"DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE" (2024)

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy

Marvel Studios

All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024 Marvel Studios, Inc. No portion of this script may be performed, published, reproduced, sold or distributed by any means, or quoted or published in any medium, including any website, without the prior written consent of Marvel Studios, Inc. Disposal of this script copy does not alter any of the restrictions set forth above.

FADE UP ON:

THE MARVEL LOGO.

Somewhere, more like NOWHERE...

But let’s be honest, we all know where. As darkness lifts... The iconic notes from “ONLY YOU” by The Platters are all around us as images slowly come into view...

Grey clouds fill the sky. Lazy snowflakes flutter down onto a light dusting of fresh snow covering the landscape.

We track low. Following familiar (but different) black and red boots as they crush earth below. The hilt of familiar (but different) swords glint in the winter light. This lone red-suited figure is on a mission. The montage of tight vignettes continue as a familiar voice welcomes us:

CLOSE ON: A familiar makeshift wooden CRUCIFIX, turned forty- five degrees to form an ‘X.’

The camera slowly drifts back from the iconic ‘X’, widening to reveal an “I LIKE ME” MUG perched atop a rock.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2.2.

22 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 22

Wider still now, we see chunks of dirt being flung up and out of a hole in the ground, never seeing the source of the earthen projectiles, just the metronomic sound of spade impaling earth.

SHUNK.

The sound STOPS as contact is made. Contact with...something.

The grave-robber stands upright for the first time, revealing:

DEADPOOL

Standing waist deep in a hole of his making. His suit is new. Bespoke. He pokes around with the tip of his beat-up old shovel, confirming something is under there. He vanishes down into the hole again, furiously clearing the last layer of earth. Fistfuls of dirt and roots go flying.

Below the frame, the sound of Deadpool’s digging stops as we sense he’s found what he came looking for and it’s... disappointing.

Deadpool throws a mini-tantrum, punching the air, knocking over the pile of dirt. Smashing the ‘X’ with a home-run swing of his shovel. Breaking the shovel across his thigh and tossing the parts into the hole, only to have the metallic shovel-tip come bouncing right up and out back at him. Finally exhausted, Deadpool stands upright, spins, and falls backwards right into the hole and out of sight.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)3.3.

3 OMITTED (MERGED INTO SCENE 4) 3

We see Deadpool sitting. Talking. As we continue to drift slowly past, we reveal Logan sitting beside him. They are sitting against the very same tree where Logan died in LOGAN.

DEADPOOL * That was weird. I’m much calmer * now. Look, I’m not a man of * science, but you seem incredibly passed away. (sighs) But it’s good to see ya.

The adamantium skeleton is seated in a casual pose. Legs folded elegantly like Cary Grant at a dinner party. If Logan wasn’t completely decayed and held together by A FEW rotting tendons, it would look like two dudes hanging out in the woods.

The words are no sooner out of Deadpool’s mouth than the air nearby begins to glow and shimmer.

WIDE ANGLE.

A TIME DOOR APPEARS AND OPENS.

Out floods an army of MASKED MINUTEMEN from the TIME VARIANCE AUTHORITY (TVA). Upgraded since we last saw them in ‘Loki.’

FULLY ARMORED and WIELDING TIMESTICKS. Ready for action.

The Minutemen take an aggressive posture. We see Deadpool pop his head out like a gopher from behind the hill. He disappears down below and yells from behind the knoll:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)4.4.

44 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 44

Deadpool turns to camera and addresses us directly.

Deadpool HIGH-FIVES LOGAN’S SKELETAL HAND. Whispers:

Music CUE: NSync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”.

What happens next, happens FAST:

Deadpool flies out from behind the dirt pile. Holding Logan’s skeleton by the neck.

Deadpool lands as MINUTEMEN move in on him. Deadpool looks like a fuckin’ god of war. With one jerk of his hand, Deadpool snaps off one of WOLVERINE’s ADAMANTIUM RIB BONES.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)5.5.

55 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 55

He throws it violently toward an approaching soldier. We track it through the air and see it’s engraved with “The Marvel Cinematic Universe Presents.”

Every few strikes we speed-ramp down so we can read the various bones entering bodies of screaming Minutemen. An adamantium tibia breaks through a chest plate. As it disappears into his body, we read, “A film by Shawn Levy”. Yup... Wolverine’s bones and the carnage they wreak are also OUR OPENING CREDITS.

...Then the THIGH-BONES, which have SHIN-BONES attached via the cadaver’s TENDONS. We ramp down and zoom in to see: Starring Mr. HUGH JACKMANand so on...

Deadpool channels Bruce Lee, swinging the thigh/shin combos around him like perfect makeshift NUNCHUCKS, mowing down Minutemen like balsa wood: BOOM! CRACK! WHACK!

HELMETS go flying. RIBCAGES get cracked. FOREARMS suffer COMPOUND FRACTURES.

Deadpool CHOKES a guy with the tendon connecting the two bigger BONES, squeezing so hard the guy’s skull pops clean OFF.

Next, Deadpool starts ripping remaining RIBS off Logan’s body and THROWING/STABBING them into guys.MORE CREDITS left and right. Men fly everywhere, gutted, leaking.

Deadpool kicks a skeleton head. *

Deadpool finishes with the ribs, then grabs both CLAVICLES.

The clavicles PIERCE men’s joints and soft tissue.MORE CREDITS.

Deadpool turns toward an onrushing MINUTEMAN. DP wields Logan’s PELVIS to block the timestick-wielding Minuteman, wrenching his arm right back and making him PRUNE HIMSELF right out of existence.

Deadpool grabs Wolverine’s leg.

As more Minutemen rush in, Deadpool reaches for...

...you guessed it...

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)6.6.

55 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 55

...Wolverine’s FOREARMS.

He widens the bone structure of the forearms and slides both arms into them like elbow length adamantium gloves. As a gaggle of Minutemen approach, Deadpool touches the forearm tendon...

SHNIKT.

Ooooohhhhh yeah. CLAWS POP and we widen now to reveal Deadpool standing, backlit, hunched over. WOLVERINE’S CLAWS PROTRUDE menacingly from Deadpool’s clenched fists.

Deadpool roars like a FUCKING ANIMAL... FREEZE the ACTION.

FLASHBACKS take us back in time to...

CLOSE ON A DESK CALENDAR. It readsMARCH, 2018. *

A CHYRON: “EARTH-616.” *

INSERT: ECU of WADE nervously tapping his thigh. We see CABLE’S TIME WATCH on his WRIST.

REVEAL: Wade Wilson. No mask, hoodie.The room is LITTERED with BUSTER KEATON’S POSSESSIONS. His ICONIC MASK. AWARDS. Elegance.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)7.7.

66 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 66

We finally flip the camera around and reveal the one and only: HAROLD LLOYD,sitting behind the desk.

Wade shifts uncomfortably. This ain’t going well.

Wade looks behind him.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)8.8.

66 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 66

WADE HAROLD LLOYD(CONT’D)

Cameos? ...Meetings. Entry level

meetings.

Harold writes in a FILE.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)9.9.

66 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 66

Harold makes another note in his file. Wade senses it is not a good note.

Wade’s eyes are wet with a burning sense of desperation.

Harold is taken aback. Puts down the pen.

A beat. Harold consults Wade’s file. *

HAROLD LLOYD * Avengers are a very unique group of * superheroes that stand for something more than just fighting and wearing costumes.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)10.10.

66 (CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4) 66

HAROLD LLOYD * Alright. *

Wade listens intently, eyes ablaze with heartache. Harold stands, suggesting the meeting’s end.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)11.11.

66 (CONTINUED) (5)(CONTINUED) (5) 66

Wade now stands in the open doorway. Crestfallen.

Wade gives Harold a big hug. It lingers a little too long.

HAROLD LLOYD * Really? Really? -- No, no, please. *

Wade pulls out of the hug...

FADE OUT:

SHUNK. SHUNK. SHUNK. Over BLACK.

A CHYRON: “EARTH-10005” “NOW.” *

TIGHT on WADE. STAPLE GUN in hand. He is STAPLING a holy- mother-fucking-shit CHESTNUT TOUPEE onto his bald head in front of a locker room mirror.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)12.12.

77 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 77

The rhythmic SHUNK of the stapler becomes the hooky beat to George Michael’s “FREEDOM! ‘90” as we see other quick tight cuts:

A final adjustment of the toupee, the straightening of a NAMETAG reading ‘WADE,’ the buttoning of the cuffs on a crisp long sleeve, the cinching of laces on a pair of Skechers Shape-Ups. The smoothing of merkin eyebrows.

WIDER NOW: It’s Wade 2.0. Final checks in the locker room mirror. Ready for sales-floor action.

WADE is now sitting ‘bitch’ in the rear bench seat of a KIA CARNIVAL MINIVAN. We see only his FACE and scrunched knees in the rear-view mirror.

Surrounding him in the van is a YOUNG FAMILY, the CHIPMANS - PARENTS in front taking the van for a test-drive, MR. CHIPMAN behind the wheel, MRS. CHIPMAN riding shotgun, BOYS (11 and 8) flanking Wade in the back.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)13.13.

88 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 88

Wade is changing out of his polo.

REVERSE ANGLE to REVEAL: PETER. That’s right. Peter is back. In all his moustachioed glory.

He wears a polo and wrinkle-free khakis. Peter grabs his jacket out of his locker.

Peter laughs with longing.

We see the Deadpool suit in all its glory. Hanging casually on a shitty hangar in a locker. Inert. Wade looks at it. Then:

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)14.14.

Peter and Wade bike home.

Peter and Wade dismount from their bikes. As Peter locks the bikes outside Wade’s building, Wade gets distracted. A weird feeling coming over him, almost like he’s being watched. He looks across the street...

Across the street Wade sees CONSTRUCTION WORKERS busying themselves at a SUBWAY ENTRANCE down the block.

Wade can’t put his finger on the feeling, and heads inside his building.

WADE and PETER walk down the hallway outside Wade’s door. Wade fiddles with his keys.

Wade opens the door.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)15.15.

1313 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 1313

DOPINDER flips on the lights to reveal a CROWD eager to celebrate Wade’s birthday. His apartment is festooned with balloons, crepe paper, streamers. Etc.

CHEERS all around. Peter claps Wade on the back. Wade ekes out a smile for everyone’s benefit but his own.

Wade accepts hugs from around the room: BLIND AL, VANESSA, of course. DOPINDER. COLOSSUS. BUCK. NTW and YUKIO. SHATTERSTAR.

14 QUICK CUTS OF: 14

A going-through-the-motions WADE, in full SMALL-TALK MODE with various friends:

DOPINDER:

WADE DOPINDER

His Airpods? Come on. His Airpods.

BLIND AL: *

BLIND AL * Make any sales today? *

WADE * You know, I didn’t. Did you sell * any dreamcatchers on ETSY? Or * whatever it is that you do? *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)16.16.

1414 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 1414

BLIND AL * Our rent is due in three days, * Wade. I can’t keep carrying you. *

WADE * Relax. I have the money. I sold * some old blood pressure medication * I found lying around. *

BLIND AL * Are you trying to kill me, * motherfucker? *

WADE * I’m not the one dousing everything * in salt, motherfucker. *

BLIND AL * I pray everyday that fire finds * your body and finishes the job God * didn’t have the nuts to do. *

WADE * That’s hurtful. If you could hear * the look on my face, you’d smell * how sad I am. *

BLIND AL * Whatever. *

COLOSSUS, after a few beats of mutual silence:

NTW and YUKIO:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)17.17.

1414 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 1414

NTW * It’s a toupée. *

WADE * It’s a hair system. *

BACK WITH BLIND AL: *

BLIND AL * Wanna do some cocaine? *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)18.18.

1414 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 1414

Wade heads off.

Nearby, PETER has lifted his shirt to show off the titanium chain attached to his nipples.

Yukio pulls on the chain.

VANESSA approaches Wade:

Wade seems to brace himself.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)19.19.

1414 (CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4) 1414

Vanessa smiles. Wade tries to.

Wade smiles.

EVERYONE gathered around a CANDLELIT BIRTHDAY CAKE. In the middle of the cake sits a SMALL PHOTOGRAPH on a mini plastic easel. The picture shows ALL OF WADE’S FRIENDS, smiling.

Wade quiets the room. It is filled with LOVE.

COLOSSUS * The adventure of life. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)20.20.

1515 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 1515

Quick cut to Shatterstar who mumbles a WTF.

Wade makes eye contact with Vanessa. Pushes on...

Wade takes the little easel and photo off the top of the cake as he prepares to blow out the candles. We rack focus past the candles to Wade’s smiling face. The flames light his eyes.

Wade blows out the candles. Over BLACK. SUDDENLY:

A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. Wade sighs.

WADE opens the door onto his apartment hallway...

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)21.21.

1616 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 1616

...revealing THREE of the imposing MINUTEMEN we met at Logan’s grave.

Wade looks back into the room to make sure nobody can hear him. The MINUTEMAN in the middle raises one of those ubiquitous ‘Timesticks’...

The MINUTEMEN take a step toward Wade.

...a time door opens up behind Wade and a disembodied Minuteman arm yanks Wade back and through a shimmering time door, vanishing.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)22.22.

1616 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 1616

His toupée lands on the floor where he just stood.

WADE sits in a chair at a table in the center of a big, dark room. He is slumped over, FOREHEAD on the surface of the table. The staples remain in his skull with tiny remnant patches of hair connected to them. Suddenly, he AWAKENS, gasps, and sits straight up. He finds himself ACROSS FROM:

...a very dapper MAN in a perfectly tailored suit, sitting on the other side of the table.

This is MR. PARADOX. He looks all business but speaks like a super chill yoga instructor.

Wade looks around, disoriented. He spies the room.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)23.23.

Elevator doors open and we reveal: A sprawling room of systems and the incomprehensible management of incomprehensibly important things. We sure as hell didn’t see THIS room on LOKI.

The expansive room is split by an elevated PIER-like structure on which Mr. Paradox and Wade stand. A BAY OF MONITORS flood the south wall, on which we see various shots of the toupéed WADE going in and out of his APARTMENT. Coming home from work. SMOKING cigarettes with PETER. A mountain of footage. They’ve been watching him for a long time.

Wade is hanging on every word.

Mr. Paradox waves to monitors filled with incredible scenes from classic MCU movies. Iron Man faces Iron Monger inIron Man. Hawkeye drops Natasha to her death inEndgame. The airport battle fromCivil War.

And right there in the middle of the action, kicking an unholy amount of ass, is CAPTAIN AMERICA himself. Fighting WINTER SOLDIER. Beating the shit out of IRON MAN, etc.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)24.24.

2020 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2020

A tear falls down Wade’s cheek. He can’t help but SALUTE.

We see a quick image from the future. THOR cradles DEADPOOL’S broken and battered body. Thor holds back tears.

Mr. Paradox quickly changes the channel.

MR. PARADOX * Do not look at her. Stop that. Eyes * on me. I brought you here to offer * you an opportunity. The opportunity you sought years ago but for which you were not ready. We believe you’re ready now. Ready for a chance to leave your timeline. And join the greatest universe of all. I’m about to give you the thing you’ve always wanted.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)25.25.

2020 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 2020

Mr. Paradox nods.Of course.

Wade walks away a few feet. Turns to camera. Grabs it by the matte box. Reaches up outta frame and yanks THE BOOM MIC INTO FRAME.

Wade HEAD-BUTTS THE LENS, CRACKING THE GLASS. We have literally BROKEN THE FOURTH WALL.

Wade skips back to Mr. Paradox.

Wade throws open the fitting room doors.

MUSIC UP as we begin a short, punchy MONTAGE that recalls the DriveMax suit-up: WADE gears up in a new DEADPOOL SUIT! CLOSE UPS build in tempo and intensity--

Elevator doors open and REVEAL:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)26.26.

2222 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2222

DEADPOOL, in the baddest-ass, cleanest, brightest, Avengers- style Deadpool outfit ever. He struts down the catwalk like a Victoria Secret Angel.

Deadpool arrives at Mr. Paradox, does a little turn, thenDeadpool arrives at Mr. Paradox, does a little turn, then seductively leans against a desk.

The AGENT below awkwardly sips from an ‘I LIKE ME’ mug... and then picks up the PHONE on his desk.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)27.27.

2222 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 2222

The TVA agents look to Mr. Paradox.Does this guy not get it?

Mr. Paradox turns to the MONITOR BAY, motions to a technician, and a DAZZLING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION of the FOX UNIVERSE comes up.

The image zooms into a dark, sickly DEAD ZONE in the TANGLED THREADS OF REALITY. As they watch, DECAY from the dead zone spreads to the healthy threads around it.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)28.28.

2222 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 2222

Mr. Paradox looks at Deadpool as if he should know.

A chill falls over the room. Mr. Paradox brings Wade’s attention to a monitor, where we watch the death of Logan from Logan (2017) play out on screen.

LOGAN * Don’t be what they made you. *

Mr. Paradox mouths the words. *

MR. PARADOX * (mouthing words) * So this is what it feels like. *

The gravity of the situation is starting to dawn on Deadpool. He turns to the monitor frantically, scanning the spreading decay.

A guilty TECHNICIAN looks to Mr. Paradox, but the bureaucrat stays calm.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)29.29.

2222 (CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4) 2222

Mr. Paradox presses a few buttons and the MONITORS show a TVA TECH CREW building a scary REACTOR-BOMB like device inside the retro-fitted subway stop across the street from Wade’s apartment. This is the TIME RIPPER.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)30.30.

2222 (CONTINUED) (5)(CONTINUED) (5) 2222

TVA techs surround them, one of them holding a timestick threateningly.

Deadpool looks down at his fancy new costume. Over to the monitors showing the SACRED TIMELINE.

Deadpool nods reluctantly.

DEADPOOL smacks the TEMPAD OUT OF Mr. Paradox’s hands, sending the device flying, then HEADBUTTS his nose, shattering it.

Deadpool turns to track the airborne flight of the TemPad and takes off after it. Two Minutemen stand in his way, timesticks at the ready.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)31.31.

2222 (CONTINUED) (6)(CONTINUED) (6) 2222

Without breaking stride, Deadpool takes them down and launches SLO-MO into a 360 twirl off the ‘PIER’ and after the TemPad, directly over the EYE FUCKER, who’s back at his desk below, now GAPING at the prospect of getting pancaked.

Deadpool grabs the TemPad midair, hits the button and opens a time door, which he falls through. His left hand is the last to disappear, reaching for the EYE FUCKER.

ZAP! The time door zips closed, and Deadpool DISAPPEARS.

The eye fucker blinks, realizes his MUG is MISSING from his hand.

Mr. Paradox, blood pouring from his nose, slowly turns to the shocked agents gathering around him. Calmly:

We are back where we left off. Minutemen rush Deadpool. Deadpool roars like a FUCKING ANIMAL and rushes the Minutemen. CLAWS OUT.

Deadpool seems possessed. Animalistic. He charges the TVA SWAT AGENTS. Deadpool wields Logan’s claws. The energy quickens along with our pulse.

Only, it’s not what you’d expect. Wielding the adamantium claws is not as easy as the protein snorting Aussie fuck makes it look. In short, Deadpool SUCKS at this. It’s messy, inelegant. Sure he nails a few bad guys, but also stabs himself. He gets claws stuck in everything.

Still, determination prevails. Despite his ineptitude, he dispenses Minutemen, down to the last man...

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)32.32.

2323 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2323

Deadpool and the last man standing are ten feet apart.

In the blink of an eye, Deadpool closes the gap. And before the Agent can blink, one of Deadpool’s swords is through his jaw and protrudes from the back of his skull. Deadpool is an inch from his face.

The Agent falls out of frame, dead. As Deadpool looks around, surrounded by fallen TVA Agents, the score subtly alludes to the CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM.

Deadpool taps coordinates into the TempPad and--

DEADPOOL arrives through a Time Door and sees something across the room. Calls out:

A hush falls over the bar. A man turns:

IT IS THE MOST GLORIOUSLY HANDSOME HUGH JACKMAN WOLVERINE WE HAVE EVER SEEN. He turns to Deadpool, cocks an eyebrow.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)33.33.

2424 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2424

Logan slides off his bar to stand up, but instead drops bafflingly DOWN, and OUT of frame.

WIDEN TO REVEAL:

An immensely hairy, 5’4” Wolverine with RAZOR SHARP incisors. Standing next to the bar stool which is roughly the same height as him.

Deadpool hits the TempPad and steps out through the time door and into--

DEADPOOL is giving a full SALES PITCH to a very suspicious AGE OF APOCALYPSE WOLVERINE.

DEADPOOL finds himself in a swanky private back room of a * casino. SCANTILY-CLAD BEAUTIES serve drinks to high-rollers. *

Deadpool spots the man he’s looking for at a BACCARAT TABLE. *

An EYE-PATCH WEARING WOLVIE in a dapper white tuxedo (PATCH) * plays baccarat with an air of sophistication and panache. *

DEADPOOL * Logan. *

Deadpool walks in. We see someone in silhouette from behind * working on a vintage motorcycle. Smoke curls from either side * of his backlit head. His muscular form dominates our frame. * Iconic. Powerful. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)34.34.

2727 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2727

DEADPOOL * Oh, now we’re talking. Oh yeah, * that’s the whole goddamn package * right there. *

Deadpool approaches a cabin, finds OLD MAN LOGAN sitting outside.

He SHOOTS Deadpool off the porch. *

Deadpool walks over to a MOUND OF SKULLS in the shape of an X * to find... a CRUCIFIED WOLVERINE attached. *

DEADPOOL * What in the fuck? Are you okay? *

Deadpool finds BROWN AND YELLOW WOLVERINE. *

DEADPOOL * Oh yes, yes. Classic John Byrne * Brown and Tan. Now you fought the * Hulk in this outfit, no? *

Deadpool turns to find The Hulk towering over him. *

The Hulk sends Deadpool flying. *

BACK TO MADRIPOOR CASINO:

Patch calmly puts his hand behind Deadpool’s head. SHNIKT! The claws POP OUT THE FRONT of Deadpool’s skull. Blood splatters on Patch’s white tuxedo, and everyone else in the spray radius. As Patch retracts his claws and Deadpool rollsspray radius off and out of frame...off and out of frame... *

BACK TO POST-APOCALYPTIC ALLEY:BACK TO POST-APOCALYPTIC ALLEY:*

Wolvie viciously stabs Deadpool again and again.Wolvie viciously stabs Deadpool again and again.*

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)35.35.

26B26B (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 26B26B

BACK TO CRUCIFIXION: *

Deadpool exits through a time door. *

BACK TO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE WOLVERINE:

Wolverine turns around and it’s HOPPER-FUCKING-RENE.

Stogie between clenched teeth. The hair. The beard. The whole nine yards. And dare I say, he makes a compelling Wolverine. I mean... If things don’t pan out with Hugh...

Before DP can finish his sentence, Hopper-rene loads his arms Mission Impossible style. Claws protract from each fist and BOOM! He sends Deadpool through multiple pillars. Before Deadpool hits a final one and the wall, he’s opened another time door and WHOOSHES INTO:

DEADPOOL flies in backwards, continuing the momentum from “Hopper-rene”, taking out a patron’s beer. He rolls up and onto his feet. The PATRON takes an aggressive SWING. Deadpool very nonchalantly - almost elegantly - catches the man by the throat, mashing his carotid artery with his thumb and lowering him silently out of frame.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)36.36.

2828 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2828

Lowlifes inhabit the corners. Deadpool scans the room, his eyes landing on a lone figure slumped at the end of the bar. The silhouette of his hairstyle leaves no room for ambiguity about who this solitary figure is.

CLOSER NOW:

With LOGAN, a depressed loner in jeans and a work jacket. He’s drunk. Haunted by things only he can see.

He downs a shot of WHISKY and taps the bar.

The BARTENDER leans in ominously.

Logan locks eyes with the Bartender. We expect rage. We get a flicker of shame.

CAMERA WRAPS TO REVEAL Deadpool is now seated on the stool right next to Logan. He refills Logan’s glass. Logan stares glassy-eyed at Deadpool for a beat too long. Where’s this going?

He smiles. Then with a hint of sadness:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)37.37.

2828 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 2828

Logan stares at Deadpool. Glass-eyed. Wasted.

Deadpool looks back and forth from Wolvie to the Bartender.

A beat.

Deadpool hoists Logan up. Logan awkwardly smacks Deadpool’s hand off and takes an unsteady fight stance.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)38.38.

2828 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 2828

Without looking away from Logan, and in a lightning fast move, Deadpool whips Logan’s highball at the Bartender. It pulverizes into his forehead as the Bartender disappears behind the bar, moaning in pain.

On Logan. SNIKT. Claws out.

Lightening fast, DP points a Desert Eagle at Logan’s face. We zoom in on its engraved muzzle: “Smile And Wait For The Flash.”

With enough booze in him to kill Winston Churchill:

Logan grabs the BOTTLE, drinking its entire contents.

Logan keels forward, face-planting on the ground, unconscious.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)39.39.

2828 (CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4) 2828

Deadpool crouches down to drag Logan out of the bar, grabbing the front of his jacket, REVEALING A HINT OF BLUE AND YELLOW.

Deadpool steps through a time door with an unconscious Wolverine in all his GLORY, wearing his YELLOW and BLUE suit.(But not yet wearing his mask. We save that for later.)

MR. PARADOX and his BUREAUCRATS monitor the progress of the Time Ripper. They turn to see Deadpool lugging the passed-out Wolverine towards them.

Deadpool barely registers as Logan falls over, landing at an extremely odd angle. It’s ugly.

A long beat as Mr. Paradox seems to consider Deadpool’s offering. Then, Mr. Paradox breaks into laughter. Not just laughter, though. A massive full-body guffaw.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)40.40.

2929 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 2929

ANGLE ON Logan, still prone on the ground, but eyes OPEN. He’s heard every word.

CLOSE ON LOGAN’s wet eyes, fixated on the middle distance. Listening.

DEADPOOL * With Thor. He holds me. *

MR. PARADOX * But I did my duty. I gave you the * opportunity to be somebody. And * instead of accepting my offering with humility and gratitude, you broke my nose. *

A TVA tech brings Mr. Paradox a sandwich. He speaks with his mouth full, underscoring a lack of genuine concern.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)41.41.

2929 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 2929

DEADPOOL * How about I fuck the gardener with * a rusty ice skate? I’m about to * lose everything that I’ve ever cared about because that hairy thundercunt from down undercunt finally dies and-- he’s back on his * feet again, isn’t he? *

REVEAL: Behind Deadpool we see a groggy WOLVERINE rise into frame. He looks rather... Unhappy.

The TVA Technicians visibly tense up at this suggestion. Mr. Paradox bristles.

Deadpool pulls out his TemPad.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)42.42.

2929 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 2929

Mr. Paradox PRODS Deadpool with a TIMESTICK.

Deadpool DISAPPEARS. The TemPad falls uselessly to the ground.

ZOOP

Mr. Paradox has flung his Timestick right at Wolverine, eliminating him.

Detritus and artifacts from history and Marvel lore litter the land. Deadpool awakens with a jolt.

A shadow falls over Deadpool’s face.

SNIKT! Logan’s claws come out.

WOLVERINE ROARS, buries BOTH CLAWS in Deadpool’s chest and wrenches him to his feet.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)43.43.

3030 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3030

Wolverine’s free hand/claws dip below frame. He impales DP in what we can only assume is his perineum. He lifts him above his head and with the force of a thousand wrestlers, slams Deadpool down on his knee with the ultimate back breaker.

Deadpool GROANS and WRITHES on the ground, clutching at his back.

Wolverine dusts himself off. Takes a last look around.

Wolverine turns and walks away. *

Wolverine stops in his tracks. Turns his head. Seething.

Deadpool looks around, trying to get his bearings, his back to Wolverine...unaware he’s just poked a bear.

SNIKT! Wolverine’s claws pierce through from behind and out through Deadpool’s chest. Deadpool looks down at the claws.

Wolverine lifts Deadpool up over his head, Deadpool splayed up towards the dull Void sky.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)44.44.

3030 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 3030

An instant later, Deadpool flips up and over backwards, hooks his legs around Wolvie’s hips and stomach, landing hard on the ground with Wolvie on top of him.

Deadpool unloads BOTH guns into Wolvie’s ribs, but the * sonofabitch takes his medicine strong. *

He slams his head back, crushing Deadpool’s nose before * flinging him away. Deadpool rolls and SLAMS to a stop against* a half-buried piece of stone. It’s the ancient 20TH CENTURY * FOX LOGO. *

Low angle on Deadpool between Wolvie’s feet. We see the bullets that were inside Wolvie drop to the ground with a “PING” sound. Then another. And another. Until all 20 bullets rain down in a clatter.

Close on Wolverine’s face. He exhales gun-smoke from his nose and produces one more bullet between his teeth. Spits it to the side and hunches down like a coiled panther.

A bomb goes off in Wolverine’s head. He ROARS. And charges.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)45.45.

3030 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 3030

Deadpool does a stunning mag reload and keeps firing, but Wolvie keeps coming, finally slashing the barrels of Deadpool’s Desert Eagles clean off.

Deadpool produces his SWORDS and defends himself against Logan’s rage in an incredible blade-on blade BATTLE.

Deadpool wields a small blade.

The fight’s intense. Builds in speed. And builds. And BUILDS UNTIL:

Wolverine slashes Deadpool’s leg, bringing him to his knees. Then pulls Deadpool’s head back, raising his claws and preparing to DECAPITATE HIM.

Wolverine hesitates.

Wolverine’s interest is piqued.

Deadpool and Wolverine freeze, hearing the voice of a natural leader. Deadpool and Wolverine look at something off-screen. THE CAMERA PANS with them to reveal MR. CLARKE in TATTERED RAGS, to their right, perched on the remains of a building.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)46.46.

3131 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3131

Mr. Clarke looks as heroic as a man can look. He’s been on the run, but it hasn’t dampened his radiant spirit.

Suddenly, the sound of approaching engines. Mr. Clarke sets his gaze. Then:

A MOB of MAD MAX-ian VEHICLES approach.

Mr. Clarke jumps down in front of Deadpool and Wolverine.

The vehicles surround them.

Deadpool gets behind Mr. Clarke and subtly places both arms around his waist, looking straight ahead at the approaching danger.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)47.47.

3131 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 3131

It’s weird. Mr. Clarke casually removes Deadpool’s hands.

The CARAVAN circles up on the three heroes, no way out.

The caravan comes to a halt. The vehicles are populated by lesser-known mutants from the FOX X-MEN MOVIES: PYRO, TOAD, plus some N.D.’s. You can almost see Pyro’s mouth water.

Deadpool shoots Mr. Clarke a quizzical look. Mr. Clarke’s never worked blue before.

Mr. Clarke girds himself for battle. Throws off his Void-wear bedouin wraps, revealinga signature “4” on his chest!

DEADPOOL MR. CLARKE

Avengers assemble! FLAME ON!

“Mr. Clarke” bursts into flames. He’s not Mr. Clarke... he’s JONATHAN BYERS. Oops.

Jonathan flies over the caravan, blasting with a beam of FLAME. A vehicle EXPLODES.

Pyro SIPHONS the flames from Jonathan with his mutant power. Jonathan is EXTINGUISHED and falls out of the sky.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)48.48.

3232 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3232

With a vicious blow, he slams into the scaffolding, then the ground, knocked clean out.

TYLER MANE’s SABRETOOTH, Wolverine’s natural enemy, leaps down from a truck like a feral beast.

Sabretooth sniffs the air.

Wolverine and Sabretooth prepare to fight.

Deadpool removes a sword from Wolverine’s abdomen.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)49.49.

Sabretooth smiles and squares off. Deadpool backs up.

The two MUTANTS CHARGE each other. Sabretooth throws his biggest SUNDAY PUNCH, and Wolverine dodges andimperceptibly SWIPES with his claws.

Sabretooth stops in front of Deadpool.

Sabretooth stops, spins around, except his head doesn’t turn around with his body. Instead, it continues to face the wrong direction then FALLS CLEAN off his body. Reveal Wolverine’s claws extended, fresh Sabretooth blood dripping off them.

Wolverine looks like he could take the whole lot of them with that kind of ferocity. Unfortunately, a highly unperturbed Toad nonchalantly flicks his tongue out, using it to pull down a switch on A GIANT MAGNET TRUCK.

WHOOSH!!! Instantly,Wolverine flies into Deadpool, pulled backwards by the force of the magnet. Deadpool hits the giant magnet first before being pinned by Logan’s metallic body.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)50.50.

3333 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3333

Deadpool looks up just in time to see a big DETACHED SENTINEL BOOT flying towards them at rocket speed, also pulled by the magnet.

WOLVERINE * Oh fuck. *

The metallic SENTINEL BOOT hits them with the force of a cannonball.

BLACK OUT.

The marauder caravan makes its way across the vast landscape of the Void.

Wolverine startles awake in a SPHERICAL CAGE being dragged across the barren landscape. He’s BOUND CHEST TO CHEST WITH DEADPOOL.

Deadpool’s head rests on Wolverine’s shoulder.

Deadpool raises his head, coming face-to-face with a very annoyed Wolverine.

SNIKT! Wolverine pops his claws, but the way he’s tied they just extend helplessly into the air. JONATHAN watches from the other side of the “prison ball”. Coiled in non-flammable metal chains.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)51.51.

3434 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3434

DEADPOOL JONATHAN(CONT’D)

Okay. As long as it’s Alioth is a big purple cloud realistic and not some big monster. purple cloud monster or something.

That gets Deadpool’s attention. *

DEADPOOL * Us? We? A team? The answer is yes. * Shake on it. * (Wolverine pops his claws) * Fuck! You nicked it. Just got the * tip with your little steak knife. *

Jonathan chuckles.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)52.52.

3434 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 3434

Deadpool looks up curiously toward a rusted CCTV camera at the top of the cell. (We may revisit this later.)

We widen out as the convoy makes its way across the epic nothingness of the void.

The CARAVAN approaches the MASSIVE CARCASS of a GIANT SKELETON.

The humongous body lays on its stomach, its skeletal CHIN resting on the ground. Its arms extend in front of it, creating a massive ARENA-LIKE CIRCLE, its TWO GIANT GLOVED HANDS overlapping to form a GATE.

As the CARAVAN APPROACHES, the MASSIVE HANDS begin to part. The “gate” opens, a mechanical pulley-system being operated by the BLOB atop the rampart.

The PRISON TRUCK pulls in. There is a hive of activity. Henchmen eye our heroes suspiciously. Among them is a massive JUGGERNAUT VARIANT, complete with a Vinnie Jones-style Helmet.

Jonathan gets yanked out and flung on the ground. Deadpool and Wolverine get shoved out of the cage into the “arena” of the GIANT SKELETAL arms. Wolverine lands on top of Deadpool, repaying the Headbutt. OTHER HENCHMEN shove the other prisoner from inside the other cage-ball-- who we now notice is the Minuteman Deadpool made self-prune in the Logan grave fight sequence!-- onto the ground. A HORN rings out. The CROWD goes silent.

Then movement and a groaning creak from the Giant Skeletal head, as the mask rises, revealing the rotted carcass of a skull inside.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)53.53.

3636 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3636

Out of the darkness of the skull’s jaw, an old, decrepit figure wheels out on an ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR WHEEL CHAIR. The figure’s head is turned down, obscuring their face but revealing a BALD-HEAD.

Wolverine’s expression darkens.

The bald head rises, revealing the sweet smile ofCASSANDRA NOVA. In silhouette, she’s the mirror-image of Charles Xavier.

Cassandra rolls forward in the rickety, battle-damaged and BLOOD-STAINED wheelchair. She comes to a stop, then stands up and walks down from the giant skull toward our heroes.

Cassandra is curiously cheery, assessing Deadpool and Wolverine...but something is off.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)54.54.

3636 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 3636

WOLVERINE * Who are you?

WOLVERINE DEADPOOL

Bullshit. I was an anal birth.

With a gesture, she FREES THEM OF THEIR CHAINS, then, she walks towards Jonathan Byers.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)55.55.

3636 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 3636

WHOOSH.

All the skin on Jonathan’s body rips away in a blink. The blood, organs, and bone all hang in the air for a moment before gush-thumping to the ground in a hideous pile of lungs, heart, liver, blood, and bones. The spine and skull stay upright in the viscera-pile for an agonizing extra beat...before tipping over like a limp tree in the woods.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)56.56.

3737 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 3737

What. The holy. HELL. Wolvie looks quietly horrified.

In the distance, Deadpool clocks a GIANT WHIRLING PURPLE CLOUD on the horizon. Cassandra walks toward it, looking out at the horizon.

She did.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)57.57.

3737 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 3737

CASSANDRA NOVA * But I’m not like the rest of you. * Except maybe the Wolverine. Now we * could be truly terrifying together. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * But I had no Charles Xavier to * teach me temperance. What about * your Charles? Did he protect you? Did he make you feel safe?

SNIKT!

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)58.58.

Wolverine LUNGES at Cassandra. Cassandra stops him in his tracks and then, with a wave, flings him back and into the ground. Buried alive.

His SIX-CLAWS poke up out of the ground, the only part of him still visible. Cassandra motions again, and the claws cut through the ground as the subterranean Logan is shoved away. The claws cut through the dirt like a SHARK-FIN through water.

Suddenly, impossibly, Cassandra Nova is BEHIND him, whispering in his ear. Deadpool is frozen, powerless...

Her hand SNAKES up the back of his head, a seductive scalp massage.

Her fingers impossibly ENTER the back of his head and then her fingertips poke through his forehead.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)59.59.

39 IMAGES (UNFILTERED) FROM WADE’S BRAIN. 39*

We see KALEIDOSCOPIC FLASHES of Deadpool/Wade from the first two movies; images of heroism, joy, connection. The images swirl into a flashback of BUSTER KEATON, saying the words that will break Wade’s heart. Another shot shows us HAROLD LLOYD escorting Wade out. We hold on Wade’s crestfallen visage as the door closes behind him. Then we see Wade staring at his Deadpool suit, eyes listless. Then in his new uniform at DriveMax. We see him standing outside in the middle of the car lot. Sad. Lost.

Other flashes of Wade as VANESSA breaks up with him...Wade’s pain is etched all over his face. Vanessa reaches for his hand, eyes empathetic... *

VANESSA * I just feel like I don’t know where * you are. I can’t reach you. You’re * not here. *

WADE * I’m right here. *

VANESSA * No, you’re not. I can’t-- *

WADE * I’m right here. *

VANESSA * Then show me. You’ve got to do something.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)60.60.

4040 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4040

Vanessa sighs. A heaviness weighing on her.

And we’re rapidly ripped away from her, through what feels like a tunnel and into a Deadpool mask and back into:

Deadpool is in fact staring at Cassandra who is the real source of the voice.

CASSANDRA NOVA * No. But I bet she thought it. *

Cassandra CRUELLY YANKS her fingers out of Deadpool’s head.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)61.61.

4141 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4141

Deadpool removes the baby knife from his holster. Holds it in front of him.

Jump scare! Wolvie sinks BOTH CLAWS into her back. Cassandra looks down at the claws poking through her chest. She arches back, writhing in pain.

Cassandra looks down at the claws still protruding from her torso. *

She smacks her open hand against her chest like swatting a fly. Violently forcing Wolvie’s arms/claws out of her and sending Wolvie skittering back.

Cassandra squares off to face Wolvie and Deadpool. In the distance behind her, closing in fast, ALIOTH is now near-- a monstrous purple cloud monster speeding through the sky and coming in hot.

Alioth looms massive in the air. The bound Minuteman prisoner shakes and whimpers feebly, knowing the end is near. Deadpool and Wolverine look over at him.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)62.62.

BOOM! JUMP-SCARE! *

In quick cuts, Wolverine grabs a SENTINEL FOOT. Fires it up.

DEADPOOL * (to Minuteman) * I’ll pray for you. Bye! *

In a blink, Alioth slams down and takes out the Minuteman * prisoner from the dirt, gone without a trace, in a heartbeat. *

Alioth circles back now, filling the sky above the skull. *

Deadpool SLAMS onto Wolverine and the foot ROCKETS away at lightning speed, zooming far off toward the endless horizon.

Wolvie and Deadpool slam against the hard rock face at the top of a cliff and are smashed up and over, the sentinel boot skittering away. Wolvie and Deadpool come to a rolling stop on the grasslands above.

Deadpool clings to Wolverine.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)63.63.

4444 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4444

Deadpool pulls his knife out of Wolverine’s buttock. Wolvie flings Deadpool off.

Beat.

Deadpool nods.

Wolverine eyes Deadpool. He turns toward the diner incongruously perched on the horizon.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)64.64.

4444 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4444

DEADPOOL * Have you had your blood pressure * checked? Because buba, you get hot. *

A dank, dusty, ABANDONED DINER. WADE sits in a BOOTH. MASK OFF. He’s finishing some canned SPAM. Wolverine rummages around the diner, overturning items, looking for something.

Wolverine opens a rusted out white first aid kit and grabs a bottle of something.

Wolverine takes out a bottle of rubbing alcohol.

Wolverine sits across from Wade. His nostrils flared. Staring at the bottle of rubbing alcohol.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)65.65.

4545 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4545

He downs it.

Wade points to the untouched can of SPAM.

Logan unceremoniously gets up and takes his SPAM to an empty seat at the counter. Eats, back turned, in silence.

He stops chewing.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)66.66.

4545 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4545

A weighted beat:

WOLVERINE * Yeah well, he ain’t shit in mine. *

HUNTER B-15 walks down a corridor flanked by MR. PARADOX. * She reviews some supply inventory logs as they walk. It’s * clear from her attire that B-15 has been promoted since we * last saw her in LOKI. *

B-15 * I’m not even going to ask what’s * going on with your face. But these * resource requests are extensive, * Mr. Paradox. Especially for an in- * world observation post. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)67.67.

45A45A (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 45A45A

MR. PARADOX * You’ve seen the file on earth one * triple zero five. It’s teeming with * troublemakers. *

B-15 * Remember, your job is to do * nothing. Make sure others do * nothing. Do it long enough, maybe * you’ll sit in my chair one day. *

MR. PARADOX * Sit in your chair and do nothing. * Understood. *

B-15 * Did I detect a tone? *

MR. PARADOX * A tone? *

B-15 * Maybe you’ll detect this one: Good * day, Mr. Paradox. *

B-15 walks off. Mr. Paradox watches her go, clearly annoyed * by the powers that be and the rules of engagement. *

The DUO is now walking across hilly terrain. Deadpool’s mask is back on.

DEADPOOL * I don’t mean to be a downer, but we * have a lot to do. Find these other * survivors hiding god knows where, * force Cassandra to get us out of * the Void, stop Paradox from * destroying my world with his Time * Ripper -- Rippa. It sounds better * when you say it in an Australian * accent. * (with accent) * Yeah, got a nice little Time Ripper * there. * (without accent) * That’s fun. *

WOLVERINE * It’s not. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)68.68.

4646 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4646

DEADPOOL * And there was something else... *

WOLVERINE * Fix the shit on my timeline. *

DEADPOOL * Good god, right. This plot * refresher is exhausting. Rippa. *

WOLVERINE * Was?

Deadpool stops walking. Reluctant to share...

Wolverine walks on. Deadpool too, clocking Logan.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)69.69.

4646 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4646

Suddenly, an ungodly high-pitched growl cuts across the void. Deadpool and Wolvie, on high alert, turn towards the threat.

Cresting the hill, bathed in slow motion and silhouetted, bounds an animal. Smallish, maybe 10 to 20 pounds.

What comes into view is unexpected in every way. It’s a dog. Wearing a Deadpool suit. But not just any dog:

The UGLIEST MOTHER-FUCKING DOG ON THE PLANET.

DOGPOOL!

Slow motion. Cue: Chris De Burgh’s song, “LADY IN RED”.

Close on Dogpool, tongue hanging out the side of its mouth. One of its eyes is milky white while the other wanders in no particular direction. What little fur it possesses sprouts disdainfully from its weird head.

Needless to say, Deadpool is SMITTEN instantly. Deadpool (also slow motion) drops to his knees, RIPS OFF HIS MASK. He extends his arms. Sincere musical swells are fucking everywhere. The dog continues charging towards Wade and leaps into his arms. She bathes Wade’s face in a hideous cocktail of saliva from a cankerous tongue. The music climaxes as DOGPOOL and Wade kiss in ecstasy. We hard cut out to:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)70.70.

4747 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4747

Just then a voice is heard from just over the hill.

Wade and Wolverine watch as a man crests the hill. He’s immaculate. He wears a Deadpool suit with no mask. The suit looks like Yves Saint Laurent himself slummed it and designed a Marvel film. The man’s about twenty-percent more muscular and after a pretty healthy session in Lola, looks like a younger RYAN REYNOLDS in his prime before his looks were ravaged by four children and ten side hustles. The man’s a goddamn angel.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)71.71.

4747 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4747

Dogpool rests comfortably in Wade’s arms. While Wade converses, the dog intermittently licks the inside of his mouth. It’s both horrifying and vaguely intimate. Everyone is uncomfortable. Especially the actor playing Wade.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)72.72.

4747 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 4747

There’s a looong pause as we go around the horn to Wade, then to Wolverine, to Dogpool, and finally back to Nicepool.

REVEAL a beat-up 2011 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN.

Deadpool (mask now back on) draws the hardline:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)73.73.

4848 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4848

Deadpool snuggles into Dogpool.

Long beat. Deadpool just stares.

It’s awkward. Finally, Wolvie tries to grab the dog from Deadpool. Deadpool holds her back.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)74.74.

4848 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4848

Wolverine manages to grab her by the scruff and toss her to Nicepool.

Music Cue: Avril Lavigne’s cover of “I’M WITH YOU”.

Sexy glamour shots of the Honda Odyssey. Camera tracks from the wheels, around the grill, and rakes across Wolverine in the driver’s seat with Deadpool riding shotgun. Deadpool’s head is out the window feeling the wind - like Lemon in * “Logan”.

Deadpool is playing around in the car, shooting fake webs from his hands.

Wolverine turns off the radio.

Wolverine turns the radio back on. But Deadpool’s enjoying the conversation. He turns it back off.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)75.75.

4949 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 4949

Wolverine is getting seriously pissed off.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)76.76.

4949 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 4949

Wolverine JAMS THE BRAKES.

THE ODYSSEY goes into a GNARLY spin. We finally skid to a HALT facing the wrong way. Wide shot. Long beat of the car.

We’re back inside the car. Shock. A passenger side airbag deploys beside Deadpool’s head, firing him face-down into Wolvie’s crotch.

Wolverine grabs his head and pulls him upright:

Wolverine stabs his claws into Deadpool’s thigh.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)77.77.

5151 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 5151

Deadpool whips out something from his pouch, shows it to Wolverine. It’s the photo from his birthday party cake, a picture of all his Fox-world friends. He’s kept it.

Wolvie stares at Deadpool. Pulls his claw out of Deadpool’s thigh and raises his fist. Scary. The words barely find their way through his rage and gritted teeth.

Wolverine almost lunges at Deadpool. Almost. But he stops. Suddenly revels in the chance to be even more hurtful.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)78.78.

5151 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 5151

Deadpool is stunned. He looks hurt. REALLY hurt. Even Wolverine conveys a flicker of regret, but instead doubles down:

An achingly long beat. Then:

BAM. Deadpool’s fist bounces off Wolverine’s face. Wolvie’s face registers surprise. Then...RAGE.

And folks: IT IS ON! The mother of all knife-fights in a phone booth. Except the phone booth is a mini-van.

The exterior of the minivan, in profile, via locked off camera.

CLOSE ON: The vehicle rocks with the violence inside. A bumper sticker affixed to the Odyssey’s ass-end: *

Suddenly, SMASH! Wolverine launches out the front window. He picks himself up... *

...WOLVERINE DIVES BACK THROUGH the window. CRASH!

More rocking, pitching, smashing.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)79.79.

Relentless violence. Wolverine slams his CLAWS into Deadpool’s chest below his STERNUM.

Wolverine starts rotating his FIST back and forth, CRACKING and POPPING Deadpool’s RIBS.

Deadpool produces his KNIFE and goes to work on Wolverine, then pulls out the small PUSH-DAGGERS from his chest holsters and jackhammers Wolverine with them about six times before Wolvie knows he’s even been stabbed.

Wolvie breaks Deadpool’s arm.

The jaw-dropping symphony of carnage continues as every inch and accessory of the minivan gets deployed. Deadpool uses a SEATBELT to choke Wolvie. *

Deadpool stabs Wolverine in the leg.

Wolverine fights back.

Wolverine slams the claws on both hands into each side of Deadpool’s head at the ears. The claws erupt from either side of Deadpool’s head. As he starts to lose consciousness, Deadpool retrieves his knife and goes back to work.

The Odyssey continues to rock and shake.

A TIME LAPSE SHOWS THE PASSAGE OF DAY TO NIGHT TO BACK AGAIN.

When normal speed resumes, the van’s movements have lessened. The rocks become smaller shudders... then comically DIE DOWN to just a little tiny squeaking/groaning.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)80.80.

5454 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 5454

At last the van grows STILL.

A beat.

Then it starts to barely rock/squeak a bit more.

Then grows STILL again.

A VAN DOOR FALLS RIGHT OFF.

55 OMITTED (FORMERLY INT. HONDA ODYSSEY) 55

We pull back to reveal a pair of BOOTS. Someone’s been watching this whole scene play out.

BACK ON: a now-unconscious Wolverine and Deadpool.

Offscreen, we hear the Odyssey’s engine start.

The battered MINIVAN is parked outside a semi-concealed bunker in the woods.

Deadpool wakes up in the GIANT HULK BED FROM THOR: RAGNAROK. He spies Wolvie, looking out the window, HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF JIM BEAM in his hand. Glass-eyed.

The two hear noise in the next room... Deadpool turns, in a flash he’s on his feet reaching for his swords-- Before he can draw, his knee is kicked in by the blur of a black boot. THE BLADE OF A SAI instantly at his neck.

LOW HEROIC ANGLE REVEALING:ELEVEN.

From behind her, out steps a man: grey-streaked hair, apocalyptic but unmistakably,BILLY.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)81.81.

5959 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 5959

A moment later, a MAN saunters in shuffling a deck of cards. He is... sex on legs. He is...GATSBY.

Billy points his sword at Wolvie.

Billy glares at him intensely through his dark sunglasses.

Deadpool is a little terrified of Billy.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)82.82.

5959 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 5959

Gatsby charges and FLICKS A CARD. It nearly takes off Deadpool’s HEAD, and SLICES THROUGH WOLVERINE’S BOTTLE OF BOOZE. Cutting it in half, perfectly, before exploding against the wall. A shit-faced Wolvie barely acknowledges, reaching for another bottle nearby.

Gambit throws a card in Wolverine’s direction. It breaks the bottle.

Wolverine grabs another bottle.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)83.83.

5959 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 5959

REVEAL: THE LEMON. Standing in the doorway.

Lemon stares at Logan with feeling. She’s seeing a living ghost. Logan stares back at Lemon without recognition. Deadpool is a different story.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)84.84.

5959 (CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4) 5959

Billy leans in close. Terrifying.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)85.85.

5959 (CONTINUED) (5)(CONTINUED) (5) 5959

Enormous pause. Deadpool slow burns a look to Wolverine who just stares vacantly at his beloved bottle.

Then:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)86.86.

5959 (CONTINUED) (6)(CONTINUED) (6) 5959

A wobbly Wolverine pipes in.

Gatsby shuffles... Menacingly? Deadpool spills like a trauma survivor:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)87.87.

5959 (CONTINUED) (7)(CONTINUED) (7) 5959

A beat. A plan starting to form. Eleven and Billy share a look. Lemon and Gatsby too.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)88.88.

5959 (CONTINUED) (8)(CONTINUED) (8) 5959

A beat.

Billy SMILES for the first time.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)89.89.

5959 (CONTINUED) (9)(CONTINUED) (9) 5959

Momentum building...

Wolvie heads for the door. Grabs a fresh bottle on his way. To Gatsby, raising his bottle.

Wolverine exits. Lemon watches him go. *

Later now. Wolverine sits alone by a fire in the woods adjacent to the bunker, drunk off his ass...

The sound of footsteps crunching on earth as we ANGLE ON:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)90.90.

6060 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 6060

Lemon. She’s come looking for him.

Lemon sits down across the fire anyway.

Wolverine takes another MASSIVE PULL off his BOTTLE OF WHISKEY.

Logan scowls.

LOGAN * A lot of kids didn’tgrow up * because of me.

That hangs there. What is h e talking about?

Logan looks at his suit, as if noticing it for the first time. Laughs softly, empty.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)91.91.

6060 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 6060

Logan stares at the fire. Holding back some unseen torrent.

Lemon gets up.

Logan takes one last swig from his bottle.

61 OMITTED (FORMERLY EXT. HERO HIDEOUT) 61

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)92.92.

Mr. Paradox steps inside and answers his comms device, clearly annoyed.

It’s PYRO, rooting around in the Diner that Wolverine and Deadpool ate in. INTERCUT as needed:

Mr. Paradox looks genuinely concerned.

PYRO * Maybe not, but I can.For a price. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)93.93.

6363 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 6363

Mr. Paradox hangs up.

CUE the most ASS-KICKING PUMP-UP SONG ON THIS SIDE OF DMX. Crane down to...

Rolling through the wasteland: the beat-up ODYSSEY.

ELEVEN, in the driver’s seat, one hand draped confidently over the steering wheel.

DEADPOOL, riding passenger, checking himself out in the visor mirror.

LEMON, looking gorgeous and destructive at one open rear window, wind tousling her hair.

GATSBY, SHUFFLING and RESHUFFLING cards.

BILLY, the baddest-ass sonofabitch ever to ride bitch. *

CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT is WOLVERINE.

Epic wide shots of the battered-to-shit Odyssey making its odyssey (yeah, we WENT THERE) across the void...

...all the way to CASSANDRA NOVA’s HEADQUARTERS.

From her elevated vantage point in the EYE SOCKET of the GIANT SKULL, Cassandra Nova watches a PLUME of DUST approaching her STRONGHOLD.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)94.94.

CASSANDRA’S HENCHMEN look up from their tasks, spotting the DUST CLOUD of an approaching minivan.

Blob tries to hustle his immense girth to the wheel that closes the skeleton’s hands. He starts to TURN it.

Back with our heroes.

DEADPOOL * I think what the ragin’ cajun is * trying to say is it’s not going to * be easy to get Juggernaut’s helmet. * He also says he has a doctorate in * cunnilingus. And you know what? I * believe him. *

Billy lifts himself out the SUNROOF.

Gatsby passes Billy PUNISHER’S GUN.

From ABOVE, we see Billy, his head out the SUNROOF, wielding PUNISHER’S BIG FUCKING GUN.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)95.95.

6969 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 6969

Deadpool gives a knowing look to the camera.

BUDDA-BUDDA-BUDDA, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Billy fires until there are no more BULLETS OR GRENADES. The doors blast wide open.

The van SLAMS through the remains of the skeletal, now flaming, gloved hands of the gate.

HIGH ABOVE, Cassandra watches from the SKULL’s EYE SOCKET.

The van’s SIDE DOORS SLIDE OPEN. In SLO-MO, our heroes GET OUT and assume a WEDGE FORMATION in front of the VAN.

LEMON. ELEVEN. BILLY. GATSBY.

And taking his place at the point of the spear... DEADPOOL.

Then, just when we think shit can’t get cooler, the TRUNK of the MINIVAN opens, slowly, automatically, the way those things do.

A set of fingers wrap around the rearmost pillar, revealing:

...ADAMANTIUM CLAWS.

Out of the back of the minivan steps...

...WOLVERINE. Ready for fucking hell.

Cassandra’s henchmen leave their posts. It’s a murderer’s row of VARIANTS:

JUGGERNAUT, TOAD, BULLSEYE, LADY DEATHSTRIKE, AZAZEL, QUILL, ARCLIGHT, CALLISTO, NICK FURY, THE RUSSIAN, PSYLOCKE, and various NDs.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)96.96.

7272 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 7272

And they are standing between our heroes and the GIANT SKULL...or more specifically the entrance to Cassandra’s BASE OF OPERATIONS.

ELEVEN * And we’ll get our ending. *

Eleven, Billy, and Gatsby TEAR into Cassandra’s troops... *

Gatsby throws cards, clearing a path. *

GATSBY * And boom. *

BILLY * Some motherfuckers still trying to * ice skate uphill. Pony up. One last * ride. *

The four heroes MOW through the formidable foes, making a * path for Deadpool and Wolverine to make their way to the fortress.

Deadpool and Wolverine enter the hollowed out BRAIN CAVITY of the GIANT SKULL. It’s spartan - think... the interior of a skull.

Cassandra sits on a throne in the center of the room.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)97.97.

7373 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 7373

Cassandra flicks her hand and smashes Deadpool off every side* of the skull and the steel trusses holding it up.

She turns to Wolverine.

Cassandra forces Wolverine’s claws into the ground.

Absolute MAYHEM has erupted in the ARENA. BILLY, ELEVEN, GATSBY, and LEMON are a virtual CUISINART of stakes, sai blades, playing cards, and claws.

Lemon betrays the smallest hint of a Mona Lisa smile. It’s almost like she WANTS THIS. Juggernaut points his beefy finger right at Lemon.

And with that, Juggernaut and Lemon charge right at each other!

Meanwhile, BILLY cuts off TOAD’S TONGUE and STRANGLES him with it before plunging a KNIFE right into the villain’s skull.

GATSBY’s playing cards are way, way deadlier than we might have given credit.

JUGGERNAUT charges right at Lemon, but Lemon is too fast, too vicious. She slides low, ducking his arm and taking out Juggernaut’s achilles. He falls to one knee, struggling to stand. He manages to turn around but she’s GONE. Out of nowhere, she’s now behind him. Slashes the other Achilles. Juggs is on both knees. Excruciating pain. She slides to a stop.

Like a god damn vision, she hunkers down and heads straight for Juggs one last time. Blades out. She launches herself into the air... AND WE:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)98.98.

7474 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 7474

Gatsby launches at another henchman.

Gatsby stabs the henchman.

Deadpool lies in a heap, knocked out cold from the bashing he’s just taken. Cassandra now turns her attention towards Wolverine.

Wolverine pops his claws and lunges! He throws clawed-Wolverine pops his claws and lunges! He throws clawed- haymakers at Cassandra, but she dodges them with subtle buthaymakers at Cassandra, but she dodges them with subtle but freakish agility, weaves through his strikes and latches her hand onto the back of his head. Instantly, Wolverine is forced down onto his knees in a supplicant pose, his claws plunged down into the ground, trapped. Cassandra crouches down next to him, her face inches from his.

Then she PLUNGES her fingers deeper into Wolverine’s mind. Her eyes roll back in her head.

Cassandra and Logan stand in a gorgeous, ethereal place.

Cassandra walks alongside him.

Wolverine falls to his knees.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)99.99.

7676 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 7676

WOLVERINE * I walked away. They called after * me... and I walked away. I always * do. *

Cassandra studies him. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * I know. That’s not all you did, is * it? *

The screams of children give way to the SHRIEKS of DYING MEN.* THE SOLDIERS. *

WOLVERINE * Dead. Piled like wood. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * What did you do? *

WOLVERINE * I started killing. And I couldn’t * stop. I didn’t want to stop. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * All those bad men. *

Wolverine is consumed by guilt. He’s never said this out * loud. *

WOLVERINE * Not just the bad ones. *

Cassandra is so impressed. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * My little animal. *

WOLVERINE * I did things you can’t forget. And * I turned the whole world against * the X-Men. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * You killed Xavier’s dream. *

Wolverine nods. Disarmed. A kind of serenity flows through him. One we haven’t seen.

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)100.100.

77 OMITTED(FORMERLY INT. CASSANDRA’S INNER SANCTUM) 77

We are tracking with Lemon, wearing her backpack, as she races through the fight-pit, charging through a path cleared by Eleven, Billy, and Gatsby who continue to absolutely fucking decimate their foes.

Lemon LEAPS from the blood-stained ground UP TO THE FACE OF THE GIANT SKULL, which she proceeds to run at an impossibly fast speed, her claws and foot-claws like crampons, as she scales the face of the giant skeleton towards the eye socket.

Just as Lemon reaches the eye socket she is YANKED OFF the face of the skull by PSYLOCKE’S WHIP!

Down on the ground below, Psylocke YANKS HARD, pulling Lemon off the skeletal face.

WITH LEMON IN SLO-MO:

WITH PSYLOCKE’S WHIP WRAPPED AROUND HER WAIST, Lemon flings her backpack into the eye-socket as she gets ripped off the skull and pulled violently back down into the pit.

The backpack BARELY makes it inside, vanishing as it enters the eye socket.

DEADPOOL’S POV: SLO-MO. The silhouette of the backpack arcs up and through the eye socket. Rolling to a stop.

Still in SLO-MO, Lemon falls back towards the earth. With laser-focus SHE TURNS IN MID-AIR and locks in on Psylocke down below, still holding the other end of the whip.

Psylocke meets Lemon’s gaze,seeing her own imminent doom.

Lemon lands HARD on the earth below, KILLING Psylocke before she even knows what hit her.

Wolverine’s voice breaks. Sobs. *

Cut back to the MINDSCAPE. Cassandra is crouched next to Wolverine. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)101.101.

8181 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 8181

Wolverine hangs his head in anguish and shame. Cassandra looks at him sympathetically.

WOLVERINE * Just once I want to be the man that * Charles thought I was. *

CASSANDRA NOVA * Logan. In the void, you can be what * you are.

The voices fall silent. Wolverine looks relieved.

Wolverine looks up.

Cassandra doesn’t understand. Suddenly, the sky darkens and she looks up. It’s as if someone is putting a lid on the sky.

82 OMITTED(FORMERLY INT.CASSANDRA’S INNER SANCTUM) 82

We track fast along the blood-soaked ground, arriving at Juggernaut. Still upright on his knees. Decapitated. GLORIOUSLY DEAD.

Cassandra SCREAMS. The HELMET BULGES WITH STRAIN. It takes all of Deadpool’s strength to hold it on her head.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)102.102.

8484 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 8484

Wolverine stands, triumphantly, claws popped.

Indeed, Cassandra has started laughing.

Wolverine and Deadpool shoot each other a look.Shit.

85 OMITTED (FORMERLY EXT. GIANT SKELETAL ARENA) 85

DEADPOOL and WOLVERINE decide CASSANDRA’s fate. No matter which way they look at it, it’s lose-lose.

Deadpool looks hopelessly at Wolverine.It’s over.

Wolverine looks down at his claws. Sadness overtakes him.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)103.103.

8686 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 8686

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Cassandra’s body is wracked by BULLETS.

PYRO reveals himself, gun in hand, barrel smoking.

He lets the gun fall from his hands...

Cassandra gasps for air, blood flying from her mouth.

Deadpool punches the fucking SHIT out of him, dropping him to the deck.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)104.104.

8686 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 8686

Deadpool just looks at Wolverine, shocked.

Wolverine gets serious.

Cassandra is shocked...because shefelt that.

Wolverine removes the JUGGERNAUT HELMET.

Cassandra’s wounds instantly SNAP shut. Cassandra lifts her arm in Deadpool’s direction.

Cassandra keeps her distance. *

The LEGACY HEROES battle the remaining swarm.

Cassandra walks to the eye socket.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)105.105.

8888 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 8888

Cassandra reaches into her trench-coat pocket and pulls out DR. STRANGE’S RING.

Cassandra gestures out the eye socket, creating a glowing circle in the air outside.

She makes a sound, like a master calling their pet. The ground trembles and the sky darkens as ALIOTH appears on the horizon, SPEEDING TOWARDS Cassandra’s compound.

Cassandra steps down from the edge of the eye socket, turns to Deadpool and Wolverine.

A beat.

Deadpool and Wolverine take off towards the eye socket as we SPEED RAMP TO SLOW-MOTION.

INTERCUT with our legacy heroes fighting the horde down below:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)106.106.

8888 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 8888

Big slow motion fight, sad music, everyone working together, who knows whether they’ll live or die.

Alioth closes fast, almost to the skull now. Deadpool and Wolverine LEAP towards the socket, just as Alioth arrives. This is the end. Down below, our forgotten heroes battle on, relentless.

In profile we see our heroes LEAP OUT from the skull at he same instant that Alioth meets them, the Marvel Sparkle Circle between them in the air.

As Alioth hurtles through, the air finally clears, REVEALING NOTHING BUT THE CIRCLE LEFT BEHIND. Whether Deadpool and Wolverine lived or died, we don’t yet know.

PETER hands THE CHIPMANS the keys to the KIA CARNIVAL he’s just sold them.

CRASH! Wolverine and Deadpool crash down from the sky into the roof of the CARNIVAL. A beat. Peter holds the keys, his smile frozen.

Deadpool pops up quickly.

DEADPOOL * You’re damn straight it is. Fox * killed him. Disney brought him back! They’re going to make him do this until he’s ninety.

Wolverine peels himself out of the wreckage.

Peter stares at Wolverine in awe.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)107.107.

8989 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 8989

Peter flashes his Prince William piercing and salutes The Wolverine.

A nod from Wolvie who turns to Deadpool.

Deadpool and Wolverine run off. Peter calls after him.

CASSANDRA runs her fingers creepily down Pyro’s face as he slowly regains consciousness.

One of Pyro’s eyes opens slightly.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)108.108.

89A89A (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 89A89A

Cassandra runs her fingers towards Pyro’s brain.

CASSANDRA NOVA * Hands in pockets. *

PYRO * A guy named Paradox. He said he’d * get me out of the Void. *

Cassandra isn’t buying it.

Cassandra’s face contorts with rage.

Cassandra seethes.

She PLUNGES her fingers into Pyro’s head, killing him.

MR. PARADOX and a small crew of TVA TECHNICIANS watch as finishing touches are placed on the TIME RIPPER.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)109.109.

9090 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9090

Mr. Paradox sees something on the SECURITY CAM MONITORS.

Mr. Paradox runs out onto the street, his eyes scouring the streets until he finds Deadpool and Wolverine running around the corner. Mr. Paradox is FURIOUS.

The heroes step up on Paradox. Deadpool takes a look at everything.

Paradox goes pale. The GROUND SHAKES. ENERGY CRACKLES in the air at the end of the street, past the TVA OUTPOST. *

A MARVEL SPARKLE CIRCLE forms in the intersection. Nearby VEHICLES screech to a stop and PEDESTRIANS scatter.

CASSANDRA NOVA has arrived. She marches out of the portal.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)110.110.

9191 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9191

Cassandra is now impossiblybehind Mr. Paradox, plunging her fingers into his head.

As Cassandra probes Paradox’s mind, her face LIGHTS UP.

DEADPOOL * Oh no, we’re on it. We’re gonna * head down and dismantle that thing now. We got you, boo! You just keep playing those keys.

Cassandra flicks her fingers, sending Deadpool and Wolverine FLYING DOWN THE ENTIRE STREET. They slam into CARS along the way, before CRASHING right through a STOREFRONT at the end of the block.

BACK WITH CASSANDRA, who continues to probe Paradox’s brain.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)111.111.

9191 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 9191

Cassandra drags Paradox by the skull towards the subway * steps. *

B-15 sits at her large desk. A woman in control of the vast canvas of all time. Suddenly, an agitated TVA OFFICE AGENT enters.

TVA OFFICE AGENT * Sorry to bother, Madam. But there’s * something you need to see.

The Staffer goes around and pushes some buttons, showing B-15 A COMPLEX GRAPHIC ON HER SCREEN.

B-15 leans in to study the graphics, her expression growing instantly grim.

SLAM CUT TO: Mr. Paradox in CLOSE-UP, Cassandra’s pointy fingers extending out through his skull.

WIDER NOW, we see Mr. Paradox being awkwardly forced to hit various TIME RIPPER CONTROLS.

Cassandra smiles and PULLS her fingers from Mr. Paradox’s head. He screams, huddling into a ball on the ground.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)112.112.

102102 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 102102

She vanishes towards the TIME RIPPER’s inner chamber.

The TVA OUTPOST shudders. ENERGY CRACKLES from its doors. The TIME RIPPER is firing up.

The TIME RIPPER whirs to life, ENERGY CRACKLES, arcing to the walls around it. Cassandra approaches it.

Unaffected by the energy sloughing off the device, Cassandra removes the machine’s PROTECTIVE SHIELDS with a gesture, revealing two WHITE HOT LEADS.

Cassandra grabs the leads. Untold power courses through her body. SHE ABSORBS IT. Becomes it. Reality flexes around her.

The MARVEL SPARKLE CIRCLE EXPANDS and silhouettes are dimly visible approaching.

The heroes emerge from the destroyed building, eyeing the ominous forms taking shape through the sparkle circle down the block.

Quick cuts of CIVILIANS fleeing their vehicles...

And then, in the delicate silence...a dog’s YAPPING.

DOGPOOL LEAPS out of the REALITY TEAR and happily runs to Deadpool. Toto reuniting with Dorothy.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)113.113.

9494 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9494

Deadpool grabs Dogpool, cuddling her and letting the mutt lick him all over.

NICEPOOL comes jogging up.

Wolverine sniffs the air.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)114.114.

9494 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 9494

From within the sparkle circle down the block, now in OVAL shape, DOZENS OF DEADPOOL VARIANTS emerge.

It’s a freak show. Variant after Variant of Deadpool. PUNKPOOL, SAMURAI DEADPOOL, COWBOYPOOL, ZENPOOL, WELSHPOOL.

They’re led by LADY DEADPOOL and KIDPOOL, holding HEADPOOL.

NICEPOOL * No no no. Cassandra brought them * here. Their only job is to make * sure that nobody gets anywhere near * her. *

Deadpool kisses Dogpool, passes her to Wolverine.

DEADPOOL * Hold please. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)115.115.

9595 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9595

COWBOYPOOL * The boss lady don’t want no * disturbances. *

LADY DEADPOOL OPENS UP with her UZIs. WOLVERINE DIVES behind a CAR. DEADPOOL grabs Nicepool, using him as a human shield.

Nicepool is RIDDLED with bullets.

Deadpool cradles the fallen Nicepool. He’s PALE WHITE. Coughing up blood.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)116.116.

9696 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9696

Awkward, awkward silence. Deadpool scratches his chin.

NICEPOOL * I’m okay. *

Deadpool wrenches Nicepool to his feet, sees a DONUT STAND.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)117.117.

9696 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 9696

Deadpool crosses the line of fire once more. But it’s clear he’s using Nicepool as a human shield, AGAIN.

BLAM! This time Nicepool’s head is blown clean off.

As Deadpool ducks behind the Donut stand, he desperately performs chest compressions on Nicepool, which just produce intermittent BLOOD-GUSHES out of the neck stump. *

Wolverine crosses to the Donut cart.

He holds Dogpool out like a shield.

The Deadpool Corps hold their fire.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)118.118.

9696 (CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3) 9696

Wolverine makes his way to Deadpool.

Deadpool’s face is covered with BRAIN PARTICULATE and NICEPOOL’S EAR, with a small cuff on it. Deadpool notices Wolvie staring at him with disgust.

Deadpool and Wolverine step out from cover and cross into the middle of the street.

Wolverine reaches back behind his collar and PULLS ON HIS CLASSIC COWL-- GLORIOUS SIGNATURE WINGS AND ALL.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)119.119.

9797 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 9797

Wolverine grits his teeth.

SNIKT! It is game the fuck ON, y’all!

“Like a Prayer” spins up as Deadpool and Wolverine hack their way through an ARMY OF DEADPOOLS in a spectacular ONER.

We RAMP in and out of SLO-MO. BLOOD sprays. TEETH fly. SUPLEXES. JUDO TOSSES. AGGRESSIVE LEAPS from variant to variant, like flesh stepping-stones.

It’s fucking glorious.

Deadpool and Wolverine continue hacking their way through the DEADPOOL ARMY. An orgy of superhero-ness. *

The camera tilts up to find BLIND AL at her window. *

BLIND AL * Motherfucker. I wish I were deaf. *

A symphony of VIOLENCE as DEADPOOL and WOLVERINE take on combatants from ALL SIDES, Deadpool dodging assailants that Wolverine finishes off and vice/versa. The heroes mow through the Deadpool Corps and approach the TVA outpost, eventuallythe Deadpool Corps and approach the TVA outpost, eventually our duo finishes off the last of the Deadpool Corps.our duo finishes off the last of the Deadpool Corps.

Finally, KIDPOOL WHIPS HEADPOOL at Deadpool. Headpool screamsFinally, KIDPOOL WHIPS HEADPOOL at Deadpool. Headpool screams a VIKING WAR CRY...and is skewered by a KATANA.a VIKING WAR CRY...and is skewered by a KATANA.

BLIND ALBLIND AL * Fucking nerds.Fucking nerds. *

Blind Al closes her window.Blind Al closes her window. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)120.120.

100100 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 100100

Deadpool and Wolverine stand in the middle of the street, in the center of the fallen Deadpools, their piled bodies radiating away from our heroes in rings. *

ANGLE ON: BABYPOOL, seated blissfully on the sidewalk. He * giggles. *

DEADPOOL * Whatcha laughing at, you little * fucker? *

Then, in the silence...a spreading rustling. The fallen * DEADPOOLS begin to heal. RISING to their feet. *

DEADPOOL * Uh oh. I guess these ones * regenerate. * (looking around) * Come on. We don’t have time for * this. *

The DEADPOOL VARIANTS close their ranks between Deadpool and * Wolverine and the entrance to the outpost. *

PETERPOOL (Peter STUFFED into the old red DEADPOOL COSTUME * FROM THE TAG OF DEADPOOL 2 that he’s been keeping in his * locker) rides up on his bike, deftly hopping off and into an * unnecessary safety roll to land between the horde and the * heroes. *

DEADPOOL * Peter? *

LADY DEADPOOL * Holy shit. *

The Deadpool variants all stare at him in stunned silence. *

KIDPOOL * It’s fucking Peter! *

HEADPOOL * That’s Peter! *

BABYPOOL * Dada. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)121.121.

101101 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 101101

DEADPOOL * Wait, you guys know Peter? *

LADY DEADPOOL * Are you kidding me? Every Deadpool * has a Peter. *

COWBOYPOOL * Peter’s a goddamn legend in every * deadpool’s world. *

SAMURAI DEADPOOL * Mr. Peter...yes. *

Peter’s name echoes through the mob of DEADPOOLS.Peter?Is * that my Sugar bear?The awed proclamations become a * cacophony. *

HEADPOOL * Oh, there’s my guy. *

Stunned, Peter removes his mask. The crowd goes WILD! He * doesn’t know what’s happening, buthe doesn’t hate it. *

DEADPOOLS * PETER!! PETER!!! *

They hoist Peter on their shoulders. *

DEADPOOL * (headed down subway steps) * They are going to put miles of cock * in Peter! *

Deadpool and Wolverine disappear into the TVA outpost. *

Deadpool and Wolverine race into the control room. Mr. Paradox looks back from his control panel.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)122.122.

105105 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 105105

Wolverine pops his claws but leaves the middle blade retracted, so he can pin Mr. Paradox’s head to the console, one claw on each side of Mr. Paradox’s neck.

Mr. Paradox brings up THE VIDEO FEED OF THE TIME RIPPER’S REACTOR POWER SOURCE, deep in the outpost’s bowels.

Two MASSIVE PLASMA PIPES rise up from the floor, snake around each other (while never coming closer than 10 ft to one another) and exit through the ceiling. One PIPE crackles with ORANGE energy. The other’s is a DEEP BLUE. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)123.123.

105105 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 105105

Deadpool and Wolverine stare at the screen, watching Cassandra feed the Time Ripper.

Deadpool and Wolverine march along the SUBWAY TRACKS leading toward the REACTOR POWER SOURCE.

They approach a massive BLAST DOOR at the end of the tunnel leading into the POWER ROOM. Wolverine stops Deadpool before they enter.

Wolverine is stunned. Deadpool takes a breath. Removes his mask.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)124.124.

107107 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 107107

Wade can’t help but smile through the emotion. Lotta road traveled here. Wolverine pulls out the crumpled picture from Wade’s birthday. He kept it.

Wade is speechless with gratitude. Staring at the photo. We see the faces of Wade’s family. His friends. Vanessa. His world. Wolverine pushes the photo into Wade’s chest, before he turns and walks towards the power room.

Wolverine stops in the threshold, looks back.

Wolverine meets Wade’s gaze. A small nod of acknowledgment. Hard to read his feelings with his mask on, but his voice tells a different story.

Deadpool MASKS UP.

Wolverine smiles almost imperceptibly. Nods. Steps inside the blast door, turns to close it when WHAM!! He’s clocked right in the skull by a fire extinguisher wielded by Deadpool. Wolvie reels and recovers, but it’s too late:

SLAM!

Deadpool shoves Wolverine aside, slams the door shut and SPINS the LOCKING WHEEL INSIDE. Wolverine pounds on the door, yells at Deadpool through the window in the blast door.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)125.125.

107107 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 107107

Deadpool starts miming in front of the door.

WOLVERINE * You don’t need to do this. *

WOLVERINE * Wade! Wait to be an annoying prick! * It should be me. You’re going to * die in there, you dumb fuck. *

Deadpool steps away. Wolverine puts dents in the steel door with his fists. But it’s too thick. Steps back and with a running start, lowers his shoulder and bashes into the door, testing the limits of his strength and the door’s hinges.

Deadpool stands in front of the snaking tubes pumping PLASMA and ANTI-PLASMA to the Time Ripper high above.

He takes it all in. The powers at play are truly awesome.

Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” reprises. Deadpool grabs the PLASMA TUBE. The energy snakes up his arm, wracking his body with pain.

With a truly super human effort he stretches his hand closer to the ANTI-PLASMA tube to complete the circuit. Wolverine rams the door futilely.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)126.126.

108108 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 108108

Deadpool’s arms widen, like the Savior on the cross. This is his destiny. His sacrifice.

Pull out to reveal he’s a SOLID EIGHT FEET from the ANTI- PLASMA tube.

Mr. Paradox watches.

Back on Deadpool. He stretches his fingers, so hard they look like they’ll pop out of their sockets. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Still he keeps Reaching.Reaching...Reaching...

Suddenly a hand grabs hold of Deadpool’s forearm

WOLVERINE MADE IT INSIDE. Wolverine came for him.

They lock eyes. Wolverine NODS.

Like a Prayer turns orchestral. Epic. Wolverine’s arms stretch wide. Two saviors. Side by side...

...but still a foot short!

That is, until Wolverine POPS HIS CLAWS. They extend...and...

THE CIRCUIT IS COMPLETED. The heroes are wracked with an INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

MONTAGE OF FLASHBACKS: *

DEADPOOL * The Wolverine is a hero in my * world. *

WOLVERINE * Whoever you think I am, you’ve got * the wrong guy. *

LEMON * You were always the wrong guy. * Until you weren’t. *

DEADPOOL * My entire world is right here in * this picture. And I have no idea * how to save it alone. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)127.127.

108108 (CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2) 108108

MR. PARADOX * Wade, you can finally, finally * matter. *

WADE * Vanessa...I want to see Vanessa. *

WOLVERINE * For the first time in my life, I am * proud to wear this suit. It means * I’m an X-man. I amthe x-man. *

Energy that flares and SHOOTS UPWARDS. Sparks shower down on * them.

Cassandra is mid-rapture. The GROUND begins to shake.

She looks worried, then concentrates...absorbing more power.

INTERCUT with DEADPOOL and WOLVERINE below her.

Reality seems to VIBRATE around them.

The powerful forces at play test the integrity of Deadpool’s TVA-issued suit, while WOLVERINE’S MASK gets partially ripped away, then his chest armor is BLOWN RIGHT OFF, revealing insanely cut ABS. Even wracked with energy, Deadpool manages to ogle him.

The energy feeding Cassandra changes...she screams in pain.

The TIME RIPPER atomizes, OBLITERATING CASSANDRA NOVA.

And presumably our HEROES.

VARIOUS SHOTS POST EXPLOSION

The aftermath of the destructive event that just took place.

A shred of Wolverine’s shirt dangles from a gnarled piece of metal.

Wade’s birthday Polaroid floats, scorched and lifeless, atop the coolant pool.

MR. Paradox exhales.He didn’t destroy ALL OF REALITY.Thank God.

His head cocks at the sound of FOOTSTEPS marching down the stairs from the street above.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)128.128.

110110 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 110110

A full REGIMENT of TVA MINUTEMEN descend, followed by B-15 and a small phalanx (5) of TVA UPPER-MANAGEMENT. She takes in the scene.

CUT TO: SPARKS FLY IN THE BURNED OUT WRECKAGE OF THE TIME RIPPER.

Back with B-15, Paradox’s voice quivers with genuine emotion.

CUT TO: THE ABANDONED SUBWAY TUNNEL.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)129.129.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

Two shots. A wide and a medium of WOLVERINE dragging DEADPOOL’S lifeless body. Suddenly, Deadpool puts his arm on Wolverine.

ALT:

A wide and a medium of WOLVERINE bridal-carrying DEADPOOL’S * LIFELESS BODY. Wolverine places his fallen comrade on the ground.

He’s lost him. Deadpool is gone.

Back with B-15 and Paradox.

CUT TO: THE MANGLED SCAFFOLDING OF THE TIME RIPPER CHAMBER. *

Deadpool and a SHIRTLESS, PARTIALLY MASKED Wolverine arrive from below.

MR. PARADOX * FUCK. *

They approach. *

DEADPOOL * Found your new Anchor Being. *

Paradox’s expression drops.How?

WOLVERINE * And we’re doing just fine, you * piece of shit.

B-15 and the TVA Troops ogle Wolverine’s BARE CHEST. Maybe it’s even the SAME “I LIKE ME” MUG-TOTING TVA staffer from Act One! Only now his mug reads “STILL LIKE ME”.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)130.130.

(CONTINUED) (2)(CONTINUED) (2)

Deadpool tosses Wolverine a TVA JACKET from a chair.

DEADPOOL * Alright, put your greasy tits away * you preening slut.

Wolverine puts on the jacket.

DEADPOOL * Whoa, whoa, whoa. *

PETER rushes down the stairs.

Peter looks deep in B-15’s eyes. Paradox clocks that moment.

Paradox is grabbed by the Minutemen.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)131.131.

(CONTINUED) (3)(CONTINUED) (3)

Paradox is taken away through a TIME DOOR. B-15 assesses the two ravaged heroes.

Deadpool takes a bow.

B-15 checks her HANDHELD DEVICE.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)132.132.

(CONTINUED) (4)(CONTINUED) (4)

B-15 shows them her screen. *

DEADPOOL * (whispering to Wolvie) * Until you’re ninety. *

B-15 goes to leave. Deadpool looks to Logan.

B-15 tries to hide it, but she’s impressed with Deadpool’s heart.

DEADPOOL * This might be an educated wish. * (winks at Wolverine) * But I promised my friend here that * the TVA could undo some pretty * awful shit in his timeline. What * would you say to that? *

B-15 * Change the past? *

DEADPOOL * He did help me save the world. *

B-15 * And his past made him the man who * did it. There’s nothing to fix, Mr. * Wilson. * (to Wolverine) * Logan. *

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)133.133.

(CONTINUED) (5)(CONTINUED) (5)

The ravaged and blood-soaked BUS is towed out of frame REVEALING:

The ravaged and blood-soaked heroes, sitting side by side on a bench across the street, finishing up their SHAWARMA.

An unholy MOAN fills the air. Wolverine sniffs the air, repulsed.

Wade’s face LIGHTS UP AS HE SEES SOMETHING EMERGING FROM THE WRECKAGE:

DOGPOOL, waddling sheepishly up to the guys.

Wade scoops the hairless abomination into his arms, snuggling her with absolute love.

A beat. Wade turns to Wolvie.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)134.134.

112112 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 112112

A beat.

Wade nods. Wolverine stands up. Nods at Wade and heads off down the street, getting smaller and smaller into the distance.

THEN:

Wolverine keeps walking.

Then stops. Turns back to Wade withthe barest hint of a smile.

We hear the first notes of Joe Cocker’s, “WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS”.

Deadpool takes his mask off as he leads Logan inside...

Blind Al comes out from the bedroom.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)135.135.

113113 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 113113

114 OUR SONG CONTINUES: 114

TIGHT ON WADE looking wistful. Grateful. We see what he’s looking at. His world. His universe... AKA: His friends.

Everyone from his birthday party is here. Over music, we see Wade and Vanessa lock eyes. The chasm between them, perhaps a little closer now. A flicker of hope. He continues looking at her as Dogpool’s tongue explores the inside of Wade’s mouth. As the camera pans across everyone’s faces, we see the relaxed joy among these pals.

We finally drift to a stop at an unexpected face... LEMON.

Close on B-15.

She looks happy. Perhaps... smitten. She leans in and kisses... PETER.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)136.136.

115115 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 115115

We see we’re at the door of an apartment. Peter looks obscenely happy.

B-15 * We don’t speak of that. *

They kiss. *

A time door opens behind her. With an effortless cool, she steps back in and DISAPPEARS.

116 OMITTED (FORMERLY INT. PETER’S APARTMENT) 116

From across the room, we see Wade and friends laughing, drinking, enjoying their time together deep into the night.

Logan catches Wade staring at Vanessa.

Wade turns to Vanessa.

Camera slides slowly as we RACK FOCUS to the foreground where we REVEAL:

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)137.137.

117117 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 117117

The two legendary masks. Deadpool and Wolverine. Battered-to- shit and worse for wear,but intact. Sitting on the counter casually, but no less iconic.

CREDITS.

Then:

Deadpool is watching the bank of monitors in the TVA Control Room. He’s focussed on one specific camera: The PRISON TRUCK with Jonathan, Deadpool, and Wolverine.

It’s the footage from the CCTV camera inside the spherical prison cell. It’s grainy, but we can clearly see and hear Jonathan.

JONATHAN * In the void, you’re either food for * Alioth...or you work for Her.

(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED)

2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)2ND BLUE REV. (04/17/24)138.138.

118118 (CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) 118118

Deadpool turns back to camera.