Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman’s Deadpool 3 production halted amid SAG AFTRA strike.

The production of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s much-awaited film Deadpool 3 has been halted amid the ongoing SAG AFTRA strike. The Marvel picture is the biggest project to date to be halted by the strike. The news came just a few days after Ryan and Hugh dropped the first look from the film as Deadpool and Wolverine on their Instagram stories. In the picture, Ryan could be seen walking alongside a super-suited Wolverine in black and yellow. Shawn Levy is directing and producing the Marvel threequel.

Added a new production still of Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool 3”! Also, we have added on set photos of Ryan Reynolds with Hugh Jackman filming the movie!

 Apple Original Films and Skydance are continuing to build on their strong ties with another star-studded project as sources tell Deadline the two are partnering on the action-adventure tentpole Mayday with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh starring and Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley directing. Sources tell Deadline the script has been done for some time, well before the WGA Strike started.

The feature is based on an original pitch from Goldstein and Daley, who came to Skydance earlier this year with the idea and had been developing prior to Apple’s involvement. Once Reynolds showed interest in April to join the pic, Mayday started gaining serious momentum and while a start date is still undetermined, seems likely this could be the next thing Reynolds shoots.

The logline is being kept under wraps.

Hailing from a first-look partnership between Apple and Skydance Media, Mayday will be produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger alongside Reynolds, Ashley Fox, Johnny Pariseau and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort. In addition to writing and directing, Goldstein and Daley will serve as producers. Carin Sage will oversee the project for Skydance.

The film also reunites Apple with Reynolds, who starred in the hit Christmas musical Spirited, which bowed on Thanksgiving. It also starred Will Ferrell and at the time was the biggest film to premiere on Apple TV+. He also has strong ties with Skydancem which produced his hit Netflix sci-fi adventure The Adam Project.

Reynolds is filming Deadpool 3 for Marvel Studios, and his Paramount pic Imaginary Friends is set to bow next year.

Legendary has set an all-star cast for their forthcoming film Animal Friends, combining live-action and animated characters from writing duo Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool 3), Jason Momoa (Fast X), Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey) and Aubrey Plaza (Megalopolis) coming aboard for roles.

Plot details for the project, described as an R-rated road trip adventure, are being kept under wraps. Emmy-winning director Peter Atencio (The Machine) is at the helm.

The idea for the film came from a general meeting between Burrows & Mider and Patrick Gooing, an executive at Reynolds’ production company, Maximum Effort. Producing alongside Legendary are Maximum Effort and Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios. Visual effects and animation will be provided by leading visual entertainment services company, DNEG.