Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Deadpool Movie is Go!


WARNING: Spoilers to "Wolverine" are in this entire article!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Fresh off the muscular performance of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' at the boxoffice, Fox has thrown into development a spinoff featuring Deadpool, the wise-cracking mercenary played in the film by Ryan Reynolds.

Reynolds is attached to reprise the character for what for now is simply being called 'Deadpool.' Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios would act as producers.

Deadpool is known as 'the merc with a mouth,' a character that under Reynolds lived up to his billing in 'Wolverine' until the end, when the movie deviated from the comic book persona, imbuing him with several superpowers and sewing his mouth shut.

It is understood that Reynolds would regain the ability to mouth off, with the movie going back to the roots of the character known for his slapstick tone and propensity to break the fourth wall. The character also was disfigured in 'Wolverine,' though it's unclear at this time how much the studio would want to mess with Reynolds' handsome mug."

So now they are making a spinoff of a spinoff. While other hero characters are very well known (Batman, Spider-Man), Deadpool is a character only die-hard comic fans might see and even at the end of "Wolverine" it looks like he dies (unless you get the "Deadpoool" ending after the credits).

More news to come! Catch ya' later!

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