Deadpool and Wolverine are about to crash the most prestigious awards shows with all the grace of a blindfolded cat riding a Roomba!
Yes, you read that right—Marvel and Disney are pulling out all the stops and submitting Deadpool & Wolverine for a whole bunch of shiny trophies. And no, they’re not submitting for “Most Snarky Banter” or “Best Use of Excessive Explosions” (though those should definitely be categories). Nope, they’re aiming for some of the big dogs.
Ryan Reynolds, aka everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed antihero Wade Wilson (or, as we like to call him, Spandex McSassypants), is getting his shot at Lead Actor in a Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes. Because clearly, slicing bad guys in half while cracking jokes deserves musical recognition. And Hugh Jackman—Wolverine himself—is being put up for Supporting Actor at just about every award show that exists. Oscars? Check. Golden Globes? Yep. SAG Awards? Of course. Critics Choice Awards? You bet your adamantium claws!
Now, at the Golden Globes, the dynamic duo’s flick is practically guaranteed to snag the “Cinematic and Box Office Achievement” award. This category is basically Hollywood’s way of saying, “Congrats, your movie made an obscene amount of money, so here’s a fancy statue.” The inaugural winner was Barbie—yes, the pink toy doll. So, Deadpool and Wolverine are about to go toe-to-toe with Malibu’s finest. The requirements? A film has to rake in at least $150 million, with $100 million coming from the good ol’ US of A. Let’s just say Deadpool didn’t just meet the requirement; he drop-kicked it into the stratosphere, with $627.5 million domestically and over $1.3 billion globally. Basically, Deadpool is making it rain cash faster than Wade Wilson can regenerate a limb.
And of course, the Oscars are also getting in on the action (because why not?). You can expect the movie to be thrown into all those fancy technical categories—production design, sound, visual effects, and maybe even “Most Explosive Explosions in an Explosive Action Scene.” But no guarantees on that last one.
Let’s not forget, the first Deadpool film walked away with two Critics Choice awards and was even nominated for a couple of Golden Globes. It wasn’t all bad for the mercenary, winning 15 awards out of 60 nominations. The second movie was nominated for some big ones too, like a Grammy! Deadpool and Wolverine are clearly aiming for world domination at this point—at least in the awards department.
So, buckle up because awards season is about to get a whole lot more snarky and way bloodier than usual. With nominations rolling in for the Golden Globes in December and the Oscars in January, we’ll be watching to see if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman can juggle their way through the awards circuit while probably throwing out a few one-liners along the way.
