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Deadpool in other media

The Marvel Comics character Deadpool has appeared in various other media since his debut in The New Mutants #98 (December 1990). Deadpool has been the focus of various animated series and video games. The character made its live-action film debut in ' (2009), portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. A Deadpool live-action feature film also starring Reynolds and directed by Tim Miller was released in 2016, with Reynolds also appearing as the character in the two sequels Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Television

  • Deadpool makes non-speaking cameo appearances in .
  • Deadpool makes a cameo appearance in the Marvel Anime: X-Men episode "Destiny – Bond".
  • Deadpool appears in ' (2010–14).
  • Deadpool appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Ultimate Deadpool", voiced by Will Friedle. This version is an orphan who Nick Fury took in as a child and trained to become a hero. However, Deadpool left Fury to become a mercenary, deciding it was easier to do so than living according to moral ideas and a conscience. Believing he was a freelance hero, Spider-Man joins forces with Deadpool to stop Taskmaster after he acquires sensitive S.H.I.E.L.D. data, only for the web-slinger to fight Deadpool as well after discovering the latter's willingness to kill. The episode is also notable for coining the term "", used by Deadpool as a stand-in for "kill", and later adopted by mainstream social media over the 2020s.
  • Deadpool appears in ', voiced by Takehito Koyasu in Japanese and Jason Spisak in English.
  • In May 2017, FXX placed a series order for a Deadpool animated series with Donald and Stephen Glover as showrunners, executive producers, and writers for the series. In late March 2018 however, it was announced that FXX would not move forward with the series due to creative differences. Stephen later admitted that the "creative difference" in question involved an episode revolving around Taylor Swift, which FXX stated was the "last straw".
  • Deadpool appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced again by Takehito Koyasu in Japanese and Jason Spisak in English.
  • Deadpool appears in ', voiced by Jason Mantzoukas.

Film

Animation

Live-action

  • Two incarnations of Wade Wilson appear in the 21st Century Fox's X-Men film series, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds.
  • The first incarnation appears in ', with Scott Adkins serving as a stunt performer. This version is a highly skilled, wisecracking, and amoral mercenary who wields a pair of katanas with peak athleticism and skill sufficient to deflect automatic weapons fire. Additionally, he serves as a member of Team X until he is converted into "Weapon XI".
  • Following the events of ', which reset the X-Men film series' timeline from 1973 onward, Reynolds appears as a new incarnation of Wilson in Deadpool (2016). This version is a mercenary who was diagnosed with late-stage cancer and turns to Ajax after he offers a cure. Ajax tortures Wilson to catalyze the treatment, which eventually results in the latter's recessive mutant genes activating, causing Wilson's disfigurement and healing factor. In response, he develops a vendetta against Ajax and undergoes a quest to force him to fix his disfigurement before eventually killing him upon learning it would be impossible.
  • Deadpool appears in the short film "How Deadpool Spent Halloween", portrayed again by Reynolds.
  • Before screenings of Logan in U.S. territories, a short film was shown teasing Deadpool 2, later titled Deadpool: No Good Deed and released online.
  • Deadpool appears in Deadpool 2 (2018), portrayed again by Reynolds, who also reprises his role as Weapon XI and portrays himself. After the death of his girlfriend Vanessa, Wilson finds himself protecting an angst-ridden boy named Russell Collins from Cable.
  • In December 2013, Rob Liefeld confirmed that Deadpool and Cable would be appearing in an X-Force film, with Ryan Reynolds returning as the former. In February 2017, Joe Carnahan had signed on as director, as well as co-writer with Reynolds. By September of the same year however, the studio parted ways with Carnahan while Drew Goddard replaced him as writer/director after previously working as a co-writer on the script for Deadpool 2. The following month, Cable actor Josh Brolin stated that production would begin in 2018.
  • After the then-proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was announced in December 2017 and completed in March 2019, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that Deadpool would be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) under Disney, with Reynolds set to reprise his role. On November 20, 2020, it was announced further that Marvel and Reynolds met with various writers and decided that Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, known for their work on Bob's Burgers, would write the script for the third film, which Disney confirmed would remain R-rated and which would eventually become Deadpool & Wolverine. In August 2021, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated Reynolds was working on the screenplay, while Reynolds said, "There's a 70% chance that filming starts in 2022". In March 2022, it was announced that Shawn Levy would direct the film, with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick hired to rewrite the screenplay. Released in 2024, Deadpool & Wolverine sees Wilson joining forces with Wolverine to save the former's universe from the Time Variance Authority.
  • Deadpool appears in the live-action promotional short film Deadpool and Korg React, in which he reacts to a trailer for the film Free Guy alongside Korg.
  • Deadpool will appear in ' (2026), portrayed again by Reynolds.

Video games

Miscellaneous

See also

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