Jack Kesy Picked As Additional Villain For 'Deadpool 2'

Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has picked Jack Kesy to play a major villain in Deadpool 2. The studio hasn't announced which character Kesy will be playing, sources have pinpointed a character called Black Tom. In the comics, he is a nemesis in the X-Men universe, a Dublin-born mutant who can manipulate, bond with, and project energy through plant life. He is also capable of issuing concussive blasts with a wooden object, usually a shillelagh.

The David Leitch-directed sequel to Deadpool is set for release June 1st, 2018, with Ryan Reynolds reprising his role as the Merc with the Mouth. Josh Brolin has already been set to play the principal villain, Cable. Morena Baccarin is back as Deadpool’s love interest Vanessa, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Stefan Kapacic as the metallic Colossus, and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, perhaps the coolest sounding superhero in the Marvel universe.