Ryan Reynolds gave Deadpool fans an exciting stocking stuffer while appearing on Live With Kelly and Ryan, officially confirming that Deadpool 3 was currently being developed over at Marvel.

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"Yeah we're working on it right now with the whole team," Reynolds said "We're over at Marvel [Studios] now, which is like the big leagues all of a sudden. It's kinda crazy. So yeah, we're working on it."How Deadpool will fit into the MCU, and whether or not it will still be an R-rated affair, are still lingering questions of course, but a few months back co-writer Paul Wernick said Marvel had given them permission to continue making R-rated films for the Deadpool franchise.Around this same time, Reynolds posted an image of his visit to Marvel Studios , which had fans speculating about Deadpool 3 meetings. Marvel Studios' next film is Black Widow - due out May 1, 2020 - featuring Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, and Rachel Weisz. Plus, villain The Taskmaster Following this, in Phase 4, is the six-episode Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Solider - starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan (as well as Daniel Brühl returning as Civil War's Helmut Zemo).

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