Although the aforementioned X-Force movie is still a ways away from nearing completion, with Fox having only just appointed Goddard to write and direct the project, it's clear that Deadpool has been made with that ensemble in mind.
Cable, Wade and Domino have all taken prominent roles on the off-the-books X-Men equivalent in the past (with Summers himself having co-founded and led the team for the majority of its history), and with the comic fitting the bill for a typical, R-rated Fox project, it's easy to see why the studio are so keen to set the ball rolling on a big-screen adaptation.
We don't yet know if Wade himself will feature on the team, but it would make sense for Fox to build towards an R-rated ensemble in the vein of the Avengers, especially if it can be as enjoyable as the first Deadpool movie was, or even as compelling as Logan ended up being.
If Deadpool 2 can be the vehicle for such a project, then Fox will have little trouble in persuading fans that having the X-Men stay with them, was the best course of action.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
