Just when you thought “Deadpool & Wolverine” couldn’t possibly get more jam-packed, director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Reynolds have managed to pull off another coup and load the year’s biggest summer blockbuster with yet another headline-making addition. As if it wasn’t enough to have Hugh Jackman coming out of superhero retirement to done the adamantium blades and comic-accurate outfit, the creative team has now officially unveiled one of undoubtedly many cameos that will whip fans into a frenzy: Tyler Mane’s Sabretooth.
Of course, fans can expect this decades-in-the-making take on Sabretooth to be slightly different from the one who first appeared over twenty years ago in the original “X-Men” film, which famously never even acknowledged the familial relationship between himself and Wolverine and instead treated the secondary antagonist as a mindless muscleman for our hero to beat in a fight or two. He ultimately exited the picture after getting blown out of the Statue of Liberty (don’t worry, additional comic tie-ins confirmed he survived), never to be seen again in the main trilogy of movies in the early 2000s. Once Liev Schreiber took over the role in “Origins,” fans have waited to see if this much more appealing take on the character would ever reappear. (Apparently, “Logan” director James Mangold once seriously considered this.) Instead, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is taking things back to the franchise’s live-action roots. What a twist!
“Deadpool & Wolverine” stars Reynolds and Jackman as the title characters in a matchup for the ages, along with Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen, and many more. The blockbuster will hit theaters July 26, 2024.
