{"id":4951,"date":"2025-09-06T01:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4951\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:22:10","slug":"ryan-reynolds-and-mark-ruffalo-are-both-downplaying-their-rumored-marvel-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4951\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo Are Both Downplaying Their Rumored Marvel Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two massive, massive Marvel movies<\/a> are set to release in 2026, and, according to two massive, massive actors<\/a>, they may not be included. This week, both Mark Ruffalo and Ryan Reynolds downplayed rumors of their appearances in next year\u2019s Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday, respectively, but we aren\u2019t quite buying it.<\/p>\n

To recap, earlier this year, news broke that Mark Ruffalo<\/a> would be returning as Hulk in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, set for release July 31, 2026. That has yet to be officially confirmed, and the actor hasn\u2019t been seen on set, but it was reported in the trades. It\u2019s almost certainly true. This week, though, when asked about the film by the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Ruffalo played dumb. \u201cIf I\u2019m doing that\u2014which the rumors are that I am, once I get a script, I\u2019ll know it\u2019s real,\u201d Ruffalo said.<\/p>\n

Now, is it possible he hasn\u2019t seen a script yet? Sure. Is it likely? Probably not. The film has been shooting for weeks, and while it\u2019s possible his scenes haven\u2019t been shot yet, he wouldn\u2019t have accepted the role without, at least, having a very good idea of what his role is. Maybe he hasn\u2019t seen the exact lines yet, but we think he\u2019s just being cautious. He did talk about his desire and excitement to potentially work with Jon Bernthal, who is reprising his role as the Punisher in the film.<\/p>\n

That Marvel spoiler caution then continued Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival. Collider<\/a> asked Ryan Reynolds about his recent, cryptic post of the<\/a> anarchy Avengers logo from Deadpool & Wolverine. It seemed to tease, and was later backed up by multiple trade publications<\/a>, that Deadpool would be in Avengers: Doomsday, out December 18, 2026. But Reynolds had a different explanation. An exceedingly elaborate, overly naive one for an actor with his social media savvy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing I posted on social, that is actually a variant of the flag that we use in Deadpool & Wolverine,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cIt was my favorite. For some reason, you watch a movie later that has that many alts and all that stuff, and you go, \u2018Why didn\u2019t I choose that one? There were five other great jokes for that.\u2019 That\u2019s how it works, and that was just a flag. I just came across it, and I was like, \u2018Oh yeah, I loved that flag. The red and black vibe.\u2019 And then, you know, there\u2019s always talk. We\u2019re figuring out what\u2019s next in that world and blah, blah, blah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay, so we\u2019re to believe that Ryan Reynolds was watching Deadpool & Wolverine recently and had this impetus to go down memory lane, blissfully unaware of the fervor it would cause? We don\u2019t buy it. Do we buy that he could\u2019ve done it as a troll? Yes, that is much more believable. But, we trust the sources that reported it. Also, much like with Ruffalo\u2019s quote, it\u2019s not a denial.<\/p>\n

So do you believe Ruffalo that he hasn\u2019t seen a Spider-Man script or Reynolds that he was just posting something fun? Let us know below. And, we\u2019ll know for sure next year when Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens July 31, 2026, and Avengers: Doomsday opens December 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two massive, massive Marvel movies are set to release in 2026, and, according to two massive, massive actors,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6004,156,5691,2529,409,111,139,69,5138,4634],"class_list":["post-4951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-avengers-doomsday","tag-entertainment","tag-mark-ruffalo","tag-marvel-studios","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-spider-man-brand-new-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}