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Ryan Reynolds Announces Deadpool 4 at Comic-Con after $1.3B Success

7/28/2026

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Reynolds Confirms Deadpool 4

Ryan Reynolds surprised San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026 in a Deadpool costume and confirmed that Deadpool 4 is officially in development.
He said Deadpool 4 will draw on lesser-known comic arcs and follows the $1.3 billion worldwide earnings of Deadpool & Wolverine, which opened on July 26, 2024.
He joined the Avengers: Doomsday cast onstage at Marvel’s Hall H.
During the Hall H show, he joked with Robert Downey Jr., who asked, “Who’s this guy with swords?”

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Reynolds Flags Spend

Ryan Reynolds said the Comic-Con stunt was “an awfully expensive way to announce a film,” indicating Marvel’s willingness to spend heavily on live-event marketing.
He named co-creator Fabian Nicieza and writer Gerry Duggan, signaling that the upcoming Deadpool story will draw directly from obscure comic arcs.
He referenced the 2014 test-footage leak, showing the studio has used unauthorized releases to keep fan interest alive between Deadpool movies.

History

Historical Context

Disney’s 2009 $4 billion purchase of Marvel gave the studio control to fund large-scale Comic-Con unveilings, beginning with the 2010 San Diego teaser for The Avengers. The full-length 2012 trailer broke iTunes records with 10 million downloads in 24 hours, cementing live-event marketing as a franchise staple. New Deadpool 4 announcements now use the same Comic-Con reveal strategy pioneered by Marvel.

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Reynolds Confirms Deadpool 4

Ryan Reynolds surprised San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026 in a Deadpool costume and confirmed that Deadpool 4 is officially in development.
He said Deadpool 4 will draw on lesser-known comic arcs and follows the $1.3 billion worldwide earnings of Deadpool & Wolverine, which opened on July 26, 2024.
He joined the Avengers: Doomsday cast onstage at Marvel’s Hall H.
During the Hall H show, he joked with Robert Downey Jr., who asked, “Who’s this guy with swords?”

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