Marvel Just Dropped The "Deadpool & Wolverine" Trailer, And It's Full Of Easter Eggs, Here's A Breakdown

    From Cassandra Nova to Ant-Man's corpse, things are about to get really wild.

    Karlton Jahmal
    by Karlton Jahmal

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Okay everybody, the time has arrived! Marvel finally dropped the official Deadpool & Wolverine trailer!

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    Deadpool's threequel is the first in the series that will be under Disney, and also connected to the MCU. Many fans were worried about the tone and violence that Disney would allow, but it appears that Kevin Feige and company are allowing Ryan Reynolds to do his thing on an R-rated level.

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    The new trailer runs for about two-and-a-half minutes, and is filled with cameos and Easter eggs that have fans like myself salivating.

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    The fact that Disney was comfortable showing this many Easter eggs in the first official trailer makes me feel like the movie will be full of surprises. I'm geeking out over here!

    So, let's dive into all the Easter eggs in the new trailer.

    1. Cassandra Nova is the main villain.

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    We get several scenes of Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova in the trailer. In the comics, Nova is the evil twin sister of Charles Xavier, who we know as Professor X. While in the womb, Xavier became aware of his evil counterpart, who was more of an "anti-self" (an entity that was equal and opposite to himself). Xavier destroyed Nova in the womb, causing his mother to give birth to a stillborn. However, Nova survived as a clump of cells and slowly regenerated her body until she was whole and dedicated her life to killing her brother. Yikes. She is an arch-nemesis of the X-Men. For those who watch X-Men '97, Nova was the one responsible for the Genosha genocide in the comics, and is a main piece of the "Xavier in space" storyline as well, so I'm hoping that the cartoon show will tie into Deadpool & Wolverine. 

    2. Cassandra Nova shows off her powers on Wolverine.

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    Much like her brother Professor X, Nova has immense psychic abilities, including mind control. However, she also has a long list of powers that never developed in Xavier, such as telekinesis, body swapping, phasing, and more. In the trailer, we see her use telekinesis to subdue Wolverine.

    3. It appears Nova set up a base of operations in the corpse of Ant-Man.

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    We get our first real Avengers tie-in with a shot of Nova stepping out of a huge corpse head, one that the trailer later reveals belongs to Ant-Man. This is a big hint that her origin will take place in an alternate timeline. 

    4. This callback to X-Men's bar scene sets up the nostalgia nicely.

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    In the first X-Men film, we see Wolverine's claws for the first time after he wins a cage match and is sitting at a bar. He gets into a little brawl with someone who recognizes he's a mutant, and is forced to fight and then flee. In the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, we get a nod to that OG scene. It actually looks like the same bar!

    5. Speaking of nostalgia, we see a host of X-Men villains outside of the Ant-Man corpse base of operations.

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    It's hard to make out everyone in this scene, but those who are obvious include Lady Deathstrike, Azazel, Pyro, Toad, and Callisto. The super buff guy to the right of Azazel looks like Kevin Nash as the Russian (From The Punisher). It seems like Nova is leading a team of pruned villains, or something like that.

    Lady Deathstrike and Azazel

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    Callisto and Toad

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    Pyro and The Russian

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    6. An Iron Man logo makes a sneaky appearance.

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    If you blink, you'll miss the Iron Man logo up top of the classic car being driven by a mysterious character (RDJ, is that YOU?!?). This resembles the car Tony Stark was working on in the original Iron Man, although some believe it could also be Red Skull's car from Captain America: The First Avenger refitted with the Iron Man logo.

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    7. Oh lawd, Alioth from Loki devours the scene.

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    The guardian of The Void from Loki makes a brief appearance, which is no surprise. We know from the teaser trailer that was released months ago that the TVA will play a vital role in Deadpool & Wolverine. Here, it seems like Alioth is consuming the area near or around Ant-Man's skull.

    8. A Liefeld's Just Feet storefront cheekily pokes fun at the Deadpool creator.

    Wolverine and Deadpool stand on a seemingly damaged street in front of Liefeld's Just Feet
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    Rob Liefeld is one of the creators of the Deadpool character, and his style is etched into any X-Men comic reader's mind from the 90's. Back in those days, Liefeld was heavily criticized for how he drew feet. He either hid them in smoke and fog, or drew them in a way that made fans start a kind of "Rob can't draw feet" movement. The Liefeld's Just Feet shop behind Deadpool and Wolverine is an obvious nod to that hilarious criticism. 

    9. This Copper Heads logo alludes to a random villain and a potential crossover.

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    We also see a bar named Copper Heads in this sequence. Copperhead is a pretty random villain from Marvel Comics. A couple of people used the alias, but Davis Lawfers is the most popular. This could be a hint that Copperhead will appear in the film, and he has battled Spider-Man before. Ooo my Spidey Sense is tingling! Not to mention, Copperhead is a member of the Serpent Society, a crew of villains rumored to be in Captain America: Brave New World.

    10. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and the date of the trailer drop, April 22, make a nice coincidental Easter egg.

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    Deadpool & Wolverine's trailer dropped today, April 22, and uses Madonna's "Like a Prayer" as the musical backdrop. Fun fact, on Apr 22, 1989, "Like a Prayer"  started a six-week run on top of the Billboard charts.

    11. An inter-dimensional portal gives us hope for a Doctor Strange cameo.

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    Toward the end of the trailer, we see Wolverine and Deadpool jump through an inter-dimensional portal. Will Doctor Strange make an appearance, or maybe Wong? My guess is the latter. It also seems like the portal is purposefully edited for the trailer, so we can't see what's on the other side. However, in the background, we can see Alioth's smoke.

    Here's another shot showing the portal, as Wolverine and Deadpool jump from Ant-Man's skull.

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    12. A comic-accurate sleeveless Wolvie gives us the scorching gaze.

    Wolverine in a battle-ready stance wearing his signature yellow and black suit
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    Although a lot of the promotional imagery we've gotten of Wolverine in the film so far shows him in long sleeves, this trailer gives us the comic-accurate no-sleeve look.

    13. This Dogpool cameo made my day!

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    Aww look, it's Dogpool! This Deadpool variant from the comics has all the same powers as his counterpart. I can't wait to see him whoop some ass.

    Side note: Wolverine is not impressed here.

    14. Smile and say cheese!

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    The "SMILE Wait For The Flash" sprawled around Deadpool's gun's muzzle is classic Wade Wilson humor and made me chuckle. 

    15. The 20th Century Fox logo represents the since-rebranded studio, and is a nod to Wolverine's destroyed past.

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    Leaked images from the set already gave us a peak at this scene, but it's dope to see it here. The now-defunct/rebranded 20th Century Fox studio logo can be seen in shambles in a wasteland, as Deadpool asks Wolverine about his destroyed world. I'm starting to think that incursions (which were last mentioned in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) will be a plot point for this film.

    Side note: In short, incursions are when different universes collide and destroy everything in both worlds. 

    16. ...is that the Titanic?

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    Okay, this may be a reach. But the wasteland where we see the 20th Century Fox logo has a broken-down ship in the background. Since this barren land appears to be a graveyard for the studio, it's possible that the ship is actually a piece of the Titanic, which was 20th Century Fox's most successful film. We all know Ryan Reynolds likes to poke fun at pop culture, so it would be hilarious to see some other 20th Century relics in the wasteland.

    17. We get an interesting peek at mass graves in Wolverine's world.

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    Deadpool hints that Wolverine's world "went to shit," and we get a scene where Logan is walking by what appears to be enormous gravestones. I'm not really sure what this connects to in the comics, but I'm excited to see where it goes.

    Are you excited about Deadpool & Wolverine? Did I miss any Easter eggs? Let me know in the comment section below!