Deadpool Is Feeling Himself In A Flashy New ‘Deadpool 2’ Poster
Deadpool is feeling himself in the latest one-sheet forDeadpool 2(no, not like that, you perverts). And what a feeling it is! Check out the newDeadpool 2poster below.
The new poster tweeted out byDeadpoolstarRyan Reynoldsis a fun tribute to the 1983 filmFlashdance, which starred Jennifer Beals as a welder who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. The movie itself is fine, but has become a permanent pop culture fixture thanks to its famous dance sequences. One of them features Beals dousing herself with water on a chair in one of her exotic dance routines. The second is Beals' character’s audition for ballet school, where she dances to Cara’s iconic ’80s song “Flashdance… What a Feeling.”
Take your passion. And make it happen.#Deadpoolpic.twitter.com/7MY7z7x6pj
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds)July 15, 2025
In the poster, captioned “Take your passion. And make it happen,” the Merc with a Mouth re-enacts the famous pose at the end of the exotic dance, but with bullets raining down on him instead of water. The poster has little to do with the actual plot ofDeadpool 2(unless it’s hinting at a miraculous Wade Wilson dance scene), but it’s perfectly in line with the film’s irreverent marketing. After all, thefirst trailer teasecame after Deadpool did a wacky imitation of the cheery public TV painter Bob Ross for a full two minutes. Prior posters have been cheeky parodies of familiar American images — the firstDeadpool 2posterpaid homage to Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom From Want” painting.
It’s on brand for a franchise that advertised the first 2016Deadpoolfilm with a series ofpoop emoji billboards.
Here isDeadpool 2’s appropriately tongue-in-cheek synopsis:
After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.
Deadpool 2is directed byJohn Wickco-director andAtomic BlondedirectorDavid LeitchafterDeadpooldirectorTim Millerdeparted over creative differences. Reynolds,Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Leslie Uggams,andBrianna Hildebrandreprise their roles from the first movie, whileZazie BeetzandJosh Brolinjoin the cast as fan-favorite comic characters Dominoand Cable.Deadpool 2hits theaters onMay 18, 2018.
