Deadpool & Wolverine are fighting Cassandra Nova — and X-Men ’97 too?
by Polygon
Polygon— The first full trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine was released Monday, giving fans a good look at Hugh Jackman in the classic yellow suit, a good look at his banter with Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, and a good look at Emma Corrin (The Crown) as the movie’s villain, Cassandra Nova. Nova cuts a dashing figure in an ankle-length trenchcoat and a strikingly bald head ripped straight from X-Men comics. And well she should — the X-Men villain is having a bit of a moment. She’s Professor X’s evil twin. OK,...
The A.V. Club—We're calling it: X-Men '97 is the greatest X-Men adaptation of all time. When Disney screened its new animated revival series X-Men ’97 for critics last month, just ahead of the series’ launch, it was with only the first three episodes available to watch. My review, published at the time, reflects that: It (I hope accurately) describes a series in active conversation with some of the creakier, more nostalgia-forward aspects of the original children’s animated series the show is based on, while still trying to be its own, modern thing. The breakneck pacing of...
Comic Book Resources—Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer Reveal's Terrifying X-Men Villain. The new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer reveals the first clear look at an X-Men villain's live-action debut.
The Guardian—Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?. The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal funIt is somewhat ironic that just when the Marvel Cinematic Universe is entering its most intriguing phase, with the introduction of the multiverse and superheroes jetting in from all sorts of weird and wonderful corners of the Hollywood studio system, it has also begun to deliver its biggest duds. Chloé Zhao’s Eternals and...