Shawn Levy teases dynamics between Deadpool and Wolverine in Deadpool 3

Switching gears now to Deadpool 3: What is happening?" Levy said. "Well, like the rest of our industry, or at least large swaths of it, we are paused. We were halfway through filming Deadpool, co-starring Wolverine. It was a joy every day, and that chemistry is, I have to say — spoiler alert — it is as relentlessly awesome as we had all hoped it would be.

He adds, "But, we are halfway through filming. We shut down. Our crew and the rest of us are awaiting a fair and equitable deal that ends these strikes and puts our industry, and certainly inclusive of our movie, back at work."

It is interesting to hear that the onscreen chemistry between the two actors is amazing given that they were not allowed to do improvisations during filming given that writers were on strike. The banter between Reynolds and Jackman on social media has been mostly quips about their characters and roles. We imagine it would be a ton more fun if the duo were free to goof around as they do in real life.

Aside from the chemistry between Deadpool and Wolverine, Levi also mentioned that the movie will be R-rated like the previous two installments. The upcoming sequel is sticking to the formula that made its forerunners successful, despite now being released under the family-friendly Disney label.

"Deadpool 1 is, to me, a perfect movie, and so I was not going to mess with the DNA of that franchise," Levy shared. "Our movie is raw, audacious, very much R-rated. We went to great lengths to not shoot it on sound stages with digital environments. The internet has proven that by revealing pictures of our shoot. Thank you, internet!"

The director continued, "But we wanted something that felt grounded [and] real, but you put Hugh Jackman in his most iconic character alongside Ryan Reynolds in his most iconic character... I would say it's more a descendant of Midnight Run, and 48 Hours, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles than it is a descendant of Airplane!."

As a result of the on-going strikes, Deadpool 3 does not have a release date yet.