After many months that consisted of a little drama, rumors, some exciting (and unexpected) casting,Deadpool 2is finally a real thing. What is more than likely the most highly-anticipated sequel hitting theaters next year is officially filming, and we have the latestset photosto prove it. And honestly, this is the perfect batch of images forDeadpool 2because it looks like Wade Wilson is crashing a children’s birthday party.
Earlier in the month, Ryan Reynolds was seen shooting atX-Mansion, though he seemed to be on a lone mission there, as Xavier and his gifted students weren’t home. A handful of new photos fromDeadpool 2have now arrived online, clearly showing Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson hanging around at a kid’s birthday party. We can only assume he wasn’t invited. He is wearing an Expo 86 shirt from the World’s Fair, as well as some sweat pants and his signatureDeadpoolmask.Ryan Reynoldsalso commemorated the first day of shooting by sharing a photo of a snap on Instagram, showing director David Leitch’s name, as well as confirming cinematographer Jonathan Sela. Here’s what Ryan Reynolds had to say in his post.
“The sun sets on day 1. Feels good to be back. This dog can hunt.”
“This dog can hunt” is more than likely a compliment to David Leitch (John Wick,Atomic Blonde) who wound up taking over directing duties onDeadpool 2from Tim Miller, who departed the project late last year over creative differences. As for Jonathan Sela, he worked with Leitch on bothJohn WickandAtomic Blonde, as well as handling the cinematography onTransformers: The Last Knight. Say what you will, but that movie looks good, so he is probably a credit to a movie likeDeadpool 2.
Over the next few months, as production rolls ahead onDeadpool 2, we’ll probably be seeing glimpses of Josh Brolin as Cable, Zazie Beetz as Domino and members of the returning cast, as well as some of the new additions likeShioli Kutsuna. Cable is a character that fans have been wanting to see on the big screen and, thanks to the post-credit scene at the end ofDeadpool, we’ve known for a long time that Nathan Summers was going to be in this movie. That will no doubt be one of the things fans are most looking forward to when it comes toDeadpool 2. Also, given how great the marketing was for the first movie, don’t be surprised if we get some great promo videos,updates and teasersalong the way.
Fox has slatedDeadpool 2to hit theaters onJune 1, 2018, so we have less than a year to wait. That does run a bit counter to their strategy of releasing the first movie in February, where it faced a lot less competition. Still, given how well the first movie did, it shouldn’t be any trouble at all forDeadpool 2to clean up at the summer box office as well. You can check out the new set photos from filming onDeadpool 2for yourself below.
