The wait for Deadpool 2 continues, but at least now we know exactly how long the countdown will last. 20th Century Fox unveiled a handful of new release dates over the weekend, including Deadpool 2 and a couple of other films in the ongoing X-Men franchise:

Fox has confirmed this morning a slew of release updates, including #NewMutants (4/13/18), #Deadpool2 (6/1/18), & #DarkPhoenix (11/2/18)April 22, 2017

So to recap, that means we’re less than a year away from seeing New Mutants on the big screen, a movie that’ll be directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and have more of a “YA vibe” than the traditional X-films, according to producer Simon Kinberg. You can read much more about this team right here , including the fact that Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams might be a part of the cast. I’m surprised this will be the first film out of the gate - especially since we don’t have any confirmed casting about the movie yet.

After that, we’ll see the grand return of the Merc with a Mouth in Deadpool 2, with Ryan Reynolds returning as the title character, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on screenplay duties, and John Wick co-director David Leitch directing. Reynolds will be joined by Josh Brolin as Cable and Atlanta star Zazie Beetz suiting up as Domino , but plot details are still hard to come by. Again, I find it a little weird that we’ve seen a little teaser for this movie when it’ll come out a month and a half after New Mutants, but I guess doing things out of order fits in with Deadpool’s whole ethos, so it kind of makes sense.