X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the character of Deadpool has seen a resurgence in popularity, with several comic book titles featuring the "Merc with a mouth." However, a movie spin-off of Deadpool hasn't been as easy.
Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired to write the script for Deadpool in January of 2010, with visual effects guru Tim Miller hired to direct last April. Actor Ryan Reynolds, who played the character in Wolverine, revealed last August that the project was still in development, and, earlier this month, said that a Deadpool movie is only a matter of "budget and time." In a recent interview with IGN, Reynolds updated the production further, calling the script "fantastic" and again relaying the movie's intention to be "done right"
After the financial success of Wolverine’s solo prequel, we saw a quick greenlight for the Deadpool film and knew there’d be a Wolverine 2 down the road. Prior to this, X-Men: First Class, a team prequel to Bryan Singer’s first X-Men was already in the works. So, we all knew those were the three go-to projects for Fox Studios to come the soonest. What I never felt sure about was X-Men Origins: Magneto, since it would involve a recast of title character and wouldn’t tie-in too much with the franchise. That and the fact it would be based heavily during the holocaust made it less bankable as a superhero flick and more limited in playing with other popular mutants of the X-Men universe, especially compared to the other potential films they could create with those resources.
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