The Deadpool movies were one of the only things going well for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise – the fans were satisfied with how the characters were being portrayed, they did consistently well at the box office, and a wider universe had been set up. An X-Force movie and a third Deadpool movie are in development.

However, a spanner has been thrown in the works in the form of Fox’s merger with Disney, which gave the rights to the X-Men back to Marvel. Now, Deadpool could be joining the MCU, but it’s up in the air. So, here is Everything We Know (So Far) About Deadpool 3.

10. DEADPOOL 3 WILL GO IN “A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION”



Speaking about the development of the threequel, Ryan Reynolds said that Deadpool 3 will go in “a completely different direction” than the previous two movies. The actor explained the reason for this as being to avoid the mistakes made by other superhero franchises: “Often, they reboot or change a character maybe like four movies too late.”

Reynolds elaborated, “I certainly think that this universe needs to represent and reflect the world in very real ways. The great thing about Deadpool is that we’re allowed to do things that other superhero movies don’t necessarily do. It’s something that I’d love to see more of.”

9. X-FORCE WILL PROBABLY BE RELEASED FIRST



After Deadpool 2 was released, development began on Deadpool 3, but it also began on an X-Force team-up movie, which is likely to come before the threequel. This has been compared to how The Avengers was released between Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3.

Rhett Reese, one of the writers behind the Deadpool movies, explained the difference between the two projects: “Deadpool 3 will be different from X-Force. So, I think we’ll be able to take two paths. One is where we’re launching something bigger, but then another where we’re contracting and staying personal and small. So, I think best of all worlds, really.”

8. DAVID LEITCH MIGHT RETURN TO DIRECT



When John Wick co-director David Leitch was hired to helm Deadpool 2, it was announced that Fox would be seeking a separate filmmaker to take on Deadpool 3, perhaps to give each one a distinctive directorial style, as the first one was helmed by Tim Miller.

But Fox isn’t calling the shots anymore, and Leitch has said he’d be open to returning to the franchise: “I’m not necessarily one and done. I would love to work with Ryan [Reynolds] and Rhett [Reese, co-writer] and Paul [Wernick, co-writer] and Simon [Kinberg, producer] again. We just had a really good time and I love this world, and I love this universe, and I love the character that he’s made so endearing to the fans, and so I would be grateful to work on something again.”

7. DISNEY WILL RELEASE IT



When Disney acquired the rights to the X-Men characters from Fox, it was reported that they would be rebooting every single character for their introduction into the MCU – Deadpool is the only one they’re happy to leave as he is, un-rebooted.

Disney chairman Alan Horn confirmed this year at CinemaCon, “You’ll be seeing more of Deadpool in the years to come.” Ryan Reynolds celebrated by tweeting a photo of Deadpool sitting on a school bus marked “Disney” wearing a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. Deadpool 3 might even take advantage of this and have the Merc with a Mouth visit Disneyland.