When Does the Film "Deadpool & Wolverine" (2024) Take Place?
"Deadpool & Wolverine" is a comedy superhero science fiction film written by Rhett Reese with Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Ryan Reynolds, and Shawn Levy [adapting "Deadpool Vs. Old Man Logan" #1-2 (2017) by Declan Shalvey] and released July 24th, 2024.
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional Marvel Cinematic Universe at:
We know this because the movie's main action occurs in a realm called "The Void", introduced in "Loki" season 1. It is analogous to fictional portrayals of The End of Time.
The End of Time
We know this because the movie's main action occurs in a realm called "The Void", introduced in "Loki" season 1. It is analogous to fictional portrayals of The End of Time.
Additionally, the prologue is interrupted by a flashback that begins with a close-up of a 3-dimensional block desk calendar displaying "March" "18", and "2018", so we know this scene is depicting March of 2018 AD.
At the end of the 2018 AD flashback within the prologue, a time setting title card appears that reads, “SIX YEARS LATER” over the footage. This should indicate that the early and late segments of the story (before and after the part at The End of Time) take place in 2024 AD.
2018 + 6 = 2024.
HOWEVER, the entire narrative is precipitated by the events at the end of a previous film, "Logan" (2017), which takes place entirely in 2029 AD. As the scene in which the desk calendar displays "2018" and the scenes set "SIX YEARS LATER" are set in two different universes, it is entirely possible that their years do not match up linearly. 6 years after 2018 AD in one universe can be after 2029 AD in a different universe.
This ScreenRant.com article examines its exact setting.
It is a chronologically late film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline and can be watched either at its timeline point or after all the others.
