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20th Century Fox already has their eyes set on a sequel to Tim Miller’s DEADPOOL<\/a> after positive response and great box office estimates. The film is expected to open to at least $65 million during the holiday weekend and up to $70 million during its first four-day holiday weekend, on a relatively low budget of $58 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, writers Rhett Reese<\/strong> and Paul Wernick<\/strong> are already signed on to work on the follow-up.<\/p>\n

Though director Miller isn’t officially signed yet, Fox has every intention on keeping the creative team together along with star Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When can fans expect to see a sequel? Though it’s too early to tell, early speculation suggested that Fox might rush the production to takeover the June 2, 2017 date which originally belonged to the FANTASTIC FOUR<\/a> sequel.<\/p>\n

“We hope that it doesn\u2019t take Fantastic Four\u2019s release date because that\u2019s awfully, awfully soon,” Reese admitted to Hey U Guys<\/a>. “We like to take our time, we\u2019re lazy screenwriters.” Wernick added “Look, that\u2019s entirely above our heads, but we\u2019ll write the very best screenplay we can write if we\u2019re fortunate enough to get that sequel, and we\u2019ll write it as quickly as they tell us we need to write it. When they say jump, we say how high.”<\/p>\n

Fan-favorite characters that may be incorporated into a sequel or future films include mutants like Cable<\/a>, Siryn<\/a> and Domino<\/a>. When asked about Deadpool’s future costars Wernick said “Yes, absolutely. I think those are characters who are near and dear to Deadpool fan\u2019s hearts and characters we would like to explore down the line if we\u2019re so fortunate to have sequels. Cable is one that we will absolutely visit if we\u2019re allowed to keep moving forward with multiple movies. We\u2019ve always wanted to honor the fans first, so the fan\u2019s favorite characters, that mean a lot to them, we will take a long, hard look at moving forward.”<\/p>\n

The screenwriting duo also expressed interest in bringing X-FORCE<\/a> to the big screen, which was a project originally being developed by “Kick Ass 2” writer\/ director Jeff Wadlow. That script’s allegedly been thrown out, so the potential for Reese and Wernick to take it on is definitely a possibility. “Getting in to more of an ensemble piece is something we would cherish,” Wernick teased. “X-Force is beloved and we love it, and Deadpool is centric to that world, and we\u2019d love to bring an X-Force movie into the X Universe.”<\/p>\n

Reynolds also shared his love for the team, telling Filmstarts<\/a> “There\u2019s so much material to mine in just the X-Men universe \u2026 In the future, if we\u2019re doing a bunch more Deadpool movies, we\u2019re really going to explore the X-Men a lot. We\u2019ll see. And maybe X-Force \u2014 X-Force is my priority. I really want to get that in.”<\/p>\n