Deadpool & Wolverine is a 2024 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Deadpool and Wolverine, produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). The film is directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay he wrote with Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells. Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star as Deadpool and Wolverine, respectively, alongside Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, and Matthew Macfadyen in supporting roles. In the film, the Time Variance Authority (TVA) pulls Deadpool from his quiet life and sets him on a mission to save his universe, colliding with a Wolverine from another universe in the process.
Plot[]
In 2018, Wade Wilson uses Cable's time-traveling device to travel from his timeline, Earth-10005,[a] to Earth-616, the "Sacred Timeline", where he requests to join the Avengers, but he is refused.
Six years later, Wilson has retired from being the masked mercenary known as Deadpool and began to work as a used car salesman after breaking up with his girlfriend Vanessa Carlysle. During his birthday party, the Time Variance Authority (TVA) captures Wilson and delivers him to Mr. Paradox, who offers him to join Earth-616. However, Paradox also reveals that Wilson's timeline is deteriorating as a result of the death of James "Logan" Howlett,[b] who is revealed to be the timeline's "anchor being." Wilson steals Paradox's TemPad to travel back to where he massacred many TVA agents using Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton, before travelling the multiverse and find a variant of Logan to save his timeline.
After encountering various Logan variants, Wilson takes one back to the TVA, where he learns that this particular Logan destroyed his own universe before Paradox prunes them both into the Void. Wilson and Logan fight before they and Johnny Storm[c] are captured and sent to Cassandra Nova, whom Logan identifies as the twin sister of the X-Men leader Charles Xavier. Upon arriving at Nova's lair, she demonstrates her power to manipulate people's minds and explains her agreement with TVA to stay in the Void as a gang leader. She then kills Johnny and tries to puzzle Wilson with the feeling of not being needed before Alioth appears. Wilson and Logan escape before Alioth can consume them.
Following their escape, a variant of Wilson directs Wilson and Logan to travel to the Void's borderlands to join the resistance against Nova and her forces, but Logan chastises Wilson for hiding the fact that Wilson knew how to return them to their original timelines. Arriving at the borderlands, Wilson and Logan meet the resistance members Elektra Natchios,[d] Eric Brooks,[e] Remy LeBeau,[f] and X-23,[g] nicknamed the "Others" by Wilson. The Others want to team up with Wilson and Logan to fight Nova, but Logan refuses to cooperate. However, he eventually relents after a conversation with X-23 about his inability to save the X-Men in his universe.
Wilson, Logan, and the Others go to confront Nova, who has Logan mentally incapacitated, but Wilson places Juggernaut's helmet on her to block her powers. Pyro shoots Nova and reveals himself as Paradox's sleeper agent assigned to kill her. Logan persuades Wilson to remove the helmet to allow Nova to heal, and in exchange, Nova uses a sling ring from a Doctor Strange variant to open a portal for the duo to travel to Wade's timeline.
Upon arriving on Earth-10005, Wilson and Logan find that Paradox is using the "Time Ripper," a device Paradox developed to mercy kill timelines, and which he plans to use on Wilson's timeline without permission from his superior. Nova quickly learns this from the executed Pyro as she arrives through another portal and kidnaps Paradox. Wilson and Logan battle the Deadpool Corps, an army of Deadpool variants coming from the portal, before Nova takes control of the Time Ripper to destroy all timelines as revenge for Paradox's betrayal. Paradox tells Wilson and Logan that one can disrupt the power flow of the Time Ripper at the cost of their life. Using their own bodies as conductors, Wilson and Logan destroy both Nova and the Time Ripper, while Hunter B-15 arrests Paradox.
The Others are returned to their respective timelines upon Wilson's request, while Logan is permitted to stay in Wilson's timeline, which no longer deteriorates. Logan hopes for a change of his past, but B-15 tells him that his past is what makes him the anchor needed to save Wilson's timeline, and there is no reason for further change. Logan chooses to retire and live a peaceful life. Before his departure, Wilson takes Logan to meet his friends, and X-23 is also invited to the party. Encouraged by Logan, Wilson reconciles with Vanessa.
Cast[]
- Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool / Wade Wilson/Nicepool / Himself (archive footage)
- Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Patch / Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Wolverine / Logan/Wolverine (archive footage)
- Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova
- Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Paradox
- Dafne Keen as Laura/X-23
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle
- Rob Delaney as Peter Wisdom/Peterpool
- Leslie Uggams as Althea/Blind Al
- Jennifer Garner as Elektra
- Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks/Blade
- Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau/Gambit
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch / Steve Rogers/Captain America (archive footage)
- Henry Cavill as James Howlett/Logan/Cavillrine
- Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15
- Aaron Stanford as John Allerdyce/Pyro
- Tyler Mane as Victor Creed/Sabretooth
- Karan Soni as Dopinder
- Brianna Hildebrand as Ellie Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio
- Stefan Kapičić as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus
- Randal Reeder as Buck
- Lewis Tan as Rusty/Shatterstar
- Nick Pauley as Wade Wilson/Dancepool
- Sonita Henry as Mrs. Chipman
- Ryan McKen as Mr. Chipman
- Nanak Phlora as Elliot Chipman
- Aydin Ahmed as Kevin Chipman
- Leemore Marrett Jr. as Minuteman Leader
- James Dryden as Ralph
- Ollie Palmer as Bar Patron
- Greg Hemphill as Seedy Bartender
- Aaron W. Reed as Cain Marko/Juggernaut
- Mike Waters as Fred Dukes/Blob
- Rob McElhenney as TVA Soldier
- Peggy as Mary Puppins/Dogpool
- James Reynolds as Screaming Mutant
- Ed Kear as Outpost Tech
- Paul G. Raymond as TVA Office Agent
- Blake Lively as Wanda Wilson/Ladypool
- Inez Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Kidpool
- Nathan Fillion as Wade Wilson/Headpool
- Matthew McConaughey as Wade Wilson/Cowboypool
- Olin Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Babypool
- Paul Mullin as Wade Wilson/Welshpool
- Alex Kyshkovych as Wade Wilson/Canadapool
- Billy Clements as Ivan/Russian
- To-be-confirmed actor as Fredrick Wilson/Deadpool
- To-be-confirmed actor as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
- To-be-confirmed actor as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
- To-be-confirmed actor as Warda Wilson/Deadpool 2099
- To-be-confirmed actor as Watari/The Fool
- To-be-confirmed actor as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
- To-be-confirmed actress as Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike
- To-be-confirmed actor as Azazel
- To-be-confirmed actress as Callisto
- To-be-confirmed actress as Betsy Braddock/Psylocke
- To-be-confirmed actor as Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
- To-be-confirmed actor as Bullseye
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- To-be-confirmed-actor as Bruce Banner/Hulk
- Scott Adkins as Wade Wilson/Deadpool (archive footage; uncredited)
- Thayr Harris as Sergei Valishnikov (archive footage; uncredited)
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki (archive footage; uncredited)
- Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan (archive footage; uncredited)
- Sebastian Stan as Sergeant Bucky Barnes (archive footage; uncredited)
- Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (archive footage; uncredited)
- Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther (archive footage; uncredited)
- Georges St-Pierre as Georges Batroc/Batroc the Leaper (archive footage; uncredited)
- Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man (archive footage; uncredited)
- Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk (archive footage; uncredited)
- Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (archive footage; uncredited)
- Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye (archive footage; uncredited)
- Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon (archive footage; uncredited)
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Trivia[]
- This is the thirty fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- In January 2021, Marvel Studios confirmed that this would be the first R-rated MCU movie.
- The film marks Hugh Jackman's 10th time in the role of Logan/Wolverine, following X-Men (2000), X-Men 2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and Logan (2017).
- Hugh Jackman said he really was done playing the character of Wolverine after Logan (2017). When asked why he chose to return for this film, he simply said, "I just wanted to do it, and I felt it in my gut."
- Jennifer Garner is confirmed to reprise her role as Elektra Natchios from Daredevil (2003) and its spin-off Elektra (2005).
- The first trailer received 365 million online views within the first 24 hours, more than any other film, surpassing Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), with 355 million views.
- Leslie Uggams (Blind Al) celebrated her 80th birthday during production and received a cake to mark the occasion.
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) and Blade (2025) were both delayed to 2025 due to extensive reshoots and the strikes, leaving this as the sole MCU film in 2024. It is the first year with a single MCU film since 2012, with Avengers Assemble (2012).
- Deadpool 2 (2018) director David Leitch was approached to return for this movie, but he had already committed to The Fall Guy (2024).
- The first R-rated movie directly distributed under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, as opposed to one of its banners (i.e., Touchstone).
- Weasel (T.J. Miller) does not appear in this film due to the feud between Miller and Ryan Reynolds. Both have publicly cited one another as being too difficult to work with and they would not be collaborating again.
- The 11th R-rated Marvel movie, after The Punisher (1989), Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), The Punisher (2004), Blade: Trinity (2004), Man-Thing (2005), Punisher: War Zone (2008), Deadpool (2016), Logan (2017), and Deadpool 2 (2018).
| Deadpool |
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| Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
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| X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants (2019), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |