Fox Already Planning Deadpool 3 Featuring The X-Force
Despite Deadpool 2’s ‘creative differences’ resulting in director Tim Miller leaving the project to collect Chaos Emeralds in a Sonic the Hedgehog movie you’re not sure isn’t some sort of fever dream; development is already underway on Deadpool 3 which is rumoured to feature the X-Force.
The details come from a new exposé on the status of the X-Men film franchise from The Hollywood Reporter where they have revealed the third film would feature the X-Men spin-off team, X-Force. Work is already underway to find a helmer for the third part – while negotiations are ongoing for a director to takeover Deadpool 2. Other members of X-Force are set to appear in the sequel (Cable and Domino) and this could mean that a solo X-Force film that has been in development will be absorbed by Deadpool 3 instead.
In other X-Men franchise news, the dreaded ‘reset button’ has been pressed on the flagship X-Men franchise with writer/producer Simon Kinberg working on a new script for the next film, albeit without Bryan Singer in line to direct.
Singer previously directed four of the X-Men films and is currently working on a new feature of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and is attached to directed Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury biopic starring Rami Malek.
Another potential stumbling block is the matter of stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult, who all completed their three-picture deals with this summer’s X-Men: Apocalypse and stand to make it rain when it comes to any additional deal.
Despite this Fox are confident that they can retain the services of the trio.
The article goes on to elaborate on the future of two other X-Franchises, Gambit, which recently lost director Doug Liman but could still film if another director can be hired in time to take advantage of a window in star Channing Tatums schedule, and The New Mutants whose outlook is decidedly more optimistic; with director Josh Boone lined up to start filming this coming spring.
The next X-Men movie to hit theaters will be the final Wolverine feature, Logan, starring Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart. It will arrive in theaters on March 3, 2017
