Deadpool and Wolverine creators used comic superfans to source Wolverine variants – and even Steven Spielberg was involved
Nov. 13, 2024The Wolverine montage recruited a lot of help
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Deadpool and Wolverinehas a whole lot of stand-out moments, but one of the most impressive was the Wolverine variants montage. After Wade Wilson finds out that Logan is his world’sanchor being, he steals aTVATemPad to head through the multiverse to find a replacement.
This takes him to meet some very deep-cut Wolverine variants, includingCavillrine, Old Man Logan, and Patch. Speaking in a new documentary called Assembled: The Making of Deadpool and Wolverine (available on Dinsey+), the movie’s editors explain they got a whole bunch of help to make the sequence.
In order to source the variants, editor Shane Reid said that they drew on fans. “We hit some, like, real deep-cut comic fans to start digging out these Logan variants that existed over time,” he added, explaining that they worked hard to pull these moments exactly how you see them in the comics.
“At the same time, we’re contrasting it with Huey Lewis, ‘The Power of Love’,” Reid adds, as the editors reveal that getting the Back to the Future song was a “mountain to secure” for director Shawn Levy. According to Zimmerman, “Yeah, Shawn called [Steven] Spielberg and [Robert] Zemeckis and the ungettable get we’re getting.”
The resulting montage was very impressive and even featured a suit thatcost $100,000 to make despite only being on screen for 10 seconds. Check out our breakdown of all theWolverine variantsto help you work out who was who in the sequence.
Deadpool and Wolverine is onDisney Plusnow. For more MCU, check out our guides to all theupcoming Marvel movies and shows, theMarvel timeline, and how to watch theMarvel movies in order.
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