Last week a rumour surfaced online claiming that 20th Century Fox had decided that next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix would be its final Marvel movie before the studio’s acquisition by Disney, which seemingly meant the end for several planned projects.
Well, it turns out that may not be the case after all, as That Hashtag Show is reporting that Fox still intends on moving ahead with the Deadpool 2 spinoff X-Force, and that Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Josh Brolin (Cable) and Zazie Beetz (Domino) are now all confirmed to reprise their roles.
As yet, there’s no word as to whether the aforementioned trio will be joined by their Deadpool 2 costars and X-Force teammates Terry Crews, Lewis Tan and Bill Skarsgard. Presumably there’ll be a place for them, if they survive the Deadpool sequel of course…
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X-Force is being directed by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) and is currently in production ahead of a planned October filming start date.
Marvel’s motormouth mercenary is back! Bigger, better and occasionally more pantless than ever before. When a super soldier arrives on a murderous mission, Deadpool is forced to think about friendship, family and what it really means to be a hero – all while kicking 50 shades of ass. Because, sometimes, to do the right thing you need to fight dirty.
Deadpool 2 sees David Leitch (John Wick) directing a cast that includes returning stars Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), T.J. Miller (Weasel), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Stefan Kapicic (Colossus), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al) and Karan Soni (Dopinder) alongside new additions Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) as Domino, Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War) as Cable, Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as Bedlam, Lewis Tan (Iron Fist) as Shatterstar, Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) as Russell, Jack Kesy (The Strain) as the film’s villain, and Shioli Kutsuna (The Outsider), Eddie Marsan (Atomic Blonde) and Bill Skarsgard (It) in as-yet-unrevealed roles. It is set for release on May 15th 2018 in the UK and May 18th in North America.
Originally published April 27, 2018. Updated November 21, 2019.
