Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) is the first R-rated film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the highest-grossing R-rated film in cinema history, earning over $1.338 billion globally. Directed by Shawn Levy, it stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine — bringing the Fox X-Men era characters fully and officially into the MCU. The film functions as both a wild comedy and a genuine love letter to the Fox Marvel era — a universe of films that, despite their critical inconsistency, produced characters and performances that defined a generation of comic-book cinema. Through the TVA and the concept of the Void, Deadpool & Wolverine acknowledges the pain of losing those characters and gives them — and their fans — a proper goodbye. Hugh Jackman's return as Wolverine after his definitive farewell in Logan (2017) was the most anticipated comeback in superhero cinema history. The film handles this with surprising emotional intelligence: Wolverine here is a broken version of the character — from a branch timeline where he failed his X-Men — whose redemption arc through Deadpool's irreverence becomes genuinely moving. The supporting cast of Variants and cameos — including Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Wesley Snipes as a Blade variant, and numerous Fox-era surprises — made Deadpool & Wolverine one of the most purely enjoyable film experiences of 2024.