With X-Men: First Class hitting theaters in just a few months and The Wolverine hopefully starting production soon, X-Men film fans are undoubtedly curious as to what is coming next from Twentieth Century Fox for Marvel’s mutants. We just reported on producer Lauren Shuler-Donner’s bomb-drop that X-Men 4 & 5 are in “active development,” but she didn’t stop at that.
In the same feature in the upcoming issue of Empire, Donner also touched on the Deadpool movie, a film we’re optimistic about but also concerned for.
With X-Men Origins: Wolverine doing a terrible job of handling the character of Wade Wilson, the man who becomes the infamous Deadpool, there’s been uncertainly as to how the studio and writers will handle the character in his own spin-off. Combine that with the uncertainty of the project itself, with Ryan Reynolds becoming the Warner Bros. poster boy for Green Lantern and the difficulties in locking d0wn a director (Robert Rodriguez is out), we’re flat out confused as to the plan for Deadpool, despite Reynolds’ claims that the movie is still coming.
By all accounts, the Deadpool script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick is stellar, and works well with its risky and unique nature. While they don’t have a director yet, Donner did elaborate a little on what to expect from the film and how it relates to the X-Men franchise. Or should I say… how it does not relate:
“It’s a total reboot… We’re either going to pretend that didn’t happen – or mock it, which he could. It’s insane, it’s definitely comedy… But it’s an R script, it’s really irreverent and violent. Right away, we’re out of the X-Men world.”
Note the “mock it” part which I fully expect to happen in the film. Deadpool of course is a ‘special’ comic book character of sorts who can break the fourth wall, make pop culture references about and including himself, making quips directly to the reader, or in this case, theater-going audiences.
Reynolds recently praised the latest script revision, echoing Donner’s statements here regarding its adult rating, although he described it bordering the tight line between a PG-13 and an R-rating. Will the film stick with an R-rating? It’s highly doubtful considering how many box office receipts they’d lose from younger audiences who love (and will pay for) Ryan Reynolds.
With Deadpool being a reboot and hopeful start to its own franchise (how many can Fox run at once?) we don’t have to worry about the convoluted plot mess left behind by the Wolverine solo outing. It seems X-Men: First Class is mostly ignoring it too so it makes you wonder what was going on behind-the-scenes in planning out that story.
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He has swords (two of em!!) if i dont see him cut off some heads and run some guys through Im not gonna bother with Warner Bros. adaptations anymore
The Deadpool movie needs to be Rated R or higher reguardless of your younger audiences. Deadpool is by nature suppose to use foul language and is demanded by the audiance to kill many many people and crack unappropraite jokes where ever and whenever. He must talk to the movie audiance and he must use harsh and offesive language perhaps not all the time, but much of the time. Deadpool is one of the best characters ever created and better not be ruined due to being forced to PG-13 the content quite the opposite Deadpool needs the R rating to due the film justice.
Your exactly right I hate it when they water down characters that are not meant for kids or the general audience.It what be a huge diservice to the fans that have been following him for for nearly 20 years.
Yup either way younger audience’s are gonna find a way to watch it and who really f***ing care’s. I hope the movie come’s out by the time The Avenger’s 2 does or before.
I’ve read every comic that is a deadpool comic (minus agent x. i stopped after two of them). He rarely swears other than ‘s***’. In fact, when others swear he usually makes a remark of dirty language and he doesn’t like it.
But some of the things he does, and says, would probably be ‘adult content’ and really push it to the rated R.
Maybe that guy saying Deadpool is supposed to swear was reading punisher or something else.
Better make that movie man. We need “Deadpool” its getting to series here.
HE DOESN’T HAVE TO HAVE A TERRIBLE MOUTH TO MAKE A GOOD MOVIE BUT HE SHOULD BE A BADASS TYPE OF PERSON. The Wolverine movie did mess up the characters story but they could continue from there with the military catching him and making him their assasin. DEAD POOL HAS MOST OF THE POWERS FROM THE WOLVERINE MOVIE EXCEPT THE LASER BLAST FROM HIS EYES AND SWORDS COMING FROM HIS ARMS. IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE X-MEN MOVIES MESSES UP THE COMICS VERSIONS OF THINGS, IF MARVEL HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE X-MEN FRANCHISE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT.
I disagree FREE SPEACH SIR FREE SPEACH *profanity is apart of deadpool*
They definitely should NOT use ryan reanolds. Green lantern was terrible enough. They need some badass guy no one has seen before.
Using someone else to play Deadpool, who really does exude Deadpool, would make my day. These niche movies don’t need A-List actors, especially not when you’re already running off a devout fanbase, an epic script, and more material than a director could ever use.
I’m partially insane so I’d probably do well… they probably wouldn’t take me though…
Daryl Dixon anyone?
What I want to know is why people feel the need to try to make deadpool “appropriate” for younger audiences. If anyone has bothered to read the Deadpool comics, they ARE NOT for younger readers! Yeah, he’s a funny guy, but he’s got an adult sense of humor and he’s a MERCENARY. Believe it or not, he might just kill some people. He’s got guns (LOTS), he’s got blades, he’s not going to make it nice. I think an R-rating is fitting. If the worst word he says in the movie (if they make one) is “d***”, then I’m going to be pretty upset. That’s not the Deadpool I know, that’s not the Deadpool other TRUE marvel fans know. They’ve messed him up once, they owe him a not only a good actor (please…not some guy with a baby-face???) but also a good script. I’ve been waiting a long time for a movie about him and I’m not going to bother to see it if they start making Deadpool merchandise in the kids section.
Honestly, not sure how I feel about this. I have already forgotten that awful Wolverine movie, and how they took away the mouth of the Merc with a MOUTH, but…I don’t know, decent screenwriters, but the fact that they’re pushing an R rating has me scratching my head. The comics aren’t R rated. Heck, Deadpool never has made an appearance in a mature readers book. Comic book violence is not the same as movie violence, and putting a lot of violence and cursing in a movie shouldn’t make it appeal to fans more. I’d love to hope they can get the character right, but I honestly don’t see it happening.
Deadpool doesn’t curse much. Deadpool doesn’t murder tons of people (aside from Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe). I wonder if these so-called Deadpool fans have even read the books.
My thoughts exactly, Kevlar. If the movie is rated R for violence or language, it will be a drastic exaggeration of the character. If they make it rated R for comedy, it would probably be the more popular gross out college comedy that sells comedic movies these days rather than the wit and satire that make the comics great.
I’m not saying Deadpool doesn’t kill people, but as everyone agrees, he’s a MERCENARY. He kills when he’s paid to, unlike The Punisher.
I’m afraid they’re going to make a gross combination of Stifler and Rambo and put him under the Deadpool name.
Omg… Im going to kill myself with excitement ! This is such a mega relief they are going to make one. They really messed up with the previous movie.
Omg… I’m going to kill myself with excitement ! This is such a mega relief they are going to make one. They really messed up with the previous movie.
If Deadpool isn’t rated R i will be sad
If I’m not seen blowing people to pieces and banging hookers dressed like super-chicks I’m not going to see it!
Well, also keep in mind that dead pool refers to himself as looking like Ryan Reynolds a few times in the comics. So he has to do it.
THAT IS NOT DEADPOOL!!! DEADPOOL SUPPOSE TO WEAR HIS RED SUIT THAT ALMOST LOOK LIKE SPIDER MAN!
I won’t pay for Ryan Reynolds!!! I’ll pay for DEADPOOL!