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First reactions from the premiere

July 23, 2024
First reactions from the premiere

Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE” from 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios.

Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in “Deadpool & Wolverine”.


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Fifteen years after Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman first brought Deadpool and Wolverine to the screen in the ill-fated X-Men: Origins – Wolverinethe duo gives the characters a real buddy movie feel.

Reynolds and Jackman unveiled their film at a premiere in New York on Monday, while press across the country also enjoyed the first full screenings of the film. The first reactions are now pouring in on social media, ahead of the official reviews, which are due out on Tuesday. (Scroll down to read the reactions.)

In New York, NSYNC attended the premiere of a Hollywood Reporters Eyewitness noted.

The film is expected to gross over $165 million in domestic theaters when it opens this weekend, making it the biggest R-rated opening of all time.

Directed by Shawn Levy, who frequently works with Reynolds Deadpool and Wolverineand co-wrote the screenplay with Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Zeb Wells. Emma Corrin plays the antagonist in the film, while a number of faces from Deadpool and Wolverine’s past appear, including Dafne Keen, who played Wolverine’s daughter Laura Logan (2017).

The road to the big screen was long and rocky. Dead Pool turned out to be a surprise hit in 2016 and helped Reynolds and the character reach new heights of success. Two years later, the rapid Deadpool 2but the third installment took six years to hit the screen as the sale of 20th Century Fox to Disney complicated things. The move gave Marvel Studios access to Deadpool and X-Men characters for the first time and is also Marvel Studios’ first R-rated film.

The premiere will take place before the film’s panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday and the Marvel panel on Saturday evening, which will provide a glimpse of future films, such as Captain America: Brave New World And Thunderbolts.

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