‘Deadpool 3’, Priyanka Chopra's ‘Heads of State’ shooting halted amid Hollywood ‘double’ strike
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, pushed it released dates from September, 2024, to 8 November, 2024 and then changed again after Disney unveiled a release slate shuffle in mid June 2023, this time bumping up and claiming a new release date of Friday, 3 May 2024. Deadpool 3 is part of the Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The Marvel movie is the biggest project to date to be halted by the strike.
People familiar with the development told US media outlet Deadline, that the Deadpool 3 movie production had halted. The news comes days after Ryan and Hugh dropped the first look from the film as Deadpool and Wolverine on their Instagram stories. Jackman joins the ‘Deadpool’ franchise after portraying the adamantium-clawed mutant in nine films from 2000 to 2017, spanning from ‘X-Men’ to ‘Logan’.
The first look emerged on the heels of news that Jennifer Garner will likewise make a Marvel return as Elektra after playing the character in 2003’s ‘Daredevil’. Shawn Levy is directing and producing the Marvel threequel. Plot details remain under wraps, as per Deadline.
The 'Deadpool' films have been great commercial successes, and they are the highest-earning 'X-Men' titles of all time, grossing more than $780 million at the global box office. Earlier, ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie’ promotions were also affected due to the ongoing strike. In fact, the ‘Oppenheimer’ cast walked out of the London premiere as soon as the strike began.
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