“Deadpool 3” scribes embracing the MCU

(FASTNEWS | AMERICA) – A third film in the “Deadpool” franchise has been in development for several years now with fans still both curious and cautious as to how the project will integrate itself with its new owners Disney.

The film is an official part of the decidedly not R-rated Marvel Cinematic Universe which begs the question of how will that work with Deadpool’s style of self-awareness, parody, abrasiveness and lewdness?

Recently screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick spoke about adapting to the MCU and they seem to be playing it straight – not changing Deadpool himself so much as the world around him to be like the regular MCU.

Reese says, “[It’s] a wonderful opportunity for fish-out-of-water [comedy]. Deadpool is a lunatic at the center of a movie… To drop a lunatic into a very sane world, it’s straight butter. It’s going to be really fun.”

”We’re absolutely finding the serendipity and the gold in that situation, or we’re trying to … Deadpool is gonna be Deadpool. Now when it comes to a particular joke, if we cross a line, maybe we’ll hear at some point, ‘Maybe not that joke.’ But I think they [Disney] have been incredibly supportive of what we’re doing.”

Marvel Studios still hasn’t set a release date for a third “Deadpool” though it’s widely expected to be ready for some time in 2024.