6 Huge Marvel Questions Hugh Jackman's ‘Deadpool 3’ Wolverine Return Raises
Ryan Reynolds has confirmed that Hugh Jackman will reprise his role as Logan a.k.a. Wolverine in “Deadpool 3,” and that raises a lot of questions. Reynolds and Jackman tried to answer some of them in a video posted online. However, naturally, there are still a million questions surrounding the project and what it means for the larger happenings in the MCU. Here to answer some of those questions is CinemaBlend Managing Editor, Sean O’Connell.
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00:00 (claps)
00:02 - Hi. - Hi.
00:03 How are you? - You have questions.
00:05 - No (beep)
00:06 (upbeat music)
00:09 - Hey guys, it's Sean O'Connell,
00:17 the managing editor here at Cinema Blend,
00:19 hopping on to do a video to discuss
00:21 all of your burning questions
00:23 about the fact that Hugh Jackman
00:25 is returning to the role of Wolverine
00:27 for the previously announced "Deadpool 3".
00:30 Like you guys, totally stunned by this announcement.
00:33 Feels like something that they should have done at D23.
00:36 Reynolds even sort of addresses that
00:37 in the video that they both put up on social media,
00:40 saying we didn't really have an idea for a sequel.
00:43 - Completely empty up here.
00:45 - But that's bogus because Rob Liefeld,
00:48 who's the creator of "Deadpool",
00:49 says that he's known for a little while now.
00:51 Sean Levy, who's directing the movie,
00:52 knows that he's known for a while
00:54 that Hugh Jackman's coming back.
00:56 So we have a ton of questions about like what this means.
00:58 What does this mean about the big picture about the MCU?
01:01 What does it mean in terms of
01:03 Hugh Jackman's involvement in the role?
01:05 And hey, didn't he die in "Logan"?
01:07 And all these questions
01:08 that I'm sure that you guys want answered.
01:09 So I'm gonna do my best to try to go through
01:11 the biggest ones and provide answers for all of them.
01:14 Now, needless to say, we're gonna cover "Deadpool 3"
01:17 all the way through its production,
01:19 leading up to its release in 2024.
01:20 So you're gonna wanna make sure
01:21 that you keep it here on Cinema Blend.
01:24 - Hey Hugh, you wanna play Wolverine one more time?
01:26 - Yeah, sure Ryan.
01:29 (upbeat music)
01:31 - First question that I wanna ask
01:35 regarding this version of Hugh Jackman
01:38 coming back as Wolverine is,
01:39 is it going to be a multiverse Wolverine?
01:42 We saw Professor Xavier show up in "Doctor Strange"
01:45 in the multiverse of madness,
01:46 and he was part of a different earth.
01:48 On that earth, we saw a Reed Richards,
01:51 played by John Krasinski,
01:52 and various versions of familiar characters
01:55 that were played by some of the same actors
01:57 and some of the different actors.
01:58 Which leads me to believe that sure,
02:00 if they're going to bring Hugh Jackman
02:01 back into this universe,
02:03 it will be a multiverse Wolverine
02:05 coming from a different earth.
02:06 That's always been one of the theories
02:08 about how the MCU is gonna be able
02:10 to bring mutants into the fold,
02:12 is just by saying they've existed this entire time.
02:15 We've just never had a chance to really interact with them
02:18 in the MCU prime on the timeline
02:20 that we've been following for all of these years
02:23 now at this point.
02:24 That would allow you to bring mutants in
02:26 without having to go through the whole,
02:28 how do we introduce them?
02:29 Where do they come from?
02:30 Where have they been this entire time?
02:31 - Where the (beep) is everyone?
02:34 - It is the first time that the MCU
02:36 is going to sort of fully embrace
02:38 one of the former Fox characters.
02:40 They've flirted with it before
02:42 by bringing Evan Peters into "WandaVision."
02:44 Of course, we see a little bit with Charles Xavier
02:46 in "Doctor Strange" in the multiverse of madness.
02:48 But this is the first time
02:49 that one of the former Fox characters
02:51 is going to be a significant part of the MCU.
02:54 And I think making a multiverse version
02:57 is the cleanest way for them to possibly do that.
02:59 - These timelines are so confusing.
03:01 - In addition, we don't necessarily expect the MCU
03:04 to involve mutants or especially the X-Men teams
03:07 or all the various teams that spawn from mutants,
03:10 whether it be X-Force or the New Mutants
03:13 or all these sort of periphery teams
03:14 that have been part of the Marvel mutant universe
03:17 that's happening over at Fox.
03:18 Because Kevin Feige has said in interviews
03:21 that it's going to be a while
03:22 before we see the X-Men introduced into the MCU.
03:25 And if they're going to happen,
03:26 it looks like it's going to be phase seven and beyond,
03:28 which is putting us into at least late 2024, 2025.
03:32 So we're talking several years
03:34 before the X-Men become a factor.
03:35 This could be a potential way for them to at least
03:38 remind people that the X-Men are part of the Marvel universe,
03:41 that Hugh Jackman, of course,
03:42 is a significant role as Wolverine,
03:45 and that they're coming
03:46 and there's ways to sort of pull them in,
03:48 again, with the Charles Xavier reminder
03:50 and now Wolverine being part of Deadpool 3,
03:52 before we potentially get maybe a whole complete reboot.
03:55 (explosion)
03:57 (beep)
04:01 - Wolverine.
04:02 First, he rides my coattails with the R-Rating.
04:06 Then the hairy mother (beep) ups the ante by dying.
04:11 What a (beep)
04:12 (upbeat music)
04:15 (crowd cheering)
04:18 Now I want to talk about the fact
04:19 that the Logan timeline continuity
04:21 has gotten people all up in arms,
04:24 and they think that this is tying everything into a knot
04:26 by introducing Wolverine.
04:28 Well, before Ryan Reynolds was able to drown out
04:32 what he and Hugh Jackman were saying in their video
04:34 with the dulcent sounds of Wham!
04:39 Wake me up before you go, go,
04:40 which was a hilarious joke about how to sort of cover up
04:43 what they were saying.
04:44 But it does specify for all you timeline nerds out there.
04:47 - Logan takes place in 2029.
04:50 - And so, you know, you can drop a Wolverine story
04:52 into this timeline and it's not going to affect
04:55 what happened in Logan.
04:56 And they say that Logan-
04:57 - Totally separate thing.
04:58 Logan died in Logan, not touching that.
05:01 - But also, stop being nerds.
05:03 Like this is a great opportunity for them
05:04 to bring Hugh Jackman into this movie
05:06 and have him interact with Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.
05:09 I'm an avid reader of Marvel comics,
05:12 and I can tell you that characters have died all the time
05:14 and come back.
05:15 I love Spider-Man.
05:17 - Thank you.
05:18 - Aunt May has died numerous times.
05:20 She's still in the current run.
05:21 You can do this.
05:22 You can bring people back.
05:23 Now, does it cheapen the end of Logan?
05:26 No, I don't think it cheapens the end of Logan at all.
05:28 I think it's fantastic that James Mangold
05:30 was able to give us a dramatic finale
05:33 to that version of the character.
05:34 But do I want that to prevent them
05:36 from having Hugh Jackman come back to Deadpool 3
05:38 and have as much fun as possible
05:40 in the sort of winking at the camera,
05:42 meta humor universe that Ryan Reynolds has created?
05:46 No, of course I don't want it to distract from that.
05:47 I want them to be able to have as much fun as possible.
05:49 - You're absolutely right.
05:51 - So don't worry about it being part of the Logan timeline.
05:53 It might be.
05:54 It might be existing on that one
05:55 where Logan is eventually going to die,
05:57 or it could just be its own separate thing.
05:59 Let it be.
06:00 That's okay with Deadpool.
06:01 They're allowed to do that.
06:02 They bend the rules all the time,
06:03 and I hope they continue to do so in this upcoming movie.
06:06 - Rules are meant to be broken!
06:07 (upbeat music)
06:10 - All right, for our third point,
06:14 let's bring up another way that they can get into this,
06:16 which is time travel.
06:17 At the end of Deadpool 2, in the end credits,
06:21 Deadpool had figured out how to go back in time
06:24 and essentially fix things that had happened on the timeline.
06:26 And it was played for a joke, of course.
06:28 They played shares, if I could turn back time.
06:30 - We're definitely naming our kids Cher!
06:33 - As Ryan Reynolds was doing this in Deadpool character,
06:36 he was able to clean up the timeline
06:37 that involved the X-Men Origins Wolverine
06:40 version of the character.
06:41 - Hey, it's me!
06:43 Don't scratch!
06:45 Just cleaning up the timelines.
06:46 - He was able to potentially stop Ryan Reynolds
06:49 from being in Green Lantern.
06:51 - You're welcome, Canada.
06:52 - And there's not to say that there isn't some way
06:55 that using the technology that Wade was using
06:57 throughout the end of Deadpool 2,
06:59 that he could figure out a way to sort of drop himself
07:01 into a story where Hugh Jackman is Wolverine.
07:04 I would be able to go with that just as long as, you know,
07:07 it makes as much sense as anything else
07:08 that we're seeing in Deadpool.
07:10 - Ah, fake laugh, hiding real pain.
07:13 - And by giving the character the ability to do that,
07:16 as you saw in the clip that we sort of mentioned
07:18 at the beginning of this thing,
07:19 Wade is saying to Logan.
07:21 - One day, your old pal Wade's gonna ask you
07:23 to get back in the saddle again.
07:25 When he does, say yes.
07:28 - Do it that way, make it a time travel thing
07:30 where you're dropping Deadpool and Wolverine
07:33 into significant eras of the MCU up until that point.
07:36 - Let's see Captain America do that.
07:38 - We saw a time heist in "Avengers Endgame."
07:40 - Oh my God, just kill me now.
07:41 - And again, in a franchise that sort of prides itself
07:45 on bending the rules until they break in half,
07:48 time travel's a great way for these two to get together.
07:50 - Love you.
07:51 - One question that I heard a lot of people asking
07:59 with regards to this announcement was,
08:01 can they do this without disrupting the core MCU timeline?
08:05 And yes, of course I think they can.
08:07 As I've stressed in these earlier points,
08:09 I feel like the Deadpool franchise already exists
08:12 kind of outside the MCU.
08:13 And if they're figuring out a way to bring it in
08:16 to the timeline that we've been following up to this point,
08:19 they have a couple of challenges
08:20 because everything that Deadpool has done up to this point
08:22 has been tied to the Fox universe.
08:24 Even in "Deadpool 2," when they did have a cameo,
08:26 they showed the X-Men class from the sort of first class
08:30 and Apocalypse universe, which goes against the earlier,
08:35 like the Fox X-Men movies had their own timeline issues.
08:38 So how do you bring Wolverine in
08:40 and how do you bring Deadpool into the MCU timeline
08:42 without sort of making things a complete mess?
08:45 - You know, historically, mischief has been my mistress.
08:48 So I understand.
08:50 - That's where we get into the multiverse.
08:51 And I think that the multiverse is going to either
08:54 create massive ripples for the current MCU
08:57 or open up a bunch of portals
08:59 that you can do almost anything that you want,
09:01 heading into the "Avengers Secret Wars" movie
09:04 where we expect everyone to be teaming up
09:06 from all different locations.
09:08 So the multiverse allows you to sort of bring in characters
09:11 from places where they shouldn't have been
09:13 or didn't belong previously
09:15 and drop them into this timeline.
09:17 - Wow.
09:18 - So yes, I totally understand
09:20 that for people who are into continuity,
09:22 there are some ways that they could really mess up
09:26 what has happened on the MCU timeline.
09:27 But because we've already discussed things like time travel,
09:29 because we've already talked about the multiverse,
09:31 and because when Kang the Conqueror
09:34 becomes a significant part in the MCU,
09:36 there are a lot of ways that Marvel
09:38 is almost riding themselves out of corners
09:40 and giving themselves plenty of possibilities
09:42 for them to go forward,
09:43 which leads me to believe that they have an idea
09:45 for "Deadpool 3" that is going to be able to drop
09:48 into the middle of that timeline and open up phase six
09:51 and not disrupt majorly, or at least, you know,
09:54 just sort of hop into the choppy waters of the multiverse
09:58 and figure out where things are going from there.
09:59 So listen, I trust in Kevin Feige.
10:02 I trust in Ryan Reynolds
10:03 and the love that he has for "Deadpool."
10:05 And again, I don't think Hugh Jackman comes back
10:07 for any movie if he doesn't think
10:08 it's gonna be handled properly.
10:10 So I trust in Hugh Jackman
10:11 and his decision to join "Deadpool 3."
10:13 - The Lord works in mysterious ways, don't I?
10:16 (upbeat music)
10:19 - So let's get to the biggest question that everybody had
10:24 once this was announced, which is,
10:26 is Hugh Jackman going to play Wolverine
10:28 in "Marvel's Secret Wars?"
10:29 So let's talk about a bit what "Secret Wars" is.
10:33 There have been two different major versions
10:35 of "Secret Wars" in the Marvel comics,
10:37 but primarily they are an event that's so large
10:41 that it requires every Marvel superhero known to mankind
10:45 to get together to fight a major villain.
10:48 And in the initial one,
10:50 it was a character named the Beyonder
10:52 who brought every Marvel hero and every Marvel villain
10:54 to another world, to an off-planet world,
10:57 where they fought and essentially had to get together
11:00 against Dr. Doom and bring him down.
11:02 The second "Secret Wars" also involved Dr. Doom,
11:06 but was a much more significant and expansive storyline
11:10 that covered multiple generations.
11:12 And again, a fight on a different planet.
11:15 And it was very, very complicated.
11:18 There's a Reed Richards involved in that second "Secret Wars"
11:20 that essentially the MCU is not ready to dive into.
11:23 So I'm curious what they're gonna do with "Secret Wars,"
11:26 because there's a lot of ground to cover
11:28 and they're only giving it one "Avengers" movie so far
11:31 that's dropping in November, 2025.
11:33 In addition, there's an "Avengers" movie called
11:35 "Kang Dynasty" that's coming out before "Secret Wars"
11:38 in May of 2025.
11:40 So it almost feels like "Secret Wars" needs a two-parter,
11:43 the way that "Infinity War" and "Endgame" was,
11:45 because of the scope of what a "Secret Wars" movie
11:47 should encompass.
11:49 And is Wolverine going to be part of that?
11:50 Well, you would believe so.
11:52 Like legitimately, "Secret Wars" should involve
11:54 every single hero who has been introduced in the MCU
11:58 up until this point.
11:59 - Trust me, I know how these things play out.
12:00 - If you've been part of the multiverse,
12:02 you should potentially have the ability
12:03 to come back through "Secret Wars."
12:05 It would mean that Kevin Feige and his team
12:07 is like signing contracts left and right
12:09 to get actors involved in this.
12:11 And because the Fantastic Four are going to be introduced
12:14 before "Secret Wars" happens,
12:15 because their movie is down for November of 2024
12:18 at this point,
12:19 they should be a significant part of it as well.
12:21 - Can we focus?
12:22 - Yeah, do I think that Wolverine's
12:23 gonna be in "Secret Wars?"
12:24 Yeah, I do, honestly, because again,
12:27 Hugh Jackman has talked about in interviews,
12:30 lengthy interviews, where he says, you know,
12:32 he knew Logan was gonna be his swan song,
12:35 and that he gave it everything that he had,
12:36 and he was very content to leave the character behind
12:39 after all the years of playing him,
12:41 and he thought that that was the proper ending for him.
12:43 But if they're bringing him back,
12:44 and as cavalier as he was in the video of just like,
12:48 "Sure, Ryan."
12:49 You know, that was done for humor, that's a joke,
12:50 but it had to weigh heavily on Hugh Jackman
12:52 about whether he wanted to come back to this character
12:54 and mess with the legacy that he's left behind.
12:57 Do I think he's doing it for the benefit
12:59 of a "Deadpool" movie and nothing else?
13:01 No, if I had to sort of weigh in on that,
13:04 I would think that him coming back to be part of "Secret Wars"
13:07 would also be something somewhat significant,
13:09 because "Secret Wars" as a movie
13:12 is essentially going to be like that final battle
13:15 at the end of "Endgame,"
13:16 where just everyone was involved.
13:18 - Yeah.
13:18 - But over the course of an entire movie,
13:20 with, you would assume by the time we get to that point
13:22 in November 2025, massive, massive stakes.
13:25 So there are a bunch of other projects
13:28 that have to be filled into phase six,
13:29 and we will see how they will almost lead us
13:31 into "Secret Wars."
13:32 But yeah, I'm gonna say that
13:34 if Hugh Jackman's coming back as Wolverine,
13:35 I wouldn't be surprised if it's more than just "Deadpool 3."
13:38 And if the MCU is really gonna get everybody
13:41 as involved in "Secret Wars"
13:42 as I believe that they need to be,
13:44 then yeah, I think he's gonna be part
13:45 of that movie as well too in 2025.
13:48 I like it.
13:48 (upbeat music)
13:51 - Let's get to the very last point,
13:55 which is do I think this is a good idea?
13:58 Yes, I do.
14:00 Because it scratches that nostalgic itch.
14:02 And listen, if Hugh Jackman wants to play Wolverine again,
14:04 I'm never gonna fault him
14:05 because I thought he was terrific at it.
14:07 But I did hear plenty of people talking about the fact
14:09 that they were ready for a new actor
14:11 to get cast as Wolverine.
14:12 And I also think that that should happen.
14:15 Like, I don't want Hugh Jackman to become Wolverine
14:17 for the next 10 years.
14:18 I do think the MCU needs fresh blood in that role.
14:22 And if they're gonna bring the full X-Men back
14:24 at some point in the future,
14:26 then a different actor should be playing Wolverine.
14:28 - Go (beep) yourself.
14:29 - However, if there's an opportunity
14:32 for the existing classic legend Wolverine
14:35 that we know to interact with a younger version
14:40 of himself essentially through multiverse sort of magic
14:43 in a "No Way Home" kind of scenario,
14:46 and we learn who is cast as the new Wolverine that way,
14:49 and you see the two of them, you know,
14:51 share a scene or have some sort of confrontation,
14:54 that's a terrific way for them to do it.
14:56 So it's almost like having your cake and eating it too.
14:58 You're giving Hugh Jackman the ability
15:00 to go back to the character
15:02 that he helped to really visualize in live action
15:06 through the X-Men movies that he participated in
15:08 and his different X-Men movies.
15:09 But it also gives Marvel the opportunity
15:11 to find the next face that's going to carry
15:14 the very, very important character
15:16 of Wolverine moving forward.
15:17 You know, you've heard names like Daniel Radcliffe
15:19 and Taron Egerton,
15:21 and whether they're going to be cast in the role.
15:22 They've played coy about, you know,
15:25 they've met with Marvel for certain things
15:27 or it's been a completely different part.
15:29 I truthfully would love to see an unknown,
15:32 similar to the way that Hugh Jackman
15:33 was not necessarily a household name
15:36 when he was cast in the very first X-Men movie,
15:38 but he just fit the part really well.
15:40 And, you know, listen, while we're here making this movie
15:43 about Wolverine coming back to the MCU,
15:45 put him in the costume, put him in the damn costume.
15:47 - Fine!
15:48 - If you have other questions
15:49 that you would like me to answer
15:50 regarding Hugh Jackman coming back to the role of Wolverine,
15:53 drop them in the comments down below.
15:54 I'll keep up to date with them
15:55 and answer as many of them as I can.
15:57 And in the meantime,
15:58 we'll see you back here on CinemaBlend.