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Deadpool’s T.J. Miller won’t return as Weasel in X-Force

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Last year, 20th Century Fox faced calls to remove T.J. Miller from Deadpool 2 after past allegations of sexual assault resurfaced. Miller – who portrays the character of Weasel – received a stay of execution, before his reputation took another hit last month after he was charged with calling in a fake bomb threat. Well, […]

Deadpool and Cable’s relationship in Deadpool 2 is “not unlike” the comics, according to David Leitch

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The internet breathed a collective sigh of relief when Josh Brolin’s Cable was finally revealed this week, and looked like he leapt straight off the page. And it looks like fans won’t have to worry about the actual characterization of Cable in Deadpool 2, or his relationship with the Merc with a Mouth either, as […]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Julian Dennison cast in Deadpool 2

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With production on Deadpool 2 now underway [check out the first set photos here and here], Ryan Reynolds has taken to Instagram to announce the latest addition to the cast of the hotly-anticipated superhero sequel in Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Julian Dennison. Reynolds shared the following photo of the young actor receiving a piggy back from […]

UPDATE: Deadpool 2 filming X-Mansion scenes in Victoria, BC

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According to CBR, filming on Deadpool 2 is currently underway in Victoria, British Columbia, with the production reportedly filming scenes at Hatley Castle, which has served as a stand-in for the X-Mansion in last year’s Deadpool, along with X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. The site reports that Ryan Reynolds has been spotted […]

Leslie Uggams returning as Blind Al in Deadpool 2

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Some of the funnier moments in Deadpool were also the least action-packed. There is just something magical about Wade Wilson sitting in his living room with elderly roommate Blind Al, complaining about Ikea furniture. Lucky for us, it looks like Blind Al will also be making an appearance in the upcoming Deadpool 2. Blackfilm.com was able to […]

Deadpool 2 spoofs Flashdance with new poster

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The marketing for Deadpool 2 has been just as strange and full of out-of-the-box, breaking the fourth wall ideas as the original. First we received a teaser parodying Superman: The Movie and then we got another teaser of the Merc with a Mouth pretending to be painter Bob Ross as well as making fun of the painting ‘The Creation […]

Ryan Reynolds shares Deadpool toilet paper to celebrate the film’s one-year anniversary

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There are thousands of ways to celebrate the one-year release of box office smash success and unlikely awards contender Deadpool. One of them is by having Ryan Reynolds share an image of Deadpool inspired toilet paper, plastered with the juvenile humor that is the trademark of the franchise. Check it out here… Ryan Reynolds can next […]

Deadpool was being written during the filming of Green Lantern

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Deadpool has become a surprise awards contender, landing a Producers Guild of America nomination and now has the possibility of receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. In the wake of all this fun and chaos, Ryan Reynolds sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for their Awards Chatter podcast, detailing just how far back production goes […]

Logan will never get an Oscar nomination, because comic book movies will never get Oscar nominations

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Luke Owen on Logan’s “Oscar chances”… Amidst all the news and rumours of a possible Deadpool cameo in Logan [see here, here and here], Ryan Reynolds announced that he had seen some of the film and praised what he saw. “Logan looks like a movie that might break that [Oscars] glass ceiling,” he told Variety. “I […]