Ryan Reynolds Takes Sabbatical From Movie Making. Break Before DEADPOOL 3?
Ryan Reynolds announced a few days ago that it was the “perfect time for a little sabbatical from movie making” after wrapping his latest project Spirited.
How little a sabbatical? And what will his next project be? Could it be Deadpool 3?
It’s been 3+ years since Deadpool 2 was released in theatres and 4+ years since it filmed in Vancouver.
What’s the problem?
After Disney purchased Fox Studios, all its X-Men films were cancelled and plans for the Deadpool threequel put on hold while Disney and Marvel considered how to integrate the R-rated character into the MCU. The third Deadpool movie eventually went into development with Marvel in 2019. Ryan Reynolds and Marvel announced in November 2020 that Bob’s Burgers writers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin would pen the script. Deadpool 3 will remain R-rated but somehow set in the MCU.
A list of Ryan Reynold’s recent live-action projects:
Deadpool 2. With Josh Brolin and Zazie Beetz. Filmed in Vancouver in 2017.
6 Underground for Netflix. Filmed in L.A., Europe, United Arab Emirates and Africa in 2018.
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – theatrical. With Samuel Jackson & Salma Hayek. Filmed in Europe in 2019.
Free Guy — theatrical. With Jodie Comer. Filmed in and around Boston in 2019.
I haven’t been this fully immersed and engaged in something since Deadpool. — Ryan Reynolds.
Red Notice for Netflix. With Dwayne :”The Rock” Johnson and Gal Godot. Filmed in Atlanta & Italy in 2020.
It’s what dreams are made of.
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 25, 2021
And nightmares.
F*cking @VancityReynolds it’s all his fault!
(though he did tell me to read the room;)
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The Adam Project for Netflix. With Mark Ruffal,o Jennifer Garner & Walker Scobell. Filmed in Vancouver in 2021.
Spirited for Apple TV+. With Will Ferrell. Just wrapped.