Get your brown pants on, Deadpool fans: the Merc with a Mouth is all over the new issue of Empire. Not only is he on our subscriber cover and our super-special limited edition talking cover, but he’s leading our massive Summer Movie Blowout. We’ve got some exclusive images from the new film too — one of which shows the super-powered Ricky Baker (as we’re still calling Julian Dennison years after the release of Hunt for the Wilderpeople) who looks to have caused some serious havoc with his fire powers.
Then there’s Mr. Pool waiting to go toe-to-toe with a whole bunch of sword-wielding baddies, where he probably has an advantage due to the whole limb-regrowth thing.
“We’re trying to follow the Iron Man model,” jokes co-writer Paul Wernick in the new Empire, “which is, surprise first movie, average sequel that sets up a big ensemble movie.” Of course, he’s underselling it — you can read our Deadpool 2 review over this way, and (spoiler alert) we had a hell of a lot of fun with it.
The Summer Movie Blowout issue of Empire hits the shelves on Thursday 17 May, and Deadpool 2 is out in cinemas right now. Want to track down our special Deadpool cover that talks to you? Head this way.
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