According to reports from a number of websites, Fox has given the green light for a Deadpool film. Ryan Reynolds, who portrayed the Merc with the Mouth in Origins:Wolverine, is expected to reprise the role. This is the very beginning of proceedings, with no writer, directors, etc attached.
There’s no doubt that the portrayal of Deadpool in Origins was a bastardisation of a much loved character. Reynolds was terrific in the little screen time he actually had so i’m psyched about seeing a full length deadpool film. Its good news, although it is to be expected. In the posters for the film, Reynolds plays a prominent part, although he has very little screen time. And after going back to shoot what we now know as the post-credits scene, it was never in doubt that we would see a Deadpool film.
The only thing that troubles me is the fourth wall. Deadpool regularly breaks it and it works brilliantly in panels. But on celluloid, i’m not so sure.
Ant
