Shawn Levy

2022 - 3 - 11

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Free Guy's Shawn Levy to direct Deadpool 3 (The A.V. Club)

The Night At The Museum director has become a frequent collaborator of franchise star Ryan Reynolds.

He’ll also be teaming back up with writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who worked on the first two films; Bob’s Burgers and The Great North writers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin have both also worked on the franchise’s third installment. The big question looming over Deadpool 3, of course, is how far Disney will be willing to go with it. Most notably, Deadpool director Tim Miller (who’d managed to score a major hit with his directing debut) left the second film, reportedly over creative differences with Reynolds. David Leitch ended up handling that sequel.

Ryan Reynolds Reveals That Shawn Levy is Directing 'Deadpool 3 ... (Collider.com)

Shawn Levy is set to direct Deadpool 3 and Ryan Reynolds shared a hilarious poster to commemorate the occasion.

All Levy has to do is add a lot of violence, blood, and foul language. The Deadpool franchise has been one wild ride so far as the character started out as the best part of a lesser desirable X-Men movie before spinning-off into his own “leaked” test footage that spawned two extremely successful films. This choice in director is significant given that star Ryan Reynolds has worked with Levy on last year’s hit comedy Free Guy and The Adam Project. The latter film releases on Netflix this weekend.

Shawn Levy Slated To Direct Ryan Reynolds In Deadpool 3 (Game Rant)

After collaborating together for Free Guy and The Adam Project, Levy will unite with Ryan Reynolds a third time for Deadpool's third installment.

Will it continue its own story or is it going to be included in some capacity with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? It'd be difficult to integrate Deadpool, the merc with a mouth, into a family-friendly movie franchise, but Disney has proven time and time again that they can do the impossible with the Marvel heroes, so who knows? A betting man would guess that the reason why it took so long for the franchise's third installment to come along was that the pandemic knocked everything out of whack. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Levy is now slated to direct the upcoming film Deadpool 3, which of course is going to star Reynolds as the titular character.

'Deadpool 3': Shawn Levy to Direct Ryan Reynolds in Marvel Movie ... (Hollywood Reporter)

Deadpool 3 has a director, with Ryan Reynolds' frequent collaborator, Shawn Levy, stepping in to helm the Marvel Studios film.

The first two Deadpool films are currently not available on Disney+, and there was concern at the time that Marvel might not continue the R-rated franchise considering Disney’s longstanding reputation for family-friendly fare. Frequent Reynolds collaborators Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who penned the scripts for the first two films, are now working on Deadpool 3. The news comes on the heels of Disney announcing it would move its Netflix series to Disney+. Those shows include Daredevil and Punisher, which, along with Deadpool, are the most mature Marvel content in the Disney fold.

Marvel Studios Signs Shawn Levy to Direct 'Deadpool 3' (HYPEBEAST)

Marvel Studios Signs Shawn Levy to Direct 'Deadpool 3': "The third film in my Shawn Levy trilogy will be a tad more stabby," said Ryan Reynolds.

Already directing Free Guy and The Adam Project, Levy will team up with Ryan Reynolds once again for the third installment of the Deadpool series. The third film in my Shawn Levy trilogy will be a tad more stabby.pic.twitter.com/ofBrFyaRsv “The third film in my Shawn Levy trilogy will be a tad more stabby,” said Ryan Reynolds.

'Free Guy' Director Shawn Levy In Talks To Direct 'Deadpool 3' (ETCanada.com)

Shawn Levy is reportedly in negotiations to direct the third chapter in the "Deadpool" saga. Levy recently directed Ryan Reynolds in new Netflix movie "The ...

That would be dream come true,” Reynolds added. I hope that someday, when my heart stops beating, people can say I shot 15 or 20 movies with Shawn,” said Reynolds. That would be a dream.