The chances that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman could be back as Deadpool and Wolverine in “Avengers: Doomsday” may be getting higher.
Eagle-eyed Marvel fans combed through the Writer’s Guild of America’s directory and spotted the screenwriting credits for “Doomsday,” which lists Reynolds and Jackman among the 10 writers who contributed to the movie. Notably, Reynolds was one of the writers on “Deadpool 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine,” while this marks Jackman’s first writing credit.
The main feature writing credits on “Doomsday” go to Marvel veteran Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron, creator of “Loki” and writer of “Doctor Strange Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” The credits for additional literary materials (not on screen) go to McFeely, Waldron, Eric Pearson, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jeff Loveness, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Reynolds and Jackman.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” director Cretton had originally been tapped to helm the film when it was known as “The Kang Dynasty” with Loveness to write — but it was later reworked after Kang the Conqueror actor Jonathan Majors was fired by Disney. After Cretton had stepped down from the film, the Russo Bros. came on board with McFeely, McKenna, Sommers and Waldron to shift the focus to Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom as the main villain.
Variety has reached out to reps for Marvel, Reynolds and Jackman for comment. Reynolds also appeared to weigh in on the writing credits with a cryptic X post with a video from “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
The writing credits for Reynolds and Jackman certainly seem like they would be for writing dialogue for their “X-Men” characters, but it’s unclear if or how much they would appear in “Doomsday.” The WGA directory also has this caveat: “The information contained in the ‘Find a Writer’ database is the most current and accurate available to Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). Some of the data is self-reported by writers and not independently verified by WGAW and WGAE. Users of the database accept the data as is, with no warranty of its accuracy stated or implied.”