Deadpool just joined MCU in the best video you'll see all week

Deadpool just joined MCU in the best video you'll encounter all calendar week

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Deadpool appears to have finally joined the MCU, sort of. To promote Ryan Reynolds' latest picture show, Free Guy, the Merc with a Rima oris has teamed up with the MCU's Korg for a new reaction-fashion video that is laced with Deadpool's signature fourth wall breaking humor.

This spoof video tin almost certainly exist classified as non-canon just it'south however significant as information technology marks the beginning time that Reynolds' Deadpool has interacted with a character from the MCU. Korg'south inclusion in the video makes a lot of sense every bit the graphic symbol is voiced by Taika Waititi, who also stars in Free Guy.

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The video begins with Deadpool welcoming viewers back to his mock reaction channel before introducing Korg, claiming he was the but MCU character available as the residuum are "on Disney Plus". The video continues with the pair watching a trailer for the upcoming blockbuster Gratis Guy while making several meta jabs virtually Disney'southward takeover of Fob.

Deadpool also jokes that Deadpool 3 hasn't seen the light of 24-hour interval however because Reynolds was too busy working on other projects like Free Guy. The whole video is very self-aware and total of winking references that longtime Marvel fans will get a real kick out of.

Most interestingly, the video ends with Deadpool request Korg if he has any "tips for getting into the MCU." While this is definitely played for laughs every bit Korg replies with a long-winded speech about "chasing dreams," it'southward perhaps our strongest indication still that Disney does see a identify for Deadpool within its juggernaut MCU franchise.

Ever since Disney completed its buy of 20th Century Trick in 2019, fans have speculated how Deadpool would be integrated into the MCU canon. There had been concerns that Deadpools potty-mouth could be at odds with the strictly PG-13 nature of the MCU, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Fiege confirmed earlier this twelvemonth that a third Deadpool movie will happen and it will be R-rated.

The crossover video seems to accept struck a chord with Marvel fans, racking up over 4 million views in less than 24 hours. No doubt it'll convince a few people to cheque out Costless Guy when it comes to theaters next month. It'due south merely 1 blockbuster in a whole tidal wave of summertime movies releasing over the next few weeks.

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