Deadpool & Wolverine: Release date, trailer, cast, plot & more
DisneyThe Merc with a Mouth is finally bringing his sweary, ultraviolent, fourth-wall-breaking shtick to the MCU.
Deadpool & Wolverine is the biggest upcoming Marvel movie of 2024. The X-Men movies timeline will collide with Wade Wilson’s, with some of the best characters from the collaboration making an appearance — including Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.
In the lead-up to the new movie, we’ve got countless Deadpool & Wolverine Easter eggs and plenty of power ballads to sing.
Check out our Deadpool & Wolverine review to see what we thought. But until you can catch it for yourself, here’s everything you need to know about the new Marvel movie, including the release date, cast, plot and more.
Deadpool & Wolverine release date
The Deadpool & Wolverine release date is Friday, July 26, 2024.
As of May 20, tickets are available to buy for most movie theaters. You can get yours now using the link below:
DisneyWhile production was halted due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year, filming resumed back in November 2023 and wrapped in January 2024.
The release was originally planned for September 6, 2023, and then November 8, but Disney has shaken up a lot of dates for its upcoming Marvel movies.
Is there a trailer?
The first teaser trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine dropped during the 2024 Super Bowl on February 11, 2024, and the full trailer was released on April 22, 2024.
The full Deadpool 3 trailer was much more Wolverine-forward, referencing 2017’s Logan, showing us his full classic costume, and giving us a first look at the dynamic between him and Wade.
Turns out, this Wolverine variant has let people down. That doesn’t stop Wade from being determined to recruit his help, though, and so the team-up is on. Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone… until Deadpool forces his way into your life.
In the teaser trailer, Wade Wilson calls himself “Marvel Jesus”, references Disney, and is even tracked down by the TVA, an organization that has only appeared in the Loki TV series thus far.
The footage also revealed just how closely connected the Merc with a Mouth will now be to the greater MCU timeline.
Another trailer was released on June 8, with a few more clips. Most notably, fans spotted Lady Deadpool‘s legs, confirming that she’d be appearing. Take your bets: Blake Lively, or Taylor Swift? Watch it for yourself below:
Who’s in the cast?
Ryan Reynolds is reprising his role as Wade Wilson for Deadpool 3, and (as you’ve probably guessed by the title) he’ll be joined by Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.
Here’s the full The Deadpool 3 cast:
- Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
- Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
- Morena Baccarin as Vanessa
- Matthew Macfadyen as Paradox
- Owen Wilson as Mobius
- Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova
- Karam Soni as Dopinder
- Leslie Uggams as Blind Al
- Stefan Kapicic as Colossus
- Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio
- Rob Delaney as Peter
- Jennifer Garner as Elektra
In addition to Reynolds, Morena Baccarin is returning from the first two Deadpool movies as Wade’s charming and funny wife, Vanessa.
DisneyKaran Soni and Leslie Uggams are returning as Dopinder and Blind Al. Stefan Kapicic is back as Colossus, while Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio also return. The trailer also gave us a glimpse of another familiar face, with Rob Delaney playing X-Force member Peter once again.
One notable addition is The Crown’s Emma Corrin, who will play the villain, Cassandra Nova.
Elektra will be involved thanks to Jennifer Garner, who played the character in the early 2000s. There are rumors she could be joined by Ben Affleck’s Daredevil and Channing Tatum’s Gambit but these are unconfirmed.
Mobius’ (Owen Wilson) small role could also signal Cable’s potential appearance, as he has long been an enemy of the TVA.
Mobius’ good friend, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), played it coy when asked if he would pop up in the new movie. “I don’t know, and if I did… I might not be allowed to tell you,” he said. “Marvel is correctly protective of their information.”
The main TVA agent appears to be Paradox, played by Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen. He has a huge part in the trailer, and could well be the secondary antagonist to Wade, making life difficult for the anti-hero, until Cassandra shows up and causes more chaos.
Zazie Beetz will not return as Domino.
Finally, there’s talk of Daniel Radcliffe appearing in a secret cameo, though that is pure speculation. Could he finally make those fan-casting dreams come true by playing a variant of Wolverine — Patch, perhaps?
Deadpool & Wolverine plot
Deadpool & Wolverine will see the Merc with a Mouth crashing through different timelines and finding himself in the MCU, with a little help from Wolverine.
DisneyFirst off, Deadpool will be fully integrated into the MCU, with the TVA from the Loki Disney+ series recruiting the anti-hero to help bring balance to the cinematic universe.
If you’re wondering how Wolverine is alive, this one is different than the one we saw in Logan or the 2000s X-Men — he’s a variant.
Many fans believe the movie will be a loose adaptation of the ‘Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe’ storyline, with Owen Wilson’s Mobius and the TVA pursuing the masked assassin through different timelines as he causes all sorts of bloody chaos.
However, some fans are also thinking that it could be a light adaptation of the Old Man Logan comic books. This was already partly used in 2017’s Logan, but sightings of the giant dead Ant-Man and more (namely, references to Wolverine killing the X-Men) in the trailer do allude to storylines used in that arc.
If you’re looking for more details of what’s to come, Dexerto got to watch the first 30 minutes at a sneak peak event, and we’ve broken down everything we learned during this special preview.
Is it R-rated?
Despite Deadpool now falling under the Disney umbrella, Deadpool 3 is R-rated and won’t need to dial anything back.
That’s pretty good news for Deadpool fans, who only know the Merc With a Mouth as having a foul mouth, indeed.
DisneyDirector Levy has been committed to that R-rating from day one, and him and Reynolds have both maintained that Disney didn’t hold them back in running wild.
Deadpool & Wolverine runtime
The film’s running time is 127 minutes, or 2 hours and 7 minutes, according to AMC Theaters’ listing.
That makes it the longest Deadpool film in the series so far. For reference, the first Deadpool movie was 1 hour and 48 minutes, while Deadpool 2 was 2 hours long. That leaves plenty of time for multiverse hopping antics.
Will it be on Disney Plus?
Deadpool & Wolverine will be released exclusively in theaters at first, but it will be on Disney Plus in the months later.
The streaming release will all depend on how financially successful the third movie is at the box office, but it’ll likely be at least a couple of months before it lands on Disney+.
Before that, you’ll find it available to rent or buy digitally shortly after it leaves theaters.
For more from Marvel, check out our guides to the Spider-Man 4 release date, Captain America 4 details, and all the latest on Avengers 5. We’ve also got a guide on whether Spider-Man will be in Deadpool & Wolverine, which might come in handy after that new reference.
Don’t miss our guide to the Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack, as well as our guides to Deadpool’s powers and Wolverine’s powers.
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