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The Associated Press reports:
- Shawn Levy is no rookie when it comes to rumors about his projects. The years on “Stranger Things” taught him to tune out the noise. However, even he was surprised by the sheer volume of speculation surrounding “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
- Anticipation may be insufficient for a film that is about to be the theatrical event of the summer when it opens on July 26. The first trailer, which aired during the Super Bowl, was viewed a record 365 million times online in its first 24 days. hours. The second, which dropped this week, broke another record: the most “F-bombs” in the MCU (six in less than three minutes).
- When Disney (New York Stock Exchange: DIS) acquired the studio's film and TV assets in early 2019, Wolverine had already died in “Logan,” a third “Deadpool” was in development and Marvel was still firmly in the PG-13 business, a rating that only allows one F- bomb.
- The Marvel multiverse has become a bit overwhelming in recent years for more casual fans who may have seen most of the films but only dabbled in the Disney+ offerings that regularly introduce new concepts and characters that eventually find their way into the films. . “Deadpool & Wolverine,” for example, uses the Time Variance Authority (TVA), an important part of “Loki” but new to the movies, to help bring Deadpool to the MCU. But Levy promises that to enjoy “Deadpool & Wolverine” you don't have to binge or study beforehand.
- It could be the first MCU movie since “Spider-Man: No Way Home” to gross $1 billion, which would also put it in the running to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. That title currently belongs to “Joker,” with its $1.08 billion.
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