Heroic Hollywood’s Guide To The Future Of X-Men Films: 2017-2020

Deadpool 2 (rumor: January 19, 2018)

• Dir. Tim Miller
• Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Cable himself

In lieu of ripping the spacetime continuum apart to cast a living, breathing Cable from an alternate universe, returning star and director Ryan Reynolds and Tim Miller have elected for the far safer method of scouring the globe (or at least LA) for a notoriously hard-to-find demographic: older white guy actors. Everyone from Stephen Lang to Ron Perlman to Dolph Lundgren have expressed interest and fan-art has ranged from Liam Neeson to Jon Hamm to Mel Gibson. I love the idea of Lang, Perlman or Neeson but if I had to choose, I’d go Neeson (it’d make the Taken joke in Deadpool incredibly prescient).

We reported exclusively that this twosome would be joined by Domino, a prominent X-Force member. It’s unknown who among the Deadpool supporting cast will return, but Morena Baccarin (Vanessa) and T.J. Miller (Weasel) are most likely, followed by Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead) and Colossus (whatever Mac they use to animate him). Oh and who can forget Blind Al (Leslie Uggams)? Original scribes Rhett Rheese and Paul Wernick return to write the script and production will start in either late 2016 or early 2017.