It seems that two of Deadpool’s good friends will team up on their own in the sequelDeadpool 2. While promotingThe Emoji Movie, in theaters July 28, T.J. Miller, who portrayedWeaselin the originalDeadpooland will return for the sequel, revealed in a new interview that there may be a story that brings him together with Dopinder (Karan Soni), the cab driverDeadpoolbefriended and confided in during the first movie. Here’s what T.J. Miller had to say, also confirming that filming is slated to begin this August.
“We’re shooting in August and September and it’s going to be even more Weaselicious. The cab driver,Karan Soni, and Weasel have a pretty funny storyline, which I’m not positive is going to be in [the movie], but they were talking about it and it was really making me laugh. And I like him, I didOffice Christmas Partywith him, and he’s very funny, very quick and so, because we didn’t cross paths in the original film. So y’know [fans can expect] stuff like that. I think they’re really building out the world and deciding kind of what’s next.”
While it has already been confirmed that production is under way, with Ryan Reynolds sending out the first photo from the set withDeadpoolstopping by theX-Mansion, it seems that T.J. Miller won’t start his portion of filming until August, as revealed in the actor’s interview withScreen Rant. Filming is expected to last until October, with 20th Century Fox setting a June 29, 2025 release date. As of now, the superhero sequel has no direct competition, but it will arrive a week after the highly-anticipatedHan Solo: A Star Wars Storyon May 25, and a week beforeOcean’s EightandTransformers 6.
Ryan Reynolds returns to star as theMerc With the Mouthalongside T.J. Miller as Weasel and Karan Soni as Dopinder the cab driver. New cast members include Josh Brolin as the iconic character Cable, who was confirmed to be introduced in the sequel in theDeadpoolpost-credits scene, which was inspired by theFerris Bueller’s Day Officonic post-credits scene. Jack Kesy has also signed on to play the new villain, who may or may not be Black Tom, while newcomer Zazie Beetz has signed on to play Domino. With production now under way, it remains to be seen if any other new cast members or characters will be confirmed in the weeks and months ahead.
David Leitch(John Wick,Atomic Blonde) has taken over the directing duties from the departing Tim Miller, who directed the originalDeadpoolwhich broke box office records. The original movie earned a record-breaking $132.4 million in its opening weekend, the highest debut ever for an R-rated movie, en route to $363 million domestic and $783.4 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing R-rated movie in history. Whether or not the sequel can replicate that kind of success remains to be seen, but the sequel did bring back originalDeadpoolwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to write the script. Hopefully we’ll have more updates onDeadpool 2as production continues.
