Trivia: The burned-out car, along with John Candy's trunk, from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", can be seen as part of the debris littering The Void. Ryan Reynolds has repeatedly stated how much he loved John Candy and his Del Griffith character, and there is a reference to him in every "Deadpool" film.
Trivia: Both of Ryan Reynolds' and Blake Lively's children have cameos in the film. Olin Reynolds plays Babypool and Inez Reynolds plays Kidpool.
Trivia: The Deadpool variant with a dragon on his chest is "Welshpool" - the dragon and colours are the Welsh flag, a nod to Wrexham AFC, the Welsh football team owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenheny.
Trivia: Matthew McConaughey voices cowboy Deadpool.
Trivia: Elektra's dismissive "it's fine" response to Daredevil's death is a nod to her and Ben Affleck's failed relationship.
Trivia: Blake Lively, the wife of Ryan Reynolds, provides the voice of Lady Deadpool.
Trivia: In the 'producers would like to thank' credits, they list Truthful Timmy, The Bl*w J*b Queen of Saskatoon.
Trivia: SPOILER: On its opening weekend alone, this became the highest grossing film of Wesley Snipes' career. Prior to its release, he had never appeared in a movie that made at least $100 million at the domestic box office.
Trivia: This film set the record for the highest opening weekend box office for an R-rated film, with $211 million domestically, shattering the $132 million record set by the first Deadpool film. This also gave it the 6th largest opening weekend in history, regardless of MPAA rating. It is also the second R-rated film, after Joker, to gross $1 billion globally, as well as the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
Trivia: SPOILER: When the Henry Cavill version of Wolverine attacks Deadpool, the way he pops out his claws is similar to how Henry Cavill "reloaded" his arms during the bathroom fight scene of Mission: Impossible Fallout.
Trivia: SPOILER: Ryan Reynolds personally called Wesley Snipes to ask him to come back to play Blade. Snipes said prior to that phone call, he didn't think his return was possible. Snipes also said he had a better understanding of Reynolds' style of humor while making this film, which made for a more enjoyable experience as opposed to the tension it caused between the two while filming Blade: Trinity.
Trivia: Ben Affleck was spotted on set during filming, which led to speculation that he would be appearing as Daredevil, particularly as it was already confirmed by the studio that his ex-wife Jennifer Garner was returning as Elektra from the 2003 Daredevil film and its self-titled 2005 spin-off. It turns out Affleck was just visiting her and their children, as they still have a great co-parenting relationship.
Trivia: Halle Berry stirred up rumors that she would be appearing in this film, when, during its production, she posted an image of herself on social media sporting a Storm-like hairstyle. Berry told ComicBook.com that Ryan Reynolds' wife, Blake Lively, asked her if she was interested in appearing in the film, to which Berry affirmed, but that Reynolds himself never approached her. Berry's aforementioned hairstyle was seemingly for the Netflix film, "The Union."
Trivia: Spoiler: Wesley Snipes appears in this film as Blade for the first time since 2004's Blade: Trinity, which co-starred Ryan Reynolds. Snipes reportedly had a contentious relationship with almost everyone while working on that film, to which Reynolds said in an interview afterward that he couldn't see himself working with Snipes again. Snipes actually took to social media just a few days before this film was released to address secondhand statements about him by an acquaintance of Patton Oswalt.
Answer: In addition to Bishop's answer, you could theoretically apply this to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man characters. They both appeared in "Spider-Man: No Way Home," which technically acts as a sequel to "Spider-Man 3," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" - three distinct movie franchises. (And there are persistent rumors that Maguire and/or Garfield may make future MCU appearances).
TedStixon
To add to that (I ran out of room in my reply), with the creation of the multiverse, now any Sony or Fox franchise or universe can be considered as part of the MCU. So any Fantastic Four or X-Men sequel (although most likely any up coming film will be a reboot) can be part of the MCU.
Bishop73
I get what you're saying, but No Way Home was more of a crossover film that acknowledged characters coexisting in the multiverse, with those characters returning to their respective universes by the end, and Sony would still have control of those characters. Although we won't know for sure until Deadpool 3 comes out, Deadpool is meant to start as a character in a previously established film franchise and then occupy a different one moving forward.
Phaneron ★
But what film franchise would he be in? If he's in a Deadpool movie, he's in the Deadpool franchise. If they stop making Deadpool films and put him in another film, then he becomes part of another franchise. (Or more likely, just another crossover film).
Bishop73
This is where I would disagree with you about the MCU not being a franchise. I would contend that it is a franchise, and every series of films and TV shows within it are sub-franchises. So the Deadpool series of films would be a franchise unto itself, beginning in the larger Fox X-Men franchise and transitioning over to the MCU.
Phaneron ★
So what distinguishes one Marvel film from being in the MCU and another Marvel film not to be in it? Marvel Studios has been part of the production of a lot of films not included in the MCU, including the Blade, X-Men, and Deadpool films.
Bishop73
Any film made by Marvel themselves (or co-produced like the Tom Holland Spider-Man films). Marvel didn't begin making their own movies until the first Iron Man. All previous movies based on Marvel characters were made by other studios in association with Marvel, largely because Marvel licensed out their properties to avoid going bankrupt. The MCU itself is recognized as being the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Phaneron ★