Deadpool and Wolverine is an American film directed by Shawn Levy and released in 2024.

It is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the 4th in Phase Five. The film features the character of Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds, and that of Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, both introduced in the X-Men film series from studio 20th Century Studios. It takes place in the continuity of the films Deadpool by Tim Miller (2016) and Deadpool 2 by David Leitch (2018) and serves as a transition between the two universes following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.

Six years after the events of Deadpool 2, Wade Wilson leads a quiet life, having left his days as a mercenary behind him and is looking for odd jobs. Until the day he is found by the Tribunal of Anachronic Variations (TVA), an organization whose mission is to monitor the different realities of the multiverse and try to resolve temporal interference. Agent Paradox then offers him the opportunity to become a true hero among those of the MCU. On his journey, he crosses paths with the indomitable mutant Wolverine, whom he will try to convince to help him. Both will unite to save their universe.

It is one of the biggest successes at the global box office, even to the point of becoming the highest-grossing R-Rated film, a record previously held by Joker (2019) by Todd Philips.

The Lord of the Rings is an epic[1] high fantasy novel[a] written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.[2]

The title refers to the story's main antagonist,[b] the Dark Lord Sauron, who in an earlier age created the One Ring, allowing him to rule the other Rings of Power given to men, dwarves, and elves, in his campaign to conquer all of Middle-earth. From homely beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land reminiscent of the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the quest to destroy the One Ring, seen mainly through the eyes of the hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Aiding the hobbits are the wizard Gandalf, the men Aragorn and Boromir, the elf Legolas, and the dwarf Gimli, who unite as the Company of the Ring in order to rally the Free Peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron's armies and give Frodo a chance to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom.

Although often called a trilogy, the work was intended by Tolkien to be a single volume in a two-volume set, along with The Silmarillion.[3][T 3] For economic reasons, it was first published over the course of a year, from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955, in three volumes rather than one,[3][4] under the titles The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King; The Silmarillion appeared only after the author's death. The work is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of chronologies, genealogies, and linguistic information.[c] These three volumes were later published as a boxed set in 1957, and even finally as a single volume in 1968, following the author's original intent.

Tolkien's work, after an initially mixed reception by the literary establishment, has been the subject of extensive analysis of its themes, literary devices, and origins. Influences on this earlier work, and on the story of The Lord of the Rings, include philology, mythology, Christianity, earlier fantasy works, and his own experiences in the First World War.

The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest fantasy books ever written, and it has helped to create and shape the modern fantasy genre. Since release, it has been reprinted many times and translated into at least 38 languages.[d] Its enduring popularity has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien's works,[5] and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works. It has inspired many derivative works, including paintings, music, films, television, video games, and board games.

Award-winning adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made for radio, theatre, and film. It was named Britain's best-loved novel of all time in a 2003 poll by the BBC called The Big Read.