Big announcement for Marvel fans yesterday. There will be a Deadpool 3 movie, and it will co-star Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Both the Deadpool and Wolverine characters will make their debuts into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this film, which is set for release in September, 2024. So it’s going to be a two-year wait for the movie!
Deadpool is a strange franchise for Disney. The first two films got an R rating, and Disney has already said ok for an R rating for the third installment. We don’t know anything about the story for this third Deadpool movie, but it will probably be as edgy as the first two.
The arrival of Wolverine isn’t a complete surprise, since Deadpool 2 was basically an X-Men movie with Deadpool in it.
This is just another sign that Disney is serious about bringing some of their popular comic book characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This isn’t going to be the end of that.
As for Spider-Man, Marvel has promised that we’re going to get a new Spider-Man movie in the next few years. There’s going to be a new Venom movie as well, and that will probably be next.
I’ve been thinking about which of the more obscure Marvel characters I’d still like to see get their own movie (hint: Gwenpool!). My list of favorite Marvel characters includes the following, and most have them are already or will be in the MCU.
- Deadpool – the most successful comic book anti-hero in history. His movies have made nearly $1.5 billion worldwide so far. He’s always crazy and over-the-top, but somehow his superpower of being a sarcastic wisecracker makes him likeable.
- Hawkeye – Hawkeye has always been my favorite Avenger. He’s cool, but he’s not too cool. He has great comic book adventures, and he’s pretty well-known in the real world, too. His movie came out in 2012, and it was pretty good, although not as good as the original comic book.
- Wolverine – Logan, or Wolverine as he’s sometimes called, has been around for a long time. He’s a very grungy character. I’d like to see him get a solo film sometime in the future, but there’s not much chance of that happening. He’s supposed to star in the upcoming Deadpool 3 movie.
- Captain America – Captain America is my second favorite Avenger. He’s cool, patriotic, and he always wears his patriotic red and white uniform when he’s in trouble.
- Iron Man – Iron Man is my favorite Avenger. I like Iron Man because he’s rich and powerful. I wish he had a nicer personality, though. He seems to be pretty arrogant sometimes.
- Black Widow – Black Widow is the only female Avenger, and she’s pretty cool. She’s also the only one with any real superpowers, so she has to rely on her intelligence and her wits a lot of the time. That makes her a lot more interesting than the guys, in my opinion.
- Thor – Thor is a pretty cool superhero. He’s a big strong guy with lots of muscles who uses his hammer to beat up evil things. The problem with Thor movies is that he’s too powerful. The villain usually gets killed by the third act of the movie, and the movie is over. That’s not really a very interesting ending for a movie. I would like to see Thor movies where the villain doesn’t die so quickly. I think that would make a lot of sense in the comic book, anyway.
- She-Hulk – I think She-Hulk is a pretty cool character, but she hasn’t been around very long. It would be interesting to see how her powers work, though. She’s featured in a new TV series on Disney+