Summary
The official soundtrack forDeadpool & Wolverinehas confirmed that one particular Hugh Jackman movie will be referenced in what might be a joke spoiler in the nextMCUmovie.Deadpool & Wolverineis days away from being releasedon July 26, and marketing efforts have kicked into overdrive in the lead-up. With a flurry of brand tie-ins - including the most recent reveal of a “Cheeky” controller design for Xbox - and new footage that gives a closer look atmore Deadpool variants, the movie has just released yet more details about what audiences can expect.
This has come in the form of the officialDeadpool & Wolverinetrack listing published onTwitter/X, which includesThe Greatest Showman’s flagship song, “The Greatest Show.”
The track sits alongside a litany of decade-spanning pop tunes consistent with the road trip movie vibe that Reynolds' had initially envisaged for theDeadpoolsequel.Exactly when or how this track is set to play inDeadpool & Wolverineis decidedly unclear at this stage, but raises the question of how the MCU can use the song in the first place.
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How Deadpool & Wolverine Can Reference The Greatest Showman
The Movie Was Released By 20th Century Fox In 2017
Despite what the movie’s upbeat musicality might suggest,The Greatest Showmanis not a Disney production. Instead, the movie was released in 2017 by 20th Century Fox, the same studio that producedthe X-Men series of moviesthat will also feature heavily inDeadpool & Wolverine. It should therefore come as no surprise if the smack-talking Deadpool relishes the chance to equate Wolverine to an upbeat musical, givenFox was bought by Disney, which now also owns the rights toThe Greatest Showman. The same is presumably also true for the soundtrack.
The Greatest Showmanis a musical biopic centered on the heavily dramatized life of real-life figure PT Barnum, with Hugh Jackman in the starring role.
“The Greatest Show” will more than likely come as part of a wider joke at Wolverine’s expense. WhileThe Greatest Showmanis a beloved movie in its own right, boasting a soundtrack that made significant waves in worldwide charts, it is easy to see how much thisparticularly gruff version of Wolverinecontrasts Jackman’s PT Barnum in the musical. It is far less likely that Wolverine will acknowledge the reference, however, as most characters seem to treat Deadpool’s fourth wall breaks as moments of incoherence.
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It would also be par for the course for Deadpool, who explicitly referred to Josh Brolin’s Cable as “Thanos” inDeadpool 2,as Brolin was simultaneously portraying that MCU villain. Despite being a Fox-owned movie at the time (which is why Brolin could portray two Marvel characters at once), Deadpool’s Thanos reference was likely permitted by Disney as it was simply a fun throwaway line. Given “The Greatest Show” has pride of place on theDeadpool & Wolverinesoundtrack, however, it appears Deadpool might savor hisThe Greatest Showmanreference a little more.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Cast
A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
