DEADPOOL 2 Will Continue to Set a Unique Tone For Future X-MEN Movie Universe Films



X-Men movies made by 20th Century Fox have had some good times and some bad. Its biggest issue is its confusing timeline which has been set in the past, present and future. Mix in some time travel from X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST to try and set the timeline right and it's still murky.

Last year's breakout hit DEADPOOL was based in the present. And now being Fox's top grossing Marvel mutant franchise movie to-date, it seemed likely a transition of Fox's focus from all-things Wolverine and X-Men to a new focus on Deadpool was inevitable. So much so DEADPOOL 2 will help to set the stage for a new and more mature mutant team movie, X-FORCE.

Speaking of setting things up, DEADPOOL 2 writer Rhett Reese pretty much confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter the sequel is setting up a singular tone that future X-Men movies and spin-offs can (and should) follow.

"The different universes tend to have different tones, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a very specific, genius tone that was set in Iron Man and has lived well beyond that into the other movies. DC tends to have its own tone, which is this dark, gritty tone. The X-Men have their own tone, which is kind of somewhere in between. Not too funny, not too light. But not quite as dark as the DC stuff. And I think what we stumbled into was a new tone, and I haven't seen Logan, so it's tough to say if they have it, but I think we hope to have our own universe that is defined less by characters and timelines and things like that and more by tone. The hope is Deadpool 2 and X-Force and future movies all be this new, consistent, sillier tone. More self-aware tone. And edgier and rated-R tone. We want to be establishing the universe but also focusing on each individual movie and not worrying too much about building a larger threat to the world or a larger plot machination."

To read more from the THR interview with Reese and his DEADPOOL writing partner Paul Wernick, click right here.