Ryan Reynolds has offered a glimpse into what Deadpool 3 could have been like. Had Disney not acquired 20th Century Fox, the movie would have been a road trip story focused on Deadpool and Logan, also known as Wolverine, according to a tweet posted on Reynolds’ official account.
That's not all. While mentioning Deadpool 3, Reynolds also makes a reference to a “Rashomon style”. This works as a comparison to Akira Kurosawa's classic Rashomon, a psychological thriller, which is the award-winning movie credited for introducing Japanese cinema to the world. The plot focuses on four people offering completely different accounts of the same incident - a man’s murder and his wife’s rape.
In his usual quirky manner, Reynolds revealed the tiny detail for his 17 million Twitter followers to see while discussing mental health to support Bell Let’s Talk Day, a day designed to raise awareness on the subject and raise funds for Canadian mental health initiatives. While no other details are offered, the Rashomon reference leaves Reynolds’ followers wondering if the plotline could have involved Deadpool and Logan’s different perspectives on the road trip.
When Deadpool 2 arrived on the big screens in 2018, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine had already retired with 2017’s Logan. It remains unclear whether Jackman was even approached to discuss the potential sequel in the Deadpool series and whether Reynolds would have shared the screen space with him, considering their long-time friendly rivalry. However, 20th Century Fox was said to be developing Deadpool 3 back in 2018 and it was reported at the time that the search for a director was on. So, fans could have potentially had a chance to see the two friends on the big screen together.
Any chance of that ended when Disney officially acquired Fox in March of 2019 though, less than a year after Deadpool 2’s release. The new script will now introduce Reynolds' eccentric superhero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with filming on the sequel set to begin in 2022. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed Deadpool 3 would be an R-rated movie, with Reynolds personally providing input on the script that is currently being written by award-winning sister duo Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux. Seems like, for now, the only time fans could see Jackman’s Wolverine and Reynolds’ Deadpool together was in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, which released to poor critical reception in 2009.
Reynolds is, however, busy working on other projects in 2021, with his action-comedy Free Guy releasing on May 21 and another comedy titled The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard arriving on the big screens on August 20.
Deadpool 3 is in development at Marvel Studios.
Source: Ryan Reynolds/Twitter