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Sound Designer

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Sound Designers on the Splatter-and-Slash Acoustics of a Honda Odyssey Brawl

In our last conversation about Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine, sound designers Craig Henighan and Ryan Cole discussed the hilarious opening sequence where Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool uses Wolverine’s adamantium claws and bones to take down some Time Variance Authority goons, all set to NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye,” and some sound tricks to make the adamantium ...

By Su Fang Tham  |  November 13, 2024

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Sound Designer

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Sound Designers on Turning Frozen Tea Towels Into Broken Bones

Three months after debuting in theaters this summer, Deadpool & Wolverine’s winning streak still wasn’t over. It eventually surpassed Barbie’s domestic gross in its 13th weekend, with director Shawn Levy’s R-rated box office juggernaut ranking as the 12th highest-grossing movie of all time, with a domestic haul of over $636M. It has been a hectic ...

By Su Fang Tham  |  November 12, 2024

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Editor

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Editors on Shaping Wolverine’s Masterpiece Emotional Explosion—in a Minivan

Who wouldn’t want to watch Hugh Jackman deliver a satisfying performance? Better yet, let’s dress him up in one of the most iconic comic book hero costumes of all time and throw him in a minivan in some random forest with an intemperately smart-mouthed passenger. What could go wrong? Apparently, everything when it comes to ...

By Daron James  |  September 17, 2024

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Editor

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Editors Dean Zimmerman & Shane Reid on the Killer Cut

When a movie trailer makes history by snatching 365 million views in 24 hours, at the very least, the studio behind it knows they have an interested audience. Deadpool & Wolverine did so in February this year and then trickled out a treasure trove of marketing materials leading up its July release. Everything from conspiracy ...

By Daron James  |  September 10, 2024

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Director Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Person

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Second Unit Director & Stunt Coordinator George Cottle on Capturing Those Cameos

In the last installment of our conversation with Deadpool & Wolverine’s second unit director and stunt coordinator George Cottle, we covered the hysterical dance/action opening sequence and what it took to shoot the bone-crunching brawl inside a real Honda Odyssey minivan. Smashing box office records on every level­—the first R-rated movie to open domestically over $200 ...

By Su Fang Tham  |  August 28, 2024
Gambit Lives: “Deadpool & Wolverine” Deleted Scene Confirms Channing Tatum’s Remy LeBeau Survived

The Ragin’ Cajun lives on. Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds, has confirmed that Channing Tatum’s card-slinging superhero Gambit survived the climactic clash at the end of Deadpool & Wolverine. Reynolds shared a deleted scene on social media, proving that Gambit made it through the battle at the film’s end that included a host of other long-ago discarded superheroes, ...

By The Credits  |  August 28, 2024

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Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Person

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Stunt Coordinator & Second Unit Director George Cottle on the Comically Ultra-Violent Style

“Suck it Fox, I’m going to Disney World!” So declares our favorite fourth-wall-breaking antihero, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), in Shawn Levy’s hilariously meta threequel, Deadpool & Wolverine, which is back in the #1 spot domestically for the fourth weekend. With Deadpool’s signature brand of acerbic sarcasm and self-deprecating humor, the raunchy action comedy often references the ...

By Su Fang Tham  |  August 27, 2024

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Costume Designer

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Costume Designer Graham Churchyard on Bringing Back Logan’s Yellow Suit

Deadpool & Wolverine is more than a comic book movie—it’s like 20 comic book movies slashed and smashed into one, pulling characters from the past, present, and future of Marvel and 20th Century Fox’s film history. Audiences witnessed these characters all coming together again in the void, some even making history in the process. The ...

By The Credits  |  August 19, 2024

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Screenwriter

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Screenwriters Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick on Resurrecting Logan

Moviegoers apparently love an underdog, at least when it takes the form of Ryan Reynolds’ Avengers wannabe Wade “Deadpool” Wilson. Deadpool & Wolverine, the biggest R-rated movie of all time, with more than a billion at the global box office, co-stars Hugh Jackman and comes fully loaded with a slew of superheroes newly arrived in the Marvel ...

By Hugh Hart  |  August 12, 2024

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Screenwriter

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Co-Writer Zeb Wells on Scripting Marvel’s Raunchiest, Wildest Film Ever

Even if Deadpool & Wolverine hadn’t become the year’s top-grossing movie, self-described comics nerd-turned-screenwriter Zeb Wells would have been thrilled just for the opportunity to furnish Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool character with snarky wise-cracks. Joining Reynolds, director Shawn Levy, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Wells, who previously penned “Venom: Dark Origin” and “The Amazing Spider-Man” comic ...

By Hugh Hart  |  August 9, 2024
The Epic Nicolas Cage “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameo That Might Have Been

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, move along to another part of the multiverse timeline. As Deadpool & Wolverine slashes past one box office milestone after another, we’ve talked a lot about the stars who made surprise cameos in the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman epic. Some were from Fox’s Marvel era, like Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, ...

By The Credits  |  August 7, 2024
Jennifer Garner on Returning to the Fight in “Deadpool & Wolverine”

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, move along to another part of the multiverse timeline. As Deadpool & Wolverine continues to conquer the global box office, many of the folks who made surprise cameos in the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander have spoken up about their involvement in the film. Channing Tatum, ...

By The Credits  |  August 6, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine”: Wesley Snipes Makes History While Chris Evans Goes Off

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool and Wolverine yet, move on to another story in the multiverse.  Deadpool & Wolverine is a bonafide smash hit, slashing and F-bombing its way toward a billion-dollar haul while delighting audiences across the globe. The Shawn Levy-directed scorcher is being fueled, of course, by the long-awaited pairing of ...

By The Credits  |  August 5, 2024
That Perfect “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameo That Linked to the Best “Mission: Impossible” Fight Ever

Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet and have somehow avoided all cameo-related spoilers, you might want to step away from this article. There’s been a lot written about all the cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine—heck, we’ve written about them, too—but one of the most interesting cameos of all—with respects to Jennifer Garner, Wesley ...

By The Credits  |  August 2, 2024
Channing Tatum on His Long-Awaited Marvel Debut in “Deadpool & Wolverine”

Spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine, which is now playing in theaters. Channing Tatum spent years trying to get a film made in which he’d star as Gambit, the explosive card-dealing member of the X-Men first created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee and introduced in “The Uncanny ...

By The Credits  |  July 30, 2024
Let’s Talk About Those Insane “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameos

Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, you probably want to skip this article. Deadpool & Wolverine is a bonafide blockbuster. The Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander pulled past the $200 million mark in its domestic opening, a shocking haul for an R-rated film. In fact, Deadpool & Wolverine bested the previous champion of the R-rated ...

By The Credits  |  July 29, 2024
Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Surprise Comic-Con Fans With “Deadpool & Wolverine” Screening

Hall H at San Diego’s Comic-Con has long been the home to some of the biggest moments in the Con’s history—yesterday, it became the undisputed domain of the Merc with the Mouth and the Mutant Berserker. Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Emma Corrin (who plays the film’s villain, Cassandra Nova), along with ...

By The Credits  |  July 26, 2024
Who’s Playing Lady Deadpool in “Deadpool & Wolverine”?

While everyone who is even moderately enthused for Deadpool & Wolverine knows—and really, the vast majority of folks going to see the film in theaters are anything but moderately enthused—the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander features a lot of epic cameos. Some of these have been revealed, like the return of Dafne Keen’s Laura from James Mangold’s killer ...

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
First Reactions to “Deadpool & Wolverine” Say the Chemistry is Explosive in MCU Game Changer

The first reactions for director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine have arrived, and critics and everyone else with a press screening and social media account are weighing in. The overall sentiment appears to be LFG. The long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s mutant berserker and iconic X-Man has been ...

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
The Wild Final “Deadpool & Wolverine” Trailer Finds Wade & Logan Deep in Their Feelings

Is Wade Wilson getting emo on us? In the final trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’ notoriously childish superhero is feeling the emotions as he looks on at his new partner-in-crime, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), and tearfully tells him, “I’ve been waiting a long time for this team-up.” Wade goes on to tell Wolverine that, regardless of what he ...

By The Credits  |  July 19, 2024