Dark Phoenix Director Simon Kinberg Talks Deadpool & Wolverine

29.03.2024 - 13:01 / comingsoon.net / Ryan Reynolds / Paul Wernick / Karan Soni / Stefan Kapičić / Jennifer Garner / Emma Corrin / Rob Delaney / Leslie Uggams / Brianna Hildebrand / Matthew Macfadyen / Cassandra Nova

Former X-Men producer and director of 2019’s Dark Phoenix, Simon Kinberg recently opened up about how he feels about the world of X-Men finally making their way into the .

During an interview with ComicBook, Kinberg was asked about Fox’s X-Men universe potentially entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The filmmaker said he has no clue how it would work in Deadpool & Wolverine and joked that he’d be too scared to answer even if he did.

“It’s a good question because it’s outside of actually being inside the process of making anything. The truth is, with the Marvel movies, if I answer anything, I’m just afraid there’s gonna be a sniper’s little red dot on my forehead, and my children will be fatherless,” Kinberg said.

He went on to praise Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds instead and relayed how excited he was about the upcoming film.

“So I’m just gonna say, I’m such a massive fan of everything that Hugh’s done with Wolverine,” said Kinberg. “I think I made five movies he was in, in one form or another, as Wolverine, and I’m very excited for the film. I know that for him, and for Ryan and for Shawn [Levy], exploring some aspects that perhaps we haven’t explored before, I would imagine is appealing.”

Deadpool & Wolverine is directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay written by by Reynolds, Levy Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells. The third installment will also star Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Garner, who are finally coming out of their superhero retirement to reprise their respective iconic Marvel roles as Wolverine and Elektra.

It also features returning cast members Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Rob Delaney as Peter, Stefan Kapicic as Colossus, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio. In addition, The Crown’s Emma Corrin and Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen have also joined the cast to play the roles of Cassandra Nova and TVA agent Paradox, respectively.

Deadpool & Wolverine arrives in theaters on July 26.