As shooting is due to kick off soon on another round of crazed superhero action for Deadpool and friends, the cast is growing by one. The Strain's Jack Kesy has been cast as a villain that 20th Century Fox won't identify yet.
Deadline, which broke the news of Kesy's casting, speculates that he could be Dublin-born mutant and Deadpool enemy "Black Tom" Cassidy. In the comics, he's Banshee's cousin and battles the Merc with a Mouth regularly. And his powers are, shall we say, interesting... He can bond with, manipulate and project energy through plant life (we can see the Happening jokes being spit-balled) and blast people with a wooden object, usually a shillelagh. So, definitely not a slight cliche, then?
Whoever he turns out to be playing, Kesy joins a cast that includes star Ryan Reynolds and the returning likes of Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Leslie Uggams (Blind Al) Stefan Kapacic (Colossus), and Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead). Joining in the fun for this one are Josh Brolin as Cable and Zazie Beetz as Domino.
John Wick's David Leitch is overseeing the madness, scripted once again by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Deadpool 2 is aiming to make tender love to our screens on 1 June next year.