We’ve waited since 2000 to see Hugh Jackman in the iconic yellow Wolverine costume, and the wait will soon be over as he returns in Deadpool 3.
In an interview with EW, director Shawn Levy has been chatting about the recently-revealed new costume for Logan in Deadpool 3, how it leaked, and why he was overjoyed with the online reaction.
“Like the rest of the world, I’ve waited two decades to see Wolverine in a whole movie with Deadpool, and I don’t know if this is our last shot at Wolverine on screen, so I was going to make goddamned sure we get the old yellow and blue just once, and that we get it right,” says the filmmaker.
Explaining the process, he adds that it took “multiple, multiple, multiple iterations and fittings” to ensure the suit was correct. “It also helps that I’m making this movie within the MCU, so I have access to an army of the nerdiest nerds available to a Marvel project.”
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He continues, saying that he and Reynolds “wanted our movie to be grounded and not feel like a bunch of physical environments filmed on a soundstage,” which called for a bit of the film to be shot on location. That’s how he says the entire leaked photo incident happens: “Fortunately, “it seems global reaction to those costumes has been overwhelmingly positive, so all’s well that ends well.”
Production on the project began in May in London and at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. When the SAG-AFTRA strike began, filming was paused. Some of the shoot is also expected to occur in Vancouver, Canada.
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Deadpool 3 will be directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy) and stars Reynolds alongside Deadpool veterans Stefan Kapacic (Colossus), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Karan Soni (Dopinder), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al), Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio) and Rob Delaney (Peter) as well as Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Jennifer Garner as Elektra and new additions Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Emma Corrin (The Crown) in as yet unspecified roles.
Deadpool 3 is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 3rd, 2024.
