Ryan Reynolds Reveals Original Deadpool & Wolverine Title…and Why It Was Changed Last Minute

dead pool a star Ryan Reynolds has revealed the original title of the highly anticipated film. Deadpool and Wolverine And how it was the screams of the masses that prompted them to change that. Reynolds and co-star Hugh Jackman recently hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Reynolds revealed the hard work and tough conversations with Marvel that were required. To avoid calling the MCU a shoo-in…Deadpool and his friend.

“Actually, I haven’t told this story anywhere, but the movie was originally called Deadpool and Friend. I’m not kidding. And on the eve of the Super Bowl, the Super Bowl was where we released the first trailer for Deadpool, not Friend, but Wolverine. The title leaked, those bastards on the internet, and we looked at it and listened to it, and they hated the title, and we didn’t feel good about it. And it fit the trailer that we were showing, like it was the perfect title for our first material out there.”

The leak in question happened in February, shortly before the first trailer was due to debut during the Super Bowl. Fans obviously took to the internet to express their displeasure, but honestly, Deadpool and his friend This seems to fit perfectly with the humor of the Merc With a Mouth. Anyway, the title was changed, but that was no easy task…

“I would never call this Deadpool and his sidekick,” Ryan Reynolds said.

It seems that Reynolds had to fight some battles to change the movie from Deadpool and his friend to Deadpool and WolverineWhich is strange and surprising, as you might expect the studio to want to name one of Marvel's most famous characters in the title. Unfortunately, that's not the case, as Reynolds explains…

“So Shawn Levy, the amazing director, our dear friend, one of our best friends in the entire world, had been sitting in the editing room with me for months at this point, and we called up all the people at Disney and Marvel and said, ‘We have to change the title,’ and they said, ‘Well, they’re releasing it tomorrow.’ We shipped 9,000 seven-foot posters to theaters all over the place that said Deadpool and Friend.’ But at this point, they’ve done this to us all the way through, right? Every time we asked them for anything, we had to push hard for it.

So, we weren't going to take no for an answer. I would never call this Deadpool and his pal, and they did it. They did it. Yes, I had to change my contract. My kids are now members of the Disney bosses' emergency hospital, but that's okay. It's worth it.”

but, Deadpool and Wolverine Now it is. Directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay he wrote alongside Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells, Deadpool and Wolverine The film stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as Deadpool and Wolverine respectively, and the duo join the Marvel Cinematic Universe after being tasked by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) with a new mission. A mission that will take them across the madness of the multiverse.