Deadpool and Wolverine trailers here!
As mentioned above, the first Deadpool 3 trailer arrived during the Super Bowl on February 11, 2024.
It might not feature much of Wolverine beyond his back and his shadow, but we do get a Loki crossover as Wade Wilson is taken to the TVA and plenty of teases of the movie's bloody set pieces.
Check it out below:
The first trailer set a new record with 365 million views in its first 24 hours, breaking Spider-Man: No Way Home's record as the most-viewed trailer of all time.
We'll wait to see whether the second trailer can match – or even surpass – that record. The new trailer landed on April 22, giving us our best look yet at Wolverine in the movie and also the first look at Emma Corrin's villain.
If you missed it above, check it out below:
Deadpool 3 cast: Who's going to be in Deadpool and Wolverine?
Well, of course, Ryan Reynolds was always going to be back as Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, and he's got some major company.
As mentioned above, Hugh Jackman will be making his MCU debut as Wolverine. We still don't know exactly how it'll work canon-wise, but we assume there's going to be some multiversal shenanigans going on.
Back in December 2022, Jackman explained: "All because of this device they have in the Marvel world of moving around timelines now, we can go back because it's 'science'. And so I don't have to screw with the Logan timeline, which was important to me, and I think probably to the fans, too."
Reynolds has technically already made his MCU debut in an advert with Thor: Ragnarok character Korg, as well as getting a name drop in the Avengers Campus ride Avengers Assemble: Flight Force.
There's a pretty exciting new addition to the overall Marvel universe as well, as Emma Corrin has been confirmed to appear in the movie as the lead villain.
We don't yet know officially who they'll be playing, but the second trailer appeared to confirm the rumours that Corrin is playing X-Men supervillain Cassandra Nova.
Succession star Matthew Macfadyen will also be making his MCU debut in Deadpool 3 and the first trailer revealed he's playing a TVA agent, rumoured to be Mr Paradox.
Deadpool 2 introduced us to a range of new heroes in the X-Force team and we now know that Stefan Kapičić is back as Colossus.
The first trailer also revealed the returns of fellow X-Force teammates Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan) and Peter (Rob Delaney).
We won't be seeing Domino (Zazie Beetz), though: the actress confirmed she will not be returning for the third film.
One character who already cheated death (as long as Deadpool 2's post-credits sequence is canon) in the franchise is Vanessa, Deadpool's girlfriend. Morena Baccarin was confirmed in April 2023 to be returning as Vanessa and she's seen in the first trailer.
Baccarin previously defended Vanessa's lack of screen time in the sequel after fans accused the movie of 'fridging' her.
"I can understand that people felt that way and I certainly was disappointed that I didn't have more to do, because I just loved the part so much," she said.
"But in watching the film and reading the script, it felt like such an emotionally pivotal role in the film and the entire arc of his character in the film is set into motion because of what happens to my character."
The first trailer for Deadpool 3 also revealed the surprise return of Aaron Stanford, reprising his X-Men role as Pyro, while the second trailer appeared to reveal the returns of Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) and Azazel (Jason Flemyng).
We still don't know whether Josh Brolin will be back as Cable, but we definitely know that Vinnie Jones isn't making a return as Juggernaut, despite being offered a role.
We were already pretty sure Blind Al would be returning thanks to a tweet between Reynolds and Leslie Uggams, who plays the roommate, and it was officially confirmed in March 2023 that Uggams would be back.
The same announcement revealed that Karan Soni is also back as Dopinder for his third Deadpool outing.
And if another MCU crossover is on your wishlist with Charlie Cox dropping by as Daredevil, then stop hoping: Cox ruled out a Deadpool 3 appearance in December 2023. But then again, he would say that, wouldn't he?
We are (probably) getting the return of Jennifer Garner as Elektra though. It was reported in July 2023, but Garner stopped short of confirming it when asked about her comeback in November 2023.
Patrick Stewart has also been teasing a return as Charles Xavier saying that "it has come up", but didn't confirm anything.
One person who might be appearing is Taylor Swift, who has been heavily rumoured to be playing Dazzler. Unsurprisingly, Levy is remaining tight-lipped about the reports.
"I'm going across the board 'no comment' because that's a double whammy," he noted. "That's Taylor-related. And it's MCU-related. I'm no dummy. You're going to have to wait and see."
Reynolds added in late November 2023: "Every single one of these secrets and spoilers will be revealed on July 26."
Deadpool 3 plot: What will Deadpool and Wolverine be about?
Even though we now have the first trailer, we still don't fully know what Deadpool 3 will be about.
A plot tease from co-writer Rhett Reese in June 2022 had us thinking that the third movie will make Deadpool arriving in the MCU part of its story, directly addressing that he's now in a totally different universe than before rather than retconning his MCU status.
The first trailer appeared to confirm this, with Deadpool being taken to the TVA and given a chance to be a "hero among heroes". It suggests that the first two movies still exist, rather than the new movie being a complete reboot for the character.
The second trailer then teased that Deadpool needs Wolverine's help to save his world, with Wolverine having experience of worlds being destroyed before. "This Wolverine let down his entire world," Macfadyen's TVA agent says.
Before Jackman's involvement was confirmed, Reynolds had tweeted in January 2021 that the third movie was going to be a Rashomon-style road trip with Deadpool and Wolverine before the Disney-Fox merger.
Is this now going to be the case? Rashomon revolved around several people revealing different perspectives on how a samurai was murdered in a forest. Could Wolverine be the dead samurai in this scenario?
Jackman being involved means that the movie isn't your typical threequel. "It's the third Deadpool movie, but it's not Deadpool 3. It's a different thing that's very much Deadpool and Wolverine," director Shawn Levy explained.
"And it's not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure."
All we really know about the third movie is that, unsurprisingly, Deadpool and Wolverine "hate each other".
"I'm just talking from my perspective, [Logan's] frustrated by him – [he] wants to be a million miles away from him or wants to punch him in the head," Jackman noted. "Unfortunately, he can't be a million miles away from him in this movie, so I'm probably going to punch him in the head a lot."
Could we see other X-Men stars in the movie, too? The Marvels post-credit scene saw Monica Rambeau wake up in a reality that includes Beast (Kelsey Grammer) and Binary, aka Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch).
Will we see more of this world in Deadpool 3? Only a few months to wait to find out.
Deadpool & Wolverine will be released in UK cinemas on July 25 and in US cinemas on July 26. Deadpool and Deadpool 2 are available to watch now on Disney+.
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