Deadpool 3 director opens up about 'grounded' but 'audacious' movie

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11 Sep 2023, 13:40

Deadpool 3’s director Shawn Levy has opened up about the movie while speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Talking with Deadline.com, the director revealed that the cast and crew working on the much anticipated third film in Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool franchise were around halfway through filming on the production before it shutdown as a result of the current SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

Levy, who was at TIFF to receive the Norman Jewison Career Award, said: “We’re halfway through filming Deadpool, co-starring Wolverine. It was a joy every day and that chemistry is as relentless as we all hoped it would be.”

Discussing joining the movie series for its third outing, Levy reassured fans: “I wasn’t going to mess with the DNA of that franchise.”

“Our movie is raw, audacious, very much R-rated and we went to great lengths to not shoot it on sound stages with digital environments,” he continued. “We wanted something that felt, grounded, real.”

He also added on the subject of the strikes: “Our crew and the rest of us are awaiting a fair and equitable deal that ends these strikes and puts this industry, inclusive of our movie, back at work.”

Deadpool 3 is currently slated for release in May 2024, but may have to be delayed as a result of the current pause in production.

Hugh Jackman was revealed to be returning as his fan-favourite character Wolverine in a witty video posted to Ryan Reynolds' social media accounts on 27th September 2022.

Other actors cast in the film include Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, The Crown’s Emma Corrin and Alias’ Jennifer Garner.

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