Drew Goddard has commented on how the arrival of the new team inDeadpool 2influenced the direction for the upcomingX-Forcemovie. The promotional campaign for the Merc with a Mouth’s second big screen offering introduced X-Force, which was pretty exciting since it had been previously announced that Goddard was on board to helm theX-Forcemovie late last year. However, things didn’t really go the way many thought that they were going to go while watching the sequel in theaters. There are SPOILERS forDeadpool 2below, so read ahead at your own risk.
WhileX-Forceis introduced inDeadpool 2, they don’t really make it too far past that introduction sequence, since all of the new members of X-Force end up dying before they can hit the ground and get into battle. Even though the scene was taken directly from the comics, it was still very much a shock to everybody sitting in the theater. So, what does that mean for theX-Forcemovie? As it turns out, Drew Goddard always wanted to have the focus on Deadpool, Cable, and Domino from the start, so the events ofDeadpool 2weren’t that big of a deal. He explains.
“When I think of the comics, I think of Cable and Domino and Deadpool, and it’s really just knowing, Oh, right, there’s a world in the X-Universe for the blunt instruments of mutantdom. It’s much more about the characters and my love for them than it is about any plot or story line. It’s more about loving them and wanting to see them bounce off each other.”
Speaking further about the radical introduction ofX-ForceinDeadpool 2, Drew Goddard said, “To be honest, I think that’s why it excited me so much.” Ryan Reynolds and crewthrew a huge curveballat audiences and at Goddard, but that was the allure to the project for the director. Goddard was more concerned with the Reynolds and David Leitch taking their time to craftDeadpool 2and not have any restrictions. He had this to say.
“One thing I said to Ryan was, Don’t worry about it, we’ll come up with new ideas; you guys go make your movie, and do your thing. We’ll figure it out. That tends to be the way I like to work. It’s much more important to focus on making the movie that you’re making thanfocusing on the next thing. It’s much more important to just make one good movie and take your time, then let that dictate what the movies are after.”
Drew Goddard seems to enjoy a challenge, but it doesn’t appear thatDeadpool 2really had much of an effect onX-Force, except for introducingCable and Domino. Since those characters, along with Deadpool, were always going to be the focal point to begin with, Goddard can start from scratch and make a movie that is just as surprising asDeadpool 2was. Hopefully, if he does decide to introduce some more characters, they stick around a little longer this time around.
Ryan Reynolds has recently said thatX-Forcewill be Deadpool 3, so Drew Goddard’s decision to put most of the focus on the Merc with a Mouth, Cable, and Domino makes more sense now as well. It will be very interesting to see how they take these characters and have them riff off each other for an entire film. While we wait,Deadpool 2is in theaters and stillmaking a killing at the box office. You can check out the rest of the interview with Drew Goddard and his plans for theX-Forcemovie atEntertainment Weekly.
