Shawn Levy Joins the MCU in Directing ‘Deadpool 3’

Variety reports that the Oscar-nominated director has signed on to direct Deadpool 3, which stars Ryan Reynolds as the title character. After 2021's Free Guy and 2022's The Adam Project, this will be Levy and Reynolds' third film together. Reynolds confirmed Levy's involvement on Twitter, writing: "The third installment of Shawn Levy's trilogy will be stabby."

This will be the first Deadpool film to be produced by Disney's Marvel Studios. The first two installments were under 20th Century Fox, which was acquired by Disney in 2019. The original Deadpool was released in 2016 and was directed by Tim Miller, and Deadpool 2, released in 2018 was directed by David Leitch.