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Shawn Levy Says Henry Cavill Was “Sick to His Stomach” After Smoking Cigars for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Cameo
[This story contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.] Henry Cavill was committed to his cameo in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, so much so that he even got sick after smoking cigars for the role, according to director Shawn Levy. The filmmaker recently chatted with The New York Times, where he revealed that the Man of […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Box Office: All the Records Broken (So Far)
Ryan Reynolds is infamous for lacing his Deadpool movies with industry jokes. In the 2018 sequel, the irreverent antihero ponders whether his movies will ever be able to pass up the $370.8 million collected by Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ in North America and become the biggest R-rated film of all time, not […]
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Chris Evans on Why He Declined Ryan Reynolds’ Cue Cards for His Surprise Monologue in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
[This story contained spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.] When Ryan Reynolds offered Chris Evans the opportunity to make a surprise cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine, he jumped at the chance. The actor recently opened up to People magazine about getting to reprise his Fantastic Four character Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the record-making Marvel movie, currently playing in theaters. […]
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Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment, Netflix to Adapt Freida McFadden Best-Seller ‘Never Lie’ (Exclusive)
21 Laps Entertainment, the production banner founded by Deadpool & Wolverine filmmaker Shawn Levy, and Netflix have teamed up to adapt Never Lie, the best-seller by author Freida McFadden. Netflix has acquired the rights to the psychological thriller for 21 Laps to develop and produce the adaptation. Levy will produce along with partners Dan Levine […]
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Ryan Reynolds’ Best Movies, Ranked
Ryan Reynolds has remained one of Hollywood’s most popular actors for nearly 20 years. He’s developed a likable public persona, become a master marketer and entrepreneur, made close friends with the kind of Hollywood talent many people would sell a necessary organ for — and he’s married to Blake Lively. Yet, that popularity often comes […]
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Ryan Reynolds on Stunning ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Box Office: I Think It’s “the First Four-Quadrant, R-Rated Film”
It wasn’t until about 10 a.m. PT on Saturday that Disney’s distribution team realized the near-impossible was within reach: Deadpool & Wolverine was going to cross the $200 million mark in its domestic opening, an unimaginable feat for an R-rated pic. Case in point: the biggest R-rated opening until now was the $133.7 million collected […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Heads For Record-Smashing $195M-$205M Opening After Massive $96M Friday
The Merc with the Mouth is back in a big way. Director Shawn Levy’s threequel Deadpool & Wolverine delivered up a massive $96 million on Friday at the domestic box office, the sixth-biggest opening day of all time after edging out the final Harry Potter pic ($91.1 million), not adjusted for inflation. The Ryan Reynolds […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Composer Explains How the “Exhaustingly Funny” Film’s Tone Guided His Work
Deadpool & Wolverine composer Rob Simonsen gave insight into his focus for the Marvel movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman that is hitting theaters this weekend. Simonsen took part in a panel of film and television composers during San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, where he praised director Shawn Levy and producer-star Reynolds for allowing […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rely on Smirks and Sentiment in Overstuffed Team-Up
Emma Corrin plays a powerful adversary and Matthew Macfadyen a shady tech agent in Shawn Levy's adrenaline-charged superhero threequel.
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Director Shawn Levy: Hollywood’s PG Guy Finds His Edge
Shawn Levy has long chafed at the labels Hollywood has placed upon him. That helps explain the evolution of the Montreal-born filmmaker from go-to family comedy guy (Night at the Museum and Cheaper by the Dozen) to the producer of cerebral Oscar winners (Arrival) and cultural behemoths (Stranger Things). After a string of successes in […]
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Ryan Reynolds on How They Got Madonna to License ‘Like a Prayer’ for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get Madonna’s permission to use her 1989 hit “Like a Prayer” in Deadpool & Wolverine. The two actors, along with director Shawn Levy, shared in a recent interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, via People, that they actually had to visit the iconic singer to ask her […]
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Shawn Levy’s Star Wars Movie Taps ‘Adam Project’ Writer Jonathan Tropper
Shawn Levy’s Star Wars movie is picking up some momentum. Lucasfilm has hired screenwriter Jonathan Tropper to pen the script for the feature, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The movie first came to light in November 2022, but has been on the backburner while Levy completed work on this month’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Tropper is […]
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