'Deadpool 3' Halts Filming Amid SAG-AFTRA Strike
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Days after Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman shared first-look pictures onset of Deadpool 3, production for the film is halted out of solidarity with The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike, which began on Thursday, July 13. After the photos were released, fans rejoiced as Jackman played Wolverine, wearing a comic-accurate blue and yellow suit next to Reynold’s red-clad outfit as Marvel’s merc with a mouth.
Members of SAG-AFTRA, including Union President Fran Drescher, were on the picket line starting on Friday morning. Drescher was joined by Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s national executive director and primary negotiator, with other members outside of the offices of Netflix starting at 9 am. From there, the group went to Paramount Studios at 10 am for close to forty-five minutes, then to Warner Bros in Burbank for another hour, and finished at Disney’s studios shortly after noon.
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As this is happening during the busy summer movie season, as the strike was ratified by SAG-AFTRA members, Hollywood icons such as Matt Damon and Emily Blunt attended the premiere of Christopher Nolan’s latest film Oppenheimer. As soon as the strike was initiated, both actors left the event out of solidarity with the actors heading toward the picket lines.
The third installment in the Deadpool franchise is being heralded as a true pivot point for Marvel Studios Phase 5 of storytelling with the casting of Hugh Jackman to return as a version of 20th Century Fox’s Wolverine from their popular 2000s series of X-Men films. Disney initially slated Deadpool 3 to release on November 8, 2024, but decided to bump up the film’s release date to May 3, 2024. Fans will need to pay attention closely to determine exactly how the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes will affect release plans.
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