The Deadpool return is confirmed — in animation, next summer. The Doomsday version is still a rumor, and this piece keeps the two in separate piles where they belong.
The Deadpool return has a confirmed half and a rumored half, and the internet has spent the weekend mashing them together. Here is the honest version. Confirmed: Deadpool appears in X-Men ’97 Season 3, the animated Disney+ series, next summer. Not confirmed: Ryan Reynolds in Avengers: Doomsday. Everything below is labeled, because the labels are the story.
CONFIRMED: the Deadpool return in X-Men ’97 Season 3
At New York Comic-Con, Marvel Animation’s first trailer for X-Men ’97 Season 3 confirmed Deadpool will appear in the series as a guest at Rogue and Gambit’s long-awaited wedding, per The Direct and Marvel reporting verified this weekend. It is Wade Wilson’s first true appearance in X-Men ’97 — the Season 2 “Deadpool” was Morph impersonating him, a gag the show is now paying off with the genuine article.
Set expectations the way the reporting sets them: this version is a Variant, and he is expected to be non-speaking or nearly so. The season arrives next summer — which places the confirmed return after Avengers: Do...