20th Century Fox has dropped the third official trailer for the upcoming Deadpool sequel,
which is now officially titled Deadpool 2.
The Not Safe For Work trailer sees the Merc with a Mouth at his absolute mouthiest as
he meets up with old friends and puts together a whole new crew for his new adventure.
It's a lot to take in, so take a breath and follow along as we serve up all the small
details you missed in the trailer for Deadpool 2.
Protect your neck
While the early teasers for Deadpool 2 were cute, this third trailer finally brings all
the goods.
It also offers the first glimpse at the movie's story.
In the comics, the time-travelling Cable spent a lot of his time protecting his adopted daughter
Hope, and Deadpool 2 appears to have the mutant travelling through time to save a mysterious
mutant child from captivity.
It appears that Deadpool will end up captured at some point in the movie, judging by the
glowing red collar which doesn't seem to be there just for the sake of kink.
It also looks like the same type of collar the mutant kid is wearing in one scene.
The trailer initially positions Cable and Deadpool as enemies, with both heroes adopting
a "punch first, ask questions later" approach.
Could Deadpool end up in the custody of the same people holding Cable's target captive?
Sick kicks
The original Deadpool was a relatively lean affair, but after its massive and unprecedented
success, Fox has let the money flow.
From the looks of things, it all ended up on screen.
The trailer shows off action sequences in numerous locations, proving that Deadpool
is definitely getting around this time.
There's also a blink-and-you'll miss it shot of Deadpool in a fight at a strip club, doing
a front flip and sticking the landing in a pair of high-heeled boots.
They sort of look like a dominatrix's custom-ordered pair of Louboutins, which would make sense.
We're not exactly sure why it makes sense, but for Deadpool, it totally does.
New mutants
A big chunk of the new Deadpool trailer is spent showing off the new mutants of the X-Force,
but one thing the trailer doesn't serve up so readily is the identities of all these
obscure X-Force members.
The new trailer makes it clear that Terry Crews will be portraying Bedlam, a mutant
with the power to send EMP blasts.
In the comics, Domino teamed up with Bedlam to help him find his brother.
But who's this new kid?
The teddy bear Cable carries suggests a caretaker mission, and a teaser for the movie from a
year ago contained graffiti Easter eggs referring to Nathan Summers and Hope.
Now that the full trailer has arrived, it suggests that Cable is out to protect this
kid, played by the New Zealand-born actor Julian Dennison.
"I'm here for the kid."
"What?"
"The kid?"
For now, it seems likely that Dennison is playing the obscure mutant: Thunderbird, a.k.a.
Neal Shaara.
But really, where's Hope?
The trailer also gives a glimpse at Shioli Kutsuna as a mutant with electrical powers
and distinctive hair.
Our money for this role is on Surge, a.k.a. Noriko Ashida, who originally appeared in
the comic book series New Mutants in 2004.
The value of a metal man
The Deadpool 2 trailer also features a return to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
While most fans caught the glimpse of Colossus, the real joke is in the background, with a
framed portrait of Karl Marx placed by one of the school's staircases.
It looks like Xavier is teaching his students how to harness their powers and seize the
means of production.
Of course, the trailer also features an instant-classic shot of Deadpool commandeering Professor X's
wheelchair.
It: Chapter 1.5
We already knew all about Zazie Beetz taking on the role of Domino as a part of Deadpool
and Cable's X-Force, but we had no idea that Pennywise was hiding out on set.
The full Deadpool 2 trailer features our best look yet at It actor Bill Skarsgård as an
unnamed member of the X-Force.
Some guesses have him pegged as being Rictor, a mutant who once had a serious grudge against
Cable due to believing the time traveler had killed his father.
Additionally, Rictor is in a relationship with the mutant Shatterstar, a sword-wielding
mutant who can be seen standing behind Deadpool in one shot.
Couching a socially progressive message in a movie full of four-letter-words and decapitations
is exactly the sort of thing Deadpool would do.
Purity schmurity
While the trailer doesn't get too into details on the movie's antagonists, it does look like
a group of bad guys are set on keeping humans and mutants segregated.
You can see Domino delivering the beatdown to an enemy in a room wallpapered with propaganda
posters, with slogans like "Purity, Humanity, Infinity" on the walls.
Whatever the bad guys are up to exactly, we wouldn't be surprised if it was the start
of something bigger.
After all, X-Force is going to need some kind of cause to fight, and human-mutant separatists
sound like just the ticket.
We'll call you
At some point, Cable and Deadpool team up to try and put a team together, and what better
way than headshots and auditions?
Deadpool pages through the resumes of a whole gaggle of mutant mercenary hopefuls, with
the trailer pausing pointedly on a photo of one Rob Delaney as "Peter."
Who?
Delaney is a comedian best known for his super-popular Twitter account and the television series
Catastrophe.
Whether or not Delaney will actually play a part in the movie, we're not quite sure.
He could be Pete Wisdom, another occasional ally of the X-Men who can throw energy blades
from his fingers.
In the comics, Pete helps Bedlam hone his powers and teaches him martial arts.
We know one thing for sure, though — we definitely want to see the rest of those headshots.
This iteration of the X-Force is off-the-wall enough already — the "rejected" pile for
this project must really be something else.
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