Fair enough, but just because Cable's backstory is avoided in the movie doesn't mean the character won't still be faithful to his comic book counterpart. But one thing the film doesn't delve into is where exactly he came from, with Deadpool effectively telling the audience not to worry about it because if you think about it too hard, it won't make any sense. In other words, he looks and acts pretty much like he has in the comics ever since his 1990 introduction. In the film, Cable is introduced as a telekinetically-powered cyborg warrior from the future. One reason why it's taken so long for the character to appear on film is because his backstory is ridiculously complicated, but luckily, Cable's origin in Deadpool 2leaves the most complex and confusing parts of his Marvel Comics history on the page. It seems that the success of Deadpool helped bring X-Force out of development, and with a new director and writer reportedly on board, we could hear more about this project very soon.Deadpool 2 finally introduces one of the most iconic X-Men characters to the big screen in Cable, the time-traveling mutant portrayed by Thanos himself, Josh Brolin.
That report was never confirmed by the studio, but if Joe Carnahan is in fact coming aboard, he'll take over for Jeff Wadlow, who was announced as the project's screenwriter back at Comic-Con 2013.
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The latest update on X-Force came last month, when it was rumored that Bad Boys III director Joe Carnahan was coming aboard to direct X-Force, and that he is actually co-writing the screenplay with Deadpool and Deadpool 2 star Ryan Reynolds. Regardless, the studio hasn't released much about The New Mutants, Gambit or X-Force yet, and it isn't immediately clear which will go before cameras first. There has been no indication if Gambit or The New Mutants would be crafted as R-rated movies, but given the fact that The New Mutants centers on younger characters, it may not be the best movie to craft for an R rating. Simon Kinberg revealed in May that 20th Century Fox would be open to an R-rated X-Force movie, which certainly isn't surprising coming in the wake of Deadpool and Logan's success. Each one is wholly enclosed and a movie worth seeing."
These movies aren't simply being built as stepping stones to a larger story. Connecting all of these movies will happen when it organically makes sense.
It's not just about a Colossus or Deadpool cameo. But we go into making the best movie we can. It's something that's fun, exciting and it will be interesting to see how we marry the different tones that we've been generating in these standalone movies of the X-Men universe. I talk to the studio all the time about this and there is a plan for how these movies can connect and be a part of a larger narrative. There is a larger architecture to tell these stories in. There are other X-Men characters coming into X-Force at different times in the comic, but it's separate from X-Men. They're much darker and have an R-rated decibel. Then X Force which is a combination of Deadpool, and Cable, they're like the Black ops of the X-Men. Deadpool 2 is going into production this year. "We are working hard on New Mutants, Gambit with Channing Tatum, Deadpool 2 and the new X-Force movie where Deadpool is alongside Cable and other main characters. While promoting Logan in an interview with Deadline, producer Simon Kinberg reveals that there is an extensive plan in place for the entire X-Men universe, while revealing that Cable and Deadpool will lead the X-Force team. Deadpool 2 writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick even teased last February that Deadpool will cross over into X-Force after the Deadpool 2 sequel. That may not come as much of a surprise for those who follow the comics, where Deadpool and Cable were longtime members of the X-Force group, who take on more "extreme" missions than the X-Men. Producer Simon Kinberg recently shed some light on this growing universe, revealing one key detail, that Deadpool and Cable will be the leaders of the title team in the spin-off X-Force. While Logan isn't really connected to the X-Men universe, since it is set farther in the future than any of the other X-Men movies, it still has fans wondering what the future might hold for the franchise. With last year's X-Men: Apocalypse set in the 1980s and last weekend's Logan set in the year 2029, the X-Men franchise is not the easiest to keep track of.