“Not another Marvel movie before a green screen”: This is why “Deadpool 3” should be different from other MCU titles

“Deadpool 3” will be the first MCU film to feature the antihero and mercenary played by Ryan Reynolds, but that doesn’t mean we can expect a typical MCU film. Not only should “Deadpool 3” get a so-called R-rating, i.e. an American adult age rating, which then allows swear words, sex, nudity and especially blood and explicit depictions of violence. It is also said that “Deadpool 3” is also different from most MCU films in another way.

Like Shawn Levy in an interview with the magazine record, The director even consciously accepted that set photos would be distributed so that he wouldn’t have to just shoot in front of green screens or digital backdrops. Many MCU films – especially in the recent past – have been criticized for their artificial appearance and unconvincing computer effects, such as “Thor 4: Love And Thunder” and “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania”.

“The prize for real locations”

“It irritates me that photos have been leaked on the internet. But that’s the price we pay for choosing real locations,” Levy said (through ). “I decided very early in the preparation that I didn’t want to just shoot another Marvel movie in front of a green screen with digital set extensions, even though Deadpool is now in the MCU.

But why all this effort? On the one hand, Levy wanted to clearly differentiate himself from the previous MCU films, but on the other hand, he also wanted to pay tribute to Deadpool’s “X-Men” legacy.. “Deadpool and Wolverine are iconic Marvel characters, or more specifically, iconic Marvel characters from the Fox era,” Levy explains, referring to the studio 20th Century Fox, which produced all of the “X-Men” films before they were released by Disney were sold. bought out the rights to Wolverine, Deadpool and Co. returned to Marvel.

“We’re not going to pretend that we’re going to snap our fingers and suddenly the legacy of Fox no longer exists. “It shaped a lot of what we know as the MCU,” Levy continued. “Fox influenced Ryan’s career, Hugh Jackman’s career and my career. So there’s a long history, a long Marvel history at Fox. And that, of course, is part of the plot of the film.

Deadpool 3

By
Shawn Levy

Of
Ryan Reynolds,
Hugh Jackman,
Lewis Tan

Starting date

May 1, 2024

However, it should not go unmentioned that other MCU films have of course also been shot in real locations, both already published and future ones. And of course, “Deadpool 3” will also feature numerous visual effects (VFX) and computer-generated imagery (CGI) scenes.

What is likely at least partially behind Levy’s statements is the “we shot it for real” marketing narrative currently enjoying great popularity in Hollywood, most recently with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” or “Star Wars: Andor.”

“Deadpool 3” will hit German cinemas on May 1, 2024. However, as filming has not yet been completed due to the current strikes in Hollywood, it is unlikely that this date will be possible.