Rob Liefeld admits he believes Marvel is not working on the third installment of Deadpool right now. It could be due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, which shut down movie projects all over the world; however, Liefeld believes there's more to the story. And in the wake of certain comments he's made about Deadpool's third installment Liefeld is remaining very candid.

In 1991 artist/writer Rob Liefeld created Deadpool along with Fabian Nicieza for Marvel comics, and over the past almost three decades, the character has become one of its most fascinating in the company's history. In the comic books, Deadpool is a sarcastic, wise-cracking mercenary who began as a supervillain yet eventually phased into an antihero who mixes humor in with his supreme fighting skills. In 2004 a conversation started about releasing a Deadpool film with talk of Ryan Reynolds taking on the central role of The Merc with a Mouth. A few years later, fans were treated to Deadpool's debut in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, although many critics agreed Reynolds' performance left much to be desired. Taking these cues into consideration, when 2016's Deadpool was released, it was a huge critical and box office success, raking in a worldwide total of over $700 million. Marvel followed up with 2018's Deadpool 2 with Reynolds reprising his role and worldwide profits skyrocketing just shy of $800 million. Now, as the world waits for information about Deadpool 3, the questions have pretty much revolved around when we can expect the third installment.

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Liefeld has already expressed his opinion about the third Deadpool film, stating earlier this month he believes Marvel Studios will be shelving the project for a while. Of course, his opinion triggered fans on social media, which prompted Liefeld to clarify his comments in an interview with i09. And honestly, Liefeld isn't shying away from what he said, but he did give better context for those who may have misunderstood him at first.

“Regardless of whatever inside perspective I may have, what I do know is that until a movie is put on a schedule, it’s not taken seriously,” he said. “And what people don’t like is that I have assessed the schedule for the next, give or take, five years and I don’t see Deadpool on it. [So] I don’t see that it can arrive earlier than that.”

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Ultimately Liefeld wanted to inform everyone that as far as Marvel characters receiving their next film is concerned, Deadpool isn't one of them for a multitude of reasons. For one, Deadpool's first two films and appearance in Wolverine are a part of the X-Men film series, which is not a part of the MCU. Deadpool 3 is intended to introduce the character to the MCU whenever the third installment is released; however, because of the current worldwide pandemic, many of Marvel's projects have been pushed back, some as far as up to two years from now. But none of this concerns Liefeld too much, since whether or not a new Deadpool film gets made he's had provisions in place since 1991 to make money off of the character regardless. He also revealed that when Deadpool 3 does officially go into production, Ryan Reynolds should be at the helm since he's invested a lot of time and creative input into the franchise.

It seems like Liefeld was merely as honest as possible when asked about the next Deadpool movie release, and for those hoping it's coming soon, you shouldn't hold your breath. Liefeld closed the interview by revealing that even if the movie were greenlit tomorrow, it would still take years for it to debut. And as far as Deadpool star Reynolds is concerned, he gave no update on when the movie would come out but referred to Disney's acquisition of Fox as a great decision for everyone involved. There's still massive interest in anything Deadpool related, yet as we all wait for the amended MCU schedule to roll out, it may be a very long time before we see the next Deadpool film.

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Source: Gizmodo