It has been a little under a year sinceDeadpoolhit theaters, and now it is sort of hard to imagine a world without Wade Wilson. Interestingly enough, prior to the release, it was hard to imagine a world where that movie ever got made, but because it was so successful,Deadpool 2is happening. We know that the time-traveling mutant Cable is going to be in it, but it hasn’t been announced who is playing him. Now we might have a very interesting candidate.
Ryan Reynoldsrecently posted a photo to hisInstagramthat featured himself as well asHugh Jackmanand former 007Pierce Brosnan. He appropriately captioned the photo with “Wolvie. Bond. Wade.” The three were posed in a ‘hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil’ pose, which implies that they have a secret they have to keep about why they are all meeting with one another.Ryan Reynoldsdidn’t do anything to necessarily imply thatPierce Brosnanis now in the running to play Cable inDeadpool 2, but he didn’t have to. Fans have gone wild on social media, speculating that may be the case.
Hugh Jackmanalso dumped a little fuel on the fire when he posted a different photo of the three of them to his Twitter. Again, he didn’t really hint at anything beyond three big movie stars hanging out, but it is hard for people not to wonder what this is all about.Deadpool 2is expected to go into production this year and writersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernickrecently said that they would taper the dialogue in the script to suit the actor who ultimately winds up playing Cable. So, Fox and the creative team are probably going to have to find that person soon. Even if it isn’t the case, there is now a lot of fans online who think the formerJames Bondactor could be taking on theworld of superhero moviesnext.
If this meeting was aboutDeadpool 2, that also raises questions about whyHugh Jackmanis there. The next soloWolverinemovieLoganis set to come out in March and is said to be his last turn as the iconic mutant. However,Ryan Reynoldshas made it very clear that he wants to do aDeadpoolandWolverinemovie, if he can convinceHugh Jackmanto do it. So maybe that is part of what is going on here. Alternatively,Ryan Reynoldscould have been having a meeting withPierce BrosnanaboutDeadpool 2and since the marketing campaign forLoganis ramping up,Hugh Jackmanmay have just been around and they all wound up having some fun. In any case, with almost no context and given the presentation, the photos raise a lot of questions.
AssumingPierce Brosnandoes wind up playingCableinDeadpool 2, he would seem like a somewhat out of the box, but probably great choice. He definitely has the action chops and is age appropriate. Cable is the son ofX-MenCyclops and Jean Grey’s clone (at least sometimes), but because he is a time traveler, he is usually portrayed as older and grizzled. Many comic book characters have somewhat complex backstories, often thanks to retconning and things of the like, but Cable is certainly up there in terms of having a truly convoluted past. In its most basic form, Cable’s real name is Nathan Summers and he is the son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, who is Jean Grey’s clone. Already somewhat complicated there. He is also a telekinetic time traveler, which further complicates things. There is also a thread where Cable was created in the distant future by Mister Sinister in order to destroy Apocalypse.Paul WernickandRhett Reeserecently said that they would be simplifying his origin story inDeadpool 2in order to keep things clean.
At the moment, there is no release date set forDeadpool 2, but it is expected to shoot sometime this year.Director Tim Millerwon’t be back, since he departed the project over “creative differences.” Instead, it will beJohn Wickco-directorDavid Leitchat the helm. There will be a ton ofnew charactersaside from Cable, along with returning favorites Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. you’re able to check outRyan Reynolds' andHugh Jackman’s posts withPierce Brosnanfor yourself below.
