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Deadpool 2 Thanksgiving poster riffs on Norman Rockwell

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20th Century Fox has kicked off the promotion for next year’s hugely-anticipated superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which riffs on American Artist Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want’ painting, and sees Merc with a Mouth joined around the Thanksgiving table by Cable, Domino, Weasel, Colossus, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa and Dopinder. Oh, and there’s even […]

Ryan Reynolds ponders Deadpool’s future amid Disney/Fox takeover talk

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Yesterday it was revealed that The Walt Disney Company has held early discussions with 21st Century Fox about acquiring parts of its operation, including the movie studio 20th Century Fox. While reports indicate that a deal between the two parties is unlikely, should it go through, it would mean that Marvel Studios would regain the […]

Tyler Bates to score Deadpool 2

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With Junkie XL opting against a return in a show of solidarity with outgoing director Tim Miller, 20th Century Fox has enlisted a new composer to score its upcoming superhero sequel Deadpool 2, with Film Music Reporter revealing that the task has fallen to Tyler Bates. Bates has previously collaborated with Deadpool 2 helmer David […]

UPDATE: A stunt performer has died on the set of Deadpool 2

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Tragedy has struck the the set of Deadpool 2 today, with news coming out of Vancouver that a female stunt performer has been killed whilst performing a motorcycle stunt for the hotly-anticipated superhero sequel. According to reports, the as-yet-unnamed stuntwoman has successfully completed the stunt four times, but something went wrong on a fifth attempt, […]

Deadpool 2 director promises more action

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As development continues on Deadpool 2, new director David Leitch has been chatting to Empire about the hotly-anticipated sequel, stating that he plans ramping up the action from its predecessor. “There’s more action in this film. I hope we can expand it and make it interesting in an 87Eleven kinda way,” said Leitch, referring to […]

Rumour: Stranger Things’ David Harbour testing for Cable in Deadpool 2

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Over the past few months, we’ve had several actors linked to the role of Nathan Summers, a.k.a. Cable, in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool sequel, and now we can add another name to the list. According to El Mayime, Stranger Things star David Harbour is being eyed to play Cable, and has apparently screen-tested for the […]

Hugh Jackman rejects possibility of a Wolverine/Deadpool team-up, is ready to see another actor as Logan

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With the much anticipated arrival of the latest X-Men film, Logan, only a short time away, and with reviews for the Wolverine spin-off being rather impressive, talk about Fox’s two favourite R-rated heroes Wolverine and Deadpool teaming up has once again has ramped up. It seems like it would be a sure thing for the […]

Deadpool 2 adds Drew Goddard as a script consultant

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It appears that in addition to replacing its director (John Wick co-director David Leitch is now on board to steer the ship following Tim Miller’s exit due to creative differences), Fox is also shuffling up the writing team on Deadpool 2. Collider is reporting that Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) has been brought in to […]

Deadpool 2 will reportedly start shooting in May

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It looks like 2017 is going to be a busy year for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise on the production front; Josh Boone’s X-Men: The New Mutants begins filming in the Spring, with the next instalment of the main franchise, X-Men: Supernova, also expected to get underway in the summer. Now it seems we can […]