EXCLUSIVE: Fox is closing a deal with Ryan Reynolds for a feature on Deadpool, the character he originated in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film is being directed by Tim Miller, who has done strong visual effects work through his VFX house Blur Films. Miller has been developing the film for several years, from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, with Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg producing. Reynolds and other cast have posted photos of Deadpool on Twitter, so clearly this is going. Production begins in March.
When Reynolds made that first appearance as Deadpool, also known as Wade Wilson, he was a smart-mouthed mercenary with terminal cancer who undergoes military experiments in an attempt to replicate Wolverine’s mutant healing factor. He comes away with the ability to heal quickly — but for the price of being indestructible, he is rendered severely scarred. His acerbic attitude remains, though, earning him the nickname “The Merc with a Mouth.” Curiously, they quieted him, but that isn’t taking advantage of Reynolds’ quick wit. There are opportunities for a wise-cracking indestructible weapon who could take out a brigade of terrorists merely by blowing himself up in their midst.
For Fox, this primes the X-Men pump. The studio recently set Bryan Singer to return as director of X-Men: Apocalypse, and that is the next film, with A Most Violent Year star Oscar Isaac playing that the character. The Deadpool film tentatively was scheduled to be released in February 2016. X-Men Apocalypse will be released May 27, 2016.
WME-repped Reynolds next stars opposite Anna Kendrick and Gemma Arterton in The Voices, and he starred with Helen Mirren and Katie Holmes in Woman In Gold. He also stars in the Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck-directed Mississippi Grind. David Weber is his attorney.
Don’t understand why a studio wants to be in business with him, seems everything he touches bombs financially
I liked him in Blade:Trinity back in 2004. He acted better than Triple H.
Don’t understand why he always gets blamed when he’s not usually the problem, and is often one of the few reason to watch. Case in point: X-Men Origins. Best scenes of that wretched movie are with Reynolds as Wade Wilson. No actor could have saved Lantern. It was so obvious that WB so slapped that together to cash in. Poor script and effects doomed it from the get go. Deadpool has been in development for years, with plenty of time to titinker with script and effects. The director and writers have demonstrated a real feel for of the genre. There has been a lot of excitement for Reynolds as pool since the test footage leaked.
Then he should choose better material…
Doesn’t he have an agent
I hope he fired him
Yes. Let’s revisit a character from one of the worst modern super hero movies ever made with a star who has proven to be anything but.
How much do u guys think Ryan paid Fox for the role? wait…..
Good news that Ryan Reynolds is coming back let’s just hope his performance will be better than it was in Origins.
Can someone explain why this guy keeps getting work?
Welp, they just lost the fanboys for this project…
you’re clearly not a fanboy or you would know that he’s the one fanboys have been clamoring for to play this part (and play it right) for years
No one is clamoring for Ryan Reynolds. He has the personality of a bag of rocks.
Hey, that’s an insult to bags of rocks everywhere.
No seriously, if you’re a fanboy and have seen the leaked test footage that was down a few years back. you know he captures Deadpool perfectly.
I am a ‘fanboy’ owning every Deadpool published and dressing in a replica costume every weekend. Actually, forget that last bit. However, unless they can somehow convince someone in charge to hire Nolan North to play the role, Ryan Reynolds is the best casting you’ll get. He’s Canadian, has a fast mouth, and huge numbers of people think he’s a dick – perfect for Deadpool!
Nope. Not after the fans and general nerd population went nuts over the ‘leaked’ demo footage for Deadpool
Come on, guys, sit down. A French critic, reviewing The Voices, in which his interpretation has been defined by critics from ‘terrific’ to ‘sublime’, said that the man is detested by other men solely on the basis of his marriages to Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively. I am beginning to think that he MIGHT be right. Could we avoid to discuss things we are not in a position to know, such as his personality, etc.? He appears to be witty and intelligent. Can we say the same about other, more financially successful, actors?
GREAT casting choice; that’s about the one thing Origins did right, along with Schrieber as Creed. The tech/whatever demo short Reynolds voiced was just about perfect.
There NEEDS to be a joke in the movie where Deadpool looks at the camera and quips about just how badly Origins screwed up the character. Bonus points if it starts by showing the clip of him from the end of Origins, and DP stops the film to complain about it.
Also, I’m perfectly fine with a PG-13 Deadpool, ESPECIALLY if there’s fourth wall-breaking jokes about having to tone down the gore (“We have to keep the MPAA happy”), and ESPECIALLY a moment where DP drops an F-Bomb, turns to the camera and says, “I’m only allowed one by the MPAA, so I had to save it for the right moment.” And then he has ANOTHER situation that warrants it even more and he laments wasting his F-Bomb.
LOL-you are dead on, dude!
Well said
PG-13… Its going to be a lame, lame Dead pool without all the gory fun stuff… They Totally destroyed the remake of Robocop…. make 2 versions of Deadpool instead!
Nice to see a good guy getting a great role.
Did anyone see Buried? They guy can act but I don’t think he can get his hands on the scripts he wants yet. He was great as Dead, it will be fun movie. But this Actor has not even begun to show his A game yet.
Reynolds would’ve been rubbing his hands together throughout the negotiations, the screen test with him was perfect and fans would’ve scoffed at any other cast and compare the two.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we hear $10,000,000 salary with backend, he had them bent over a barrel.
Hope they will not spend too much money on budget. Because they will not be back. Deadpool is one of those movies that only fans would show up. Like it as with Serenity. Fans will scream on Internet for years, demanding movie. Making it look like everyone want that movie. And then only them will show up.
Same was said of Guardians of the Galaxy….
The fans are the ones getting butts in the seats. Gaurdians of the Galaxy is proof of that. Times are different now from when serenity released. Nerd culture has exploded and the average movie goer is now more excepting of stuff the nerds are telling them to see. There’s just more comic book lovers in general these days, even if only the hypers came to the flick, it would perform well.
pg-13 most likely ill pass
I don’t get the appeal of Deadpool in the first place but the whole idea is that his face is fucked up under the mask. Do you really think the producers will mess up Reynolds’ mug then stuff it under a mask for 90 minutes? Cool for the fanboys, not the girls. Sounds bunk. Pass.
Dude, if you’ve seen the number of fangirls mutilated, comic-verse Deadpool has, you wouldn’t say that. His appeal has never been in his mug anyway; if they give us his seriously cut body, smart mouth, boxes and twisted sad puppy heart we’ll be happy.
I started binge-reading Deadpool comics a few weeks ago, before I knew there were plans to make a movie so this is happy news. Reynolds is perfect for Deadpool but I hope Fox doesn’t water it down to try and make a more family friendly movie. Judging by Blur’s test trailer, though, I like what I saw.
Judging from some of the rude comments here – it’s obvious no one here knows him personally & has no knowledge of the film business and how it works.
I have met him on several occasions and find him to be a humble, polite person who is very self aware of his shortcomings despite his good looks and affable character. I’m sure if any of you haters actually met the man you would walk away feeling the same way that I did. He’s not a jackass, pompous or talentless. He’s had some ups (Blade Trinity, Safe House, Wolverine) and some downs (Green Lantern, RIPD) and maybe he hasn’t lived up to some of the hype he received early on in his career but the guy isn’t even 40 yet. Give him a break. We’ve all made mistakes but luckily we don’t have to read idiotic comments anout out mistakes and chastise us as if they really knew who we were.
I would trade places with this guy in a heartbeat and most of you would too so stop being such armchair aholes and let the man be.
He’s a perfect Deadpool. Nuff said.