First “Deadpool & Wolverine” Images Tease the Start of a Beautiful Relationship
The first cache of images from director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine are here, giving us just a bit more information about the long-awaited third film in the raunchy trilogy. The third film comes with some major changes, of course, beginning with the fact that it’s the first movie in the franchise to fall under the Marvel Studios banner. The second, an even larger addition, is that it arrives boasting a certain Canadian mutant with adamantium claws named Wolverine, played by an up-and-coming Australian named Hugh Jackman. The long lead-up to the release has given us plenty of time to speculate just what kind of relationship these two star-crossed superheroes will have, and while we suspect a team-up, the trailer didn’t give any bromance vibes just yet.
The interest in the newly titled Deadpool & Wolverine is so intense that Marvel and Disney call the first trailer the most-watched in cinematic history. It’s not all that surprising given the immense interest in seeing Reynolds and Jackman team up after years of banter, ribbing, and hijinx on social media. The new images tease a bit of what we learned in the trailer, which wasn’t all that much, really. We saw Reynolds’ Wade Wilson celebrate his birthday with his besties, including his girlfriend, Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), whom Wade was able to reconnect with in Deadpool 2, despite her death, thanks to some time-traveling with his new buddy Cable (Josh Brolin). Wade makes a wish, blows out the candles on his birthday cake, and voila—the hopes and dreams of a huge legion of MCU fans is swiftly brought to pass when Wade’s hauled before the Time Variance Authority and ends up, through their remit, brought face-to-claws with Wolverine.
The new images include two shots from Wade’s birthday party, where he celebrates with Vanessa, pal Blind Al (Leslie Uggams), and Dopinder (Karan Soni). There’s that shot we mentioned from the trailer, where a prone Deadpool looks up at his new bestie, Wolverine, and another of Deadpool in a snowy environment, looking a little out of place. While the trailer broke records, they’re still keeping the specifics of Deadpool & Wolverine under wraps, including how Emma Corrin’s Cassandra Nova factors in, as well as the return of Jennifer Garner as Elektra.
But we’ll take what we can get, and this is more than we’ve gotten from Reynolds and Jackman since their banter began all those years ago.
Check out the new images below. Deadpool & Wolverine slashes its way into theaters on July 26:
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Featured image: L-r: Ryan Reynolds is Wade Wilson/Deadpool and Hugh Jackman is Logan/Wolverine in “Deadpool 3.” Courtesy Ryan Reynolds/Marvel Studios
