A new teaser for “Deadpool & Wolverine” confirms the return of a longtime foe of the steel-clawed hero, a famous foe he faced more than 20 years ago in the very first “X-Men ”…
Dear Logan seems to be ready to face an old adversary again, more than 20 years after their last meeting in the original X-Men from the year 2000. Indeed, on the occasion of the release of Deadpool & Wolverine this month Next, Ryan Reynolds shared a new teaser revealing the reappearance of a certain Sabretooth!
“I don’t think we can add another ‘and’ to the title”, joked Ryan Reynolds by sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter). And yes, Wolverine’s archenemy, played for the first time in live action by actor Tyler Mane, has made his grand return in the images published this Friday.Ready to die?” he asks once reunited with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).
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Of course, that’s without counting on Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), who, before the battle begins, must first prepare his friend. “Tu as l’air ridicule”, he said while removing all kinds of swords and knives from the body of the adamantium-clawed mutant. “People have been waiting for this fight for decades. This isn’t going to be easy“, he adds knowingly.
Sabretooth is Logan’s most famous adversary in the comics, with the two characters facing off on the big screen in the first X-Men directed by Bryan Singer but Tyler Mane hadn’t reprised his role since: that’s now done. In the 2009 prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was Liev Schreiber who brought the character to life.
Check out the new teaser below:
He’s not the only one who’s back
While there have been hints at the return of other characters from previous X-Men films, only Pyro (Aaron Stanford) has been officially confirmed as part of the cast. Deadpool & Wolverine. The mutant who can control any source of fire was seen in X-MenX-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. We have no doubt that the film has more surprises in store for us.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Shawn Levy took the opportunity to tease these potential returns: “I will say that we didn’t start with a wish list. From the day we started designing this Deadpool and Wolverine story, we let the story dictate the characters, not the other way around. Aaron and his return as Pyro are a consequence of this, and it applies to almost every character you’ll see in the film.”
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The plot of Deadpool & Wolverine takes place years after the events of Deadpool 2 (2018). Wade Wilson retired from being a superhero mercenary and became a used car salesman. Agents from the Court of Anachronic Variations (the watchdogs of the multiverse first introduced in the Loki series) then arrive to tear him from his reality and bring him to their boss, Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), who entrusts him with an important mission. He will then team up with a version of Wolverine from an alternate universe.
Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), Blind Al (Leslie Uggams), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), Colossus (Stefan Kapičić), Peter/Sugar Bear (Rob Delaney), Dopinder (Karan Soni) and Shatterstar ( Lewis Tan), seen in previous films, will also be returning.
Deadpool & Wolverine will be released on July 24, 2024.
