Disney Tells Reynolds No When it Comes to Deadpool/Bambi Crossover

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After the release of the trailer for Free Guy featuring Deadpool and Korg, fans went crazy and the skit soon went viral.

What was surprising to learn was that this wasn’t the original plan as Reynolds actually pitched a different idea to Disney but was told no.

His original idea had Deadpool meet the hunter who killed Bambi’s mother.  This idea quickly got put down by Disney.

Reynolds outlined his idea for this unlikely Deadpool/Bambi crossover while speaking to Collider:

“I initially asked them to do a…actually I wrote it too, a short film that I wanted to put in front of Free Guy of Deadpool interrogating the hunter who killed Bambi’s mom,” Reynolds said. “And, the sort of rug-pull, they said no of course, but the rug-pull of it was that Deadpool really wanted to know the hunter’s secrets on being the most loathed Disney character there is. Deadpool was just a huge fan and wanted to find out how he too could become the most loathed Disney character, but they said no to that.”

“Deadpool 3” Will Be First R-Rated Film in Marvel Cinematic Universe

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It’s official: Deadpool 3 will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and yes, it will still be R-rated.

Ever since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, fans have speculated about the fate of the Deadpool film franchise, which had two successful films in 2016 and 2018. The merc-with-a-mouth films were R-rated, which wouldn’t normally fit with the MCU’s PG-13 image. But when speaking to Collider’s Steve Weintraub during a “WandaVision” press event, President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige confirmed that there would be a third R-rated film.

“It will be rated R and we are working on a script right now,” Feige said, “and Ryan’s overseeing a script right now… It will not be [filming] this year. Ryan is a very busy, very successful actor. We’ve got a number of things we’ve already announced that we now have to make, but it’s exciting for it to have begun. Again, a very different type of character in the MCU, and Ryan is a force of nature, which is just awesome to see him bring that character to life.”

Sisters writing duo Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin and Wendy Molyneux are working on the Deadpool 3 script. Filming won’t begin this year, so we likely won’t see the film hit theaters until 2023 at the earliest. With the world-bending “WandaVision” beginning January 13, rumors about Spider-Man 3 possibly being a crossover of Spider-Man franchises, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness premiering in 2022, it’s possible Deadpool’s inclusion in the series will involve some multiverse magic. This wouldn’t be out-of-the-ordinary for the MCU or for Deadpool’s signature meta narration.

Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther II, and Captain Marvel 2 would also all be released before Deadpool 3, so it’s hard to say exactly what will be happening in the MCU at that time.