“Deadpool 2” set to land in Summer 2018
“Deadpool 2” — one of Hollywood's most anticipated sequels — has booked a release date in theaters.
The follow-up to the groundbreaking and irreverent superhero 2016 film will hit the big screen on June 1, 2018, Fox revealed.
It was a busy morning for the studio, between “Deadpool” and dating four “Avatar” sequels alongside a slew of other films, including an upcoming Steven Spielberg film, Bryan Singer's “Bohemian Rhapsody”, two more Fox/Marvel movies, X-Men spinoff “New Mutants” and sequel “Dark Phoenix”, and Steve McQueen's female-heist pic, “Widows”.
Ryan Reynolds once again stars as the titular superhero in “Deadpool 2”. The film series is a passion project for the actor, who spent years trying to get the first “Deadpool” made. Reynolds, a producer on the films, also played a key role in the award-winning marketing campaign for the first film. The movie, released in February 2016, was a sleeper hit, earning $783 million worldwide to become the top-grossing R-rated film of all time.
This time, David Leitch is in the director's chair instead of Tim Miller. Newcomers to “Deadpool 2” include Zazie Beetz as Domino and Josh Brolin as Cable. Shooting is set to begin in June.
Next year is going to be jam-packed in terms of Fox superhero titles: “New Mutants” will open April 13, 2018, while “Dark Phoenix” hits cinemas on November 2. The former, directed by Josh Boone, follows a young team of superheroes, while “Dark Phoenix” will revisit a classic comic book storyline that saw Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) become the host for the Phoenix Force, a cosmic entity that eventually drives her to becoming a destructive force that ultimately leads to her death. Longtime X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg is a top contender to direct the project, which is a follow-up to 2016's “X-Men Apocalypse”.
In terms of awards contenders, Fox has dated Steven Spielberg's Washington Post/Pentagon Papers film, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, for limited release on December 22 this year. The untitled film will expand nationwide on January 12, 2018. McQueen's “Widows” is also a potential awards contender, and will open in theaters on November 16, 2018. Also in the fourth quarter of 2018, Singer's “Bohemian Rhapsody” has been given the high-profile release date of December 25.
Fox also made a number of tweaks to its release calendar, including moving up “Murder on the Orient Express” from November 22 of this year to Nov ember 10, and pushing back the release of Jennifer Lawrence's “The Red Sparrow” from November 10 to March 2, 2018 and “The Predator” from February 9, 2018 to August 3.
Source: THR