Deadpool 3 with X-Force confirmed; Sofia Boutella or Lizzy Caplan as Deadpool 2 female lead?

The news of FOX considering a third Deadpool film has been floating around lately. Rumors has it that in this movie, Deadpool might be seen associating with the spinoff team of X-Men, the X-Force.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, after the massive hit of Deadpool, earning over $782 million worldwide, a sequel is already under development.

X-Force is Marvel's fictional team of superheroes, in association with the X-Men. The idea was conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld. X-Force made its first appeared in New Mutants #100 in April 1991 but had its own independent series called X-Force.

As per the report, Fox is searching for a suitable director for Deadpool 3 to further develop the concept.

Sadly, the second film has met with a resistance recently when Deadpool director Tim Miller was pulled out of the sequel.It's because of a feud over creative ideas between the director and actor Ryan Reynolds.

NME reports about what fans can expect from Deadpool 2 according to Producer Simon Kinberg. Kinberg recently said, "I think Deadpool 2 will comment on anything that's happening in movies today especially in superhero movies."

"The sort of glut or saturation of these movies and the proliferation of sequels is definitely something we'll play around with."

NME further added that leading actress including Sienna Miller, Ruby Rose, Lizzy Caplan and Sofia Boutella are being currently auditioned for the role of Deadpool 2's new female lead, popular Marvel mutant Domino.

Since, the second movie is also in search of a director, the official confirmation on shooting schedule or premier date of Deadpool 3 might take more time than expected.

Deadpool 2 is said to be released on January 12, 2018, keeping that in mind one can speculate that the third installment might premier around 2020.

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