
In the interview, he confirmed his intention to make it R-rated (duh), while talking about how another movie in the series doesn’t necessarily mean a bigger scope plot-wise.

When Deadpool 2 was officially announced by Fox at CinemaCon, Tim Miller sat down with Collider to talk about the upcoming sequel. As of now, there’s no official news as to who might play Deadpool’s partner in crime.Ī still from the first Deadpool movie | 20th Century Fox But after director Tim Miller left the project due to creative differences with Ryan Reynolds, the search began anew. In terms of who would play Cable, the most prominent rumors point toward Kyle Chandler ( Bloodline, Friday Night Lights) as the leading candidate. He’s the son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor (a clone of Jean Gray) and is often portrayed as a gun-slinging soldier-type. Known also by his alter ego, Nathan Summers, Cable was created originally as an alternative leader to Professor Xavier, with powers rooted in telekinesis, bionic body-parts, and latent time travel abilities. But because you probably don’t want to read a 5,000-page thesis paper, we’ll give you the short version instead. Marvel’s online hero encyclopedia provides a lengthy rundown, involving cloning, demons, human sacrifices, techno-organic viruses, and time travel. For those not in the know, though, let’s explain a little bit.Ĭable is a hero whose origin story is about as comic-book-y as you can get in terms of complexity. Cable is an integral part of the Deadpool source material, and his addition to the franchise was really only a matter of time. It’s a total dick move.įans of the comics probably know exactly why this is important. Oh, and don’t leave your garbage all lying around. Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, Kiera Knightly? She’s got range, who knows? Big secret, shhhh. We have no idea who we’re going to cast yet, but it could be anyone. Amazing character, bionic arm, time travel. Oh! I can tell you one thing, and it’s a bit of a secret. After a brief cut, he reappears to drop the first breadcrumb for the already green-lit Deadpool 2.

While superhero movies feature a post-credits scene meant to tease at the next movie in the universe, Deadpool, in keeping with its genre-busting appeal, took something of a different approach.Īfter Deadpool‘s credits roll, we see the merc with a mouth dressed up like Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, telling the audience to go home.

It wasn’t just Deadpool‘s subversive story and R-rated action that had everybody talking about its 2016 release.
