Deadpool 2: 8 Reasons To Be Excited

3. It'll Set-Up X-Force

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.