How Deadpool & Wolverine Sets Up The Future of the MCU

This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Deadpool and Wolverine It is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and technically the 14th film in the original 20th Century Fox franchise. X man The film is positioned as Deadpool's arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also as a sort of farewell to the original 20th Century Fox film. X man Movies that started in 2000 with X man It seems to have come to a sudden and unexpected end with New mutants In 2020. Deadpool and Wolverine I definitely had a lot of expectations to meet.

Deadpool and Wolverine The film comes at an interesting time for the MCU, as it is in the middle of the multiverse saga. Deadpool himself is making a bit of a joke at the expense of the multiverse and Marvel, but as the only MCU film in 2024, there seems to be a level of expectation that the film will be an important part of setting up future films in the multiverse saga like Avengers 5 And Avengers: Secret WarsFans are sure to have theories, ranging from the destruction of the 20th Century Fox universe to setting up the future of the multiverse and the Mutant Saga. Here's how: Deadpool and Wolverine Determines the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The X-Men universe has been saved.

The main driving factor in Deadpool and Wolverine The film revolves around Deadpool's mission to save his world, Universe 10005, from destruction at the hands of Mr. Paradox, who runs a secret off-the-books division of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and wants to destroy rapidly dying universes rather than let them slowly fade away. Deadpool's world is fading away because the anchor of the universe, Wolverine, died at the end of LoganIn a very metaphysical commentary on Hugh Jackman being the anchor of the 20th Century Fox Marvel films.and once Logan After the film's release, the franchise seemed aimless until Disney bought 20th Century Fox.

Deadpool teams up with Wolverine in this film, a version of a world where all the X-Men are dead. Together, the two save the Earth-10005 universe from villains Cassandra Nova and Mr. Paradox. This Wolverine resides in this universe, filling the role left over after the Earth-10005 version of Wolverine died in Logan. This means that Wolverine, Deadpool, and the rest of the X-Men characters in this franchise have been saved and exist as part of the Marvel Multiverse.Instead of Deadpool joining the MCU, he decided to stay in his own world with the surrogate family he created. It's a somewhat hopeful ending, one that may have surprised many.

Marvel's X-Men movie may not be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Studios is currently working on X man Movie with The Hunger Games: The Songbirds and the Snakes Michael Lesslie is writing the screenplay. Many assumed that this film would take place within the hallowed timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but now, with the release of Deadpool and Wolverine, the next X man The movie may exist in this universe.Kevin Feige has hinted in the past that they're interested in making movies set in a different reality outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the X-Men could be part of that plan.

The Fantastic Four It's already confirmed that the movie takes place in another universe, and now the X-Men might as well. Wonders It ends with Beast (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) and Maria Rambeau/Binary discovering Monica Rambeau and treating her wounds in the basement of the X-Mansion. This scene may have happened on Earth 10005.and the X man The Marvel Studios-promoted film will see Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine alongside Kelly Grammer's Beast. A true sequel to the Fox X-Men films before the main event: Avengers vs. X-Men.

Avengers vs X-Men

Following Marvel Studios' decision to change Avengers: Kang Dynasty to Avengers 5We here at MovieWeb have theorized about how a movie can be turned into a movie. Avengers vs X-Mena film based on the popular 2012 story that saw the Avengers and X-Men fight. The film focused on Hope Summers and the Phoenix Force, We can see Avengers vs X-Men As a film inspired by the story “Time is Running Out” in which we see two realities collide with each other and have to fight to see which world will live..

In both the comics and the MCU, this event is called the Invasion and has been featured in both. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness And WondersThis means that the two heroes from two different worlds will have to fight each other before both worlds are destroyed, with the story being resolved in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Secret Wars He sees many realities that Doctor Doom, now called God Emperor Doom, has gathered using the power of the Beyonders. The Battleworld is a mixture of different parts of the multiverse, and Avengers: Secret Wars It could do the same thing when the MCU, X-Men universe, and others are merged into one new reality.

Deadpool and Wolverine It's already been established that Jennifer Garner's Elektra and Wesley Snipes' Blade have been around other worlds and likely returned to their home world, so these two heroes and their world could be part of a mixed reality. The same goes for Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, and the new multiverse's Fantastic Four team. Deadpool and Wolverine You may have just created different universes that could collide in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Deadpool's Importance to the Multiverse

Mr. Paradox tells Deadpool that the higher-ups see Deadpool as important to the future of the multiverse. While this is supposed to be a self-aware joke about Disney’s view of the value of the Deadpool franchise, in terms of the larger MCU story, there appear to be big plans for Deadpool. That particular point, or who exactly Deadpool needs for future adventures, has never been confirmed. Could it be the TVA chairman like Mobius (Owen Wilson), or is it Loki himself, as the god of stories has appointed him?

There's also one unanswered plot point: Why is Thor crying over Deadpool? When Mr. Paradox offers Deadpool to join the MCU, he looks at the monitors that show how the Tennessee Valley Authority has been watching him. At one point, Deadpool catches a glimpse of a scene he wasn't supposed to see happening yet, which it did. Thor crying over Deadpool's corpseWhile he reuses footage from Thor: The Dark WorldWith Ryan Reynolds replacing Tom Hiddleston as Loki, the scene is brought up several times by Deadpool, but never answered. Now, Fans are excited to find out what might make Thor cry for Deadpool..

Independent story

Despite all the criticism that MCU movies are just a huge advertisement for the next project, Deadpool and Wolverine The film serves as an argument against this narrative. The film is largely a standalone story, focusing on Deadpool and Wolverine as characters while also highlighting forgotten Marvel movie characters prior to the MCU. In terms of the broader narrative of the MCU, it doesn't push the larger story any further..

Maybe it's because it's rated R; Marvel Studios may not want to introduce or set up many of the core story elements in a movie that a large portion of the audience will not be able to see.It will be interesting to see how some fans, who have often criticized the many films and TV shows in the Multiverse Saga for being aimless, respond to this MCU film, which isn't concerned with setting up future projects but more with simply giving Wolverine and Deadpool a long-awaited team-up.

Deadpool and Wolverine It is also not interested in answering plot points from previous MCU films. There is no connection to Beast from Wonders Or Kang's different state in the mid-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He's more interested in bringing a sense of closure to the non-MCU films.Characters like Elektra, Blade, X-23, or even the never-realized Gambit played by Channing Tatum, are given the spotlight and a giant stage to take their bow.

Seventeen years later, Chris Evans returns as the Human Torch after his tenure ended prematurely before he became Captain America. Deadpool and Wolverine It's an entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's certainly one of those movies that, by the nature of the character, doesn't have much narrative impact, but that doesn't mean audiences won't enjoy it as just a Deadpool and Wolverine movie, which is what it says on the tin.