Shawn Levy On ‘All The Light’ Golden Globe Nom, The “Gift” Of ‘Stranger Things’ & The Push To Make ‘Deadpool 3’ “The Best Movie Possible”

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After seeing his acclaimed Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See secure a Golden Globe nomination on Monday morning, director-EP Shawn Levy spoke with Deadline about his forthcoming Deadpool threequel and Stranger Things‘ final season, as well as his work on the aforementioned historical drama.

When Levy got the call from his wife about the nomination, he was in the middle of his shoot day in London for Deadpool 3, which sees Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth share the screen with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.

Coming out of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of the summer, he said, the team was “excited, coiled and ready to pounce” on the pic and ready it for theatrical release on July 26, 2024. “We’re happily back at work, and now that we know it’s coming out next summer, we are working our asses off to make the best movie possible,” Levy said, “and it’s feeling good.” The movie directed and produced by Levy will be better for time off amidst the strikes, the filmmaker suggested, given that both he and Reynolds had more “time to get to know and think about” the movie, having already shot half of it. “It does feel like we’re back at it freshly and more deeply informed about what this movie wants to be,” he told Deadline.

Amongst other projects, Levy also has the fifth and final installment of Stranger Things coming up. His first priority for the moment is Deadpool, which he’ll focus on “all the way through delivery and release.” But then he’ll of course be diving back into the world created by the Duffer Brothers for its epic send-off, which is set to commence filming next month. “Being a director every season on Stranger Things is a gift to me,” he said. “It’s part of my spiritual brotherhood with the Duffers, and you