Ryan Reynolds the actor behind the infamous character of Deadpool will not be appearing in upcoming Wolverine movie, Logan. A report today claimed that this would be the case but it was not true.
Sadly, not true. Prisoner 24601 is on a solo mission. https://t.co/5czBmMRfY1
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 28, 2016
Prisoner 24601 is a reference to Jean Valjean the character that Hugh Jackman played in Les Miserables. In addition to Ryan Reynolds the director has also confirmed that Deadpool would not be in the movie.
DEADPOOL IS NOT IN MY FILM. Does all caps help confirm it?
— Mangold (@mang0ld) December 28, 2016
Logan is scheduled to be released in March of 2017 and the Dead Pool sequel is currently without a release date but has been confirmed to be in production. Tim Miller, who was the directory of the first Deadpool movie was on board for the sequel has recently dropped out and has left the movie without a solid replacement.