Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige reportedly had one condition for the inclusion of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine into the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and it all had to do with his outfit. “Deadpool & Wolverine” director Shawn Levy along with Jackman and Ryan Reynolds were in Shanghai the other day to show off around 35 minutes of footage from the film to an audience. The event marked the kick off of the film’s publicity campaign which will be taking place in full over the next few weeks up until the film’s release on July 26th.
Levy, speaking about getting Feige onboard with “Deadpool & Wolverine” being a part of the MCU, says: “He said, ‘Yes, but he wears the yellow. Can he finally wear the yellow?’ And we began.” Reynolds revealed that back in 2016 is when he first suggest the idea of team-up film, long before Disney’s 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox which made it actually possible, and at the time Feige said it wouldn’t happen: “I had met Kevin Feige six years ago to discuss this, and the first thing I said to him, ‘I just want to make Wolverine and Deadpool together.
I just want these two together on screen.’ At the time, Kevin said, ‘Forget it. It’s never going to happen,’ and I said, ‘Okay, that’s fine.
’ After the acquisition, Reynolds and Levy started pitching various “Deadpool 3” ideas and after multiple failed attempts they were about to give up: As we marched inexorably forward, Shawn and I were coming up with differ.
