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Rob Liefeld Says Josh Brolin Would Have Played Both Cable and Stryfe in Fox’s Canceled X‑Force Film

Liefeld’s revelation highlights that the dual-role plan was part of a Fox project that was shelved after Disney bought 20th Century Fox and that original plans are unlikely to return intact to the MCU.

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Overview

  • Rob Liefeld told The Direct at MultiCon 2026 that Josh Brolin was set to reprise Cable and also portray Stryfe as the main villain in a planned Fox X‑Force movie.
  • Fox developed X‑Force across 2013–2019 and had attached Drew Goddard to write and direct a Deadpool-linked spin-off that would have featured characters like Deadpool, Cable, and Domino.
  • Disney’s 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox halted the project, paused related releases and folded Deadpool into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leaving the Fox-era X‑Force plan shelved.
  • Reported story ideas such as Stryfe creating the Legacy Virus come from comic-book lore and news analysis and remain speculative because no studio scripts or confirmations have been published.
  • Industry reporting says the original creative team is unlikely to reunite and actors and filmmakers have moved on, though some Fox-era ideas could be recycled into future MCU mutant stories.