With “Deadpool & Wolverine” Marvel finally releases a movie that people want to see

The ‘boom’ of superheroes in cinema that we see today is, in part, due to the X Men. Marvel’s mutant franchise hit theaters with money from 20th Century Fox in 2000, two years before Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” and eight years before Jon Favreau’s “Iron-Man.” The film is responsible for a blockbuster saga, although of irregular quality, that made Hugh Jackman famous, whose height of six feet almost prevented him from playing wolverinea character with a bad character who in the comic is short in stature.

Precisely this character returns in the movie “Deadpool & Wolverine”, which released its official trailer last Monday, a preview that at the close of this article has been viewed more than 10 million times on social networks. The images finally show the first glimpse of Jackman back to the character with the claws and rapid regeneration, accompanied by the mercenary Wade Wilson, played by Ryan Reynolds, who in addition to acting also produces. Reynolds is precisely credited with having convinced his colleague to enter the film after his apparent “retirement” of him as Wolverine.

The bond between both actors can be traced back to 2009, when they participated in the film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” a film that was battered by critics and has been parodied by the “Deadpool” films. In the upcoming film, the timeline management organization TVA (the same one that appears in the “Loki” series) recruits Wade Wilson for a mission; In this process the mercenary meets Wolverine, a hero who failed to save his own world from a catastrophe. Now, together, they could make a difference.

The trailer revealed that the antagonist will be Cassandra Nova, twin sister of Professor Charles Xavier played by Emma Corrin, who became known for her work as Princess Diana in the series “The Crown” and who appears bald in this film. Her character, who in the comic committed genocide against mutants, is only the excuse to trigger the plot; The trailer dedicates few shots to it. After all, no one will go to the movies to see her, what sells the movie is the unlikely teaming of Jackman and Reynolds; The film’s marketing focuses on this “love-hate” of the characters, with double meaning puns (“there’s nothing like ending up together,” says the new poster).

“Deadpool & Wolverine” will be the only film that Marvel Studios will release in 2024. After a 2023 with questionable releases such as “Secret Invasion”, “Ant-Man 3” and “The Marvels” and an actors’ strike, the studio lowers revolutions and offers a film that people do want to see. For example, there are all the reactions on social networks about the Doctor Strange portal that appears in the trailer to which the heroes jump without further context. References to other films in the saga and more surprises are expected. After all, that’s Marvel.