With the ongoing WGA and SAG strikes, interesting news about Marvel Studios productions has been hard to come by. Even the rumor mill has seemingly stalled out with recycled fancasts passing for the most interesting thing on the internet these days. However, several online scoopers have come together to reveal one of the more interesting rumors in recent memory.
Daniel RPK, KC Walsh and CWGST have separately shared some fascinating news about Emma Corrin‘s Deadpool 3 villain and it’s not a name that had been tossed about before. According to the scoopmeisters, Corrin will be playing Cassandra Nova, the wildly evil twin sister of Charles Xavier. In the comics, Charles attempted to kill Cassandra in the womb after sensing her true nature through his already active psychic abilities. Though stillborn, Cassandra survived and came after Charles and his X-Men decades later.
Though production on Deadpool 3 has been put on pause, some details about the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman team-up have emerged; however, this is the first indication of who Corwin would be playing. While unexpected, the choice to use Charles’ sister is a pretty bold step for the studio. Though there are no hints as to what Cassandra’s role would be in the film, her goal in the comics has been to wipe mutantkind from the Earth. It’s not too far fetched to believe that Deadpool and Wolverine run into Cassandra on an alternate Earth where she may have been successful.Though the films is currently slated for a May 2024 release, fans may have wait longer than that to learn exactly what Cassandra is up to as the ongoing strikes look to be placing that current release date in jeopardy.
