Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Are Credited as Writers on Avengers: Doomsday, Creating Speculation Over Deadpool and Wolverine RolesMarvel Jesus returns.
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: Nov 12, 2026 6:08pm UTC
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have been credited for contributing to Avengers: Doomsday’s script, all but confirming the return of Deadpool and Wolverine.
Per an update to the Writers Guild of America’s website, Avengers: Doomsday has credited a handful of people for contributing to the film’s script. Although the screenplay was written by Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron, the Additional Literary Material section confirms that Eric Pearson, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jeff Loveness, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ryan Reynolds, and Hugh Jackman also contributed to the script. These credits are for people who are not the authors of the actual film’s story, but helped punch up dialogue or did a small pass on the script.
With that said, Ryan Reynolds is well-known for helping write the Deadpool films, and it would be surprising for him to have helped out on this specific script if Deadpool wasn’t in it. Although Hugh Jackman doesn’t have a history as a writer,
