Did Marvel put limits on Deadpool and Wolverine? Director Shawn Levy speaks on the lines he couldn’t cross when making the highly anticipated film.
Deadpool and Wolverine seems to be the first project in a long time to really push the envelope when it comes to what’s expected for a Marvel film. However, that doesn’t mean the film was totally free from the studio. When asked about any limits put on the movie by Marvel, director Shawn Levy admitted that the only thing he could say was active drug use.
“I’m so wary of what I can say, but certainly there were early conversations about overt drug use,” Levy explained to Total Film. “And we thought that was an interesting conversation. Let’s actually write a dialogue scene about having had it.”
The scene Shawn Levy is referring to comes from the first Deadpool and Wolverine trailer where Wade Wilson points out that cocaine is off-limits to Blind Al in multiple funny ways. Though if this is the limit to how much Marvel stopped the director from doing, it seems the lack of drugs was a worthy trade-off!
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While Shawn Levy couldn’t include one thing in Deadpool and Wolverine, Marvel did let the director have full access to their toybox. Just the trailers alone show cameos from X-Men characters and Loki villains, along with some sneaky references to projects like Spider-Man.
That’s only the confirmed cameos! Rumors suggest that Shawn Levy will be bringing back Channing Tatum’s Gambit from the brink of becoming completely lost media, having him join up with Jennifer Garner’s Elektra and Dafne Keen’s X-23 to form a whole new team in Deadpool and Wolverine. The film truly seems to be pushing all of Marvel’s limits!
Deadpool and Wolverine is currently expected to be released on July 26, 2024. Stay tuned for the latest news regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content!