Deadpool to shoot March 2015

After Ryan Reynolds Tweet on the 4th of December, we knew it was only a matter of time before we got some information regarding the Deadpool film. Deadline are reporting that Ryan Reynolds is closing in on finally signing on for the Deadpool role, check out his tweet below that sparked the talk. The film will be directed by Tim Miller and written "Zombieland" scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, filming will start March of next year and release February 12th, 2016.

Uh... It's Chimichanga Time. pic.twitter.com/ZlknW4HOtj
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 4, 2014

Why "Deadpool" should NOT be PG 13!

Where to begin on why "Deadpool" should not be a PG 13, well the main reason it should be is because you will struggle to find a single fan who agrees with the idea of it. There has been talk about the potential idea of a solo Deadpool film since Ryan Reynolds played the Merc With a Mouth back in 2009 in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" however in my opinion they should drop Ryan Reynolds get a new Deadpool!

So after the leaked footage surfaced a few months ago, the whole comic world went absolutely crazy with excitement, the details we could make out through the grainy imagery was a brilliant look at how it may be done. However, Fox decided to release their HD version of said test footage resulting in a lot of us being let down, turns out that the whole thing was CG, nobody wants that Fox, NOBODY! If you haven't seen it, you're in luck (kind of);

Given this test footage it was safe to assume that we would be getting a 15/18 or R-Rated depending on your location, however, turns out we were all wrong it's looking very likely now that Fox are set to make the film a 12/PG-13. Could they be any further from being right?

Hello, Fox? DO WE MATTER?!?!

Lets all be honest, is Reynolds a viable option still? I mean David S Goyer signed on to make a solo Deadpool film in February 2004 and back then Reynolds was attached to star, so for OVER a decade they have been trying to get it made and haven't even came close. Surely somebody doesn't have faith in this project or it is just not meant to happen. I say start from scratch wipe it all clear and start from scratch anyway I digress back to PG-13. I will post some panels from Deadpool comics to prove that child friendly rating is so wrong it's laughable.

Child friendly idea???

Surely this is child friendly with its sexual overtone?

What about a one armed Wade?

Surely Wade's physical appearance is child friendly?

That's just four panels I came across doing a tiny bit of looking, my time reading a few Deadpool comics I guess around 30, there is probably countless ones in them alone that prove my point. Just because you own the rights to a character Fox, doesn't mean you should bend the idea over and go in dry. You just have to look at what use done in "X:Men Origins: Wolverine" to see how you destroyed a character, even the look in Origins was awful.

I envision this is how the majority of Deadpool fans are sitting right now awaiting your decision Fox, do the right thing, GIVE US GORE AND VULGARITY!!!

"Deadpool" has a release date!!!

A day many of us probably didn't expect to see considering the backwards and forwards on this project, however 20th Century Fox have really stepped up and gave the film a release date, February 12th 2016. The man helming the film is director Tim Miller and will be scripted by the genius behind "Zombieland" Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

A long with "Deadpool" getting a release date, Fox have shuffled around a few of their other titles "Assassin's Creed" has had its release date taken away and now has none, "Fantastic Four" is now going to release August 7th 2015 and finally "Paper Towns" has moved to June 19th.

Drop Ryan Reynolds get a new Deadpool!

I have been reading a lot more Deadpool comics in recent months and even playing the game that released last year and it has gotten me thinking about the possible film which a lot of us are looking forward to. Don't get me wrong Reynolds done a good job in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" which in itself wasn't a great film itself, however we didn't really get to see Wade enough before he became Weapon-X which then Scott Adkins took over as the body.

Since "Wolverine" was released back in 2009 there has been talk of the solo film, but every other month it feels like there is another step that is tripping up the process. If I am 100% honest I have a feeling the studio is worried about the fact his films are not the financial success' that superhero films are look at "R.I.P.D" cost $130 million to make and brought back less than $80, Green Lantern only made $19 million and The Change Up $20 million, while they are profits look at the other Marvel releases since 2009, "First Class" made $200 million, "The Amazing Spider-Man" $500 million, each of the 3 Iron Man films made $400 million, hell even "Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance" made $75 million, so you get where I am coming from.

Sort of went off on a little rant up there didn't I ha, sorry about that if you bared through that. Anyway back to my point I think the studio is worried about back him with a big budget in case they don't make a nice profit. Ultimately that is what it boils down to, they tell us it's for the fans and the dedicated readers which is partially true, however it is about the money. So replacing Reynolds may be the way go if we want to get the Merc on the big screen.

Jason Statham - can he lose his accent? I for one can not think of a time in which he hasn't had his distinctive accent, he is a money maker his films have made over $1 billion in the box office. I for one am a huge fan of Statham, have been since I first seen him in "The Transporter". He is widely regarded as an antihero, which Deadpool really is.

Scott Adkins as the body & Charlie Day as the voice - main problem is that Scott isn't a great actor, maybe use him for the body and fight scenes like they did in Origins. I realise that sounds mean just using his body, but we don't really see that much of Deadpools face he could keep the mask on the whole time resulting in Charlie Day doing the voice. My favourite choice is easily this, I think these two would bring a perfect incarnation of the Merc with a Mouth to the big screen.

James Roday - Shawn from "Psych" is pretty much Deadpool minus the healing factor and weaponry skill, he's full of quips and pop culture references. Anybody who is at all familiar with "Psych" will see where I am coming from, the characters have some overlying traits, he does lack the physical aspect and the fighting touch but that could be easily taught. I think he could easily pull off the idiot with a plan style Deadpool lives by, constantly lost in the world but still finds a solution.

These would be my top choices, other outsiders that could be a possibility are;

Seann William Scott -

Eric Christian Olsen - Deeks style from NCIS LA.

Jonny Knoxville - after watching "Jackass" over the years I have the feeling that Knoxville already has health regeneration ha.

10 Superheroes who deserve their own movies!

So with all my excitement due to the fact that "Man Of Steel" is out in days instead of months or weeks, I decided to make a little (kind of) list of superheroes/heroes I think deserve their own film. Some of these are already being talked about an rumoured however these are just the films I would love to see on the big screen. These are in no specific order, they are just the order that they came into my head when I was writing this down. I would LOVE to hear what you guys/girls think, also would love to hear what characters you think deserve their own films.

Wonder Woman - Well there has been talk of a Wonder Woman film for as long as I have been a comic fan. One day we HAVE to see her on the big screen, not only is she a great character she is the best female hero there has ever been in my opinion.  

Batgirl - Like we don't want to see Barbara Gordon donning the female cape crusader role, she is my favourite Batgirl until what happened with the Joker when she became Oracle.



 

Birds Of Prey - Not many people know about this, but back in 2002 WB attempted bringing "Birds Of Prey" to TV and all in all it was a pretty decent show. They had Ashley Scott as Huntress, Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon/Oracle, Rachel Skarsten as Black Canary. The lack of Batgirl was a bit disappointing but they did use Huntress as Helena Wayne, Batman and Catwomans daughter. 

Nightwing - Nightwing has been played by more DC characters than I care to list, I am new to the Nightwing fan club, however the second you read about him you know he is a bad ass. So anybody want to pick out there favourite Nightwing an that can be the one they use for the film ha.

Spider-Girl - The daughter of the web slinger himself an his long suffering girlfriend/wife Mary Jane. She is from the future in an alternate universe, so I'm not 100% sure how all that works, but it does an she looks bad ass. She would make a great character an have her fighting Sabreclaw, Wolverines son from this crazy alternate universe.

Martian Manhunter - So J'onn J'onnz, in all seriousness isn't too far off what you associate with Superman. Super strength, speed, senses, flight, however he also has telekinesis, invisibility, telepathy he is just an all round bad ass. Oh an did I mention he is from MARS, he deserves a film for just being a Martian never mind all the other cool features he has.

Deadpool - Another film the studios have been teasing us with for a while now, the "merc with a mouth" would make a great on screen character. Not too dissimilar to the character that Ryan Reynolds played in "Blade 3 Trinity", so that is why he is the obvious choice, plus he has already played him in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Let's just hope that his venture into video games in the coming months helps the studios bring this guy to the big screen.

Flash - Back in '04 David S. Goyer wrote a script for a Flash film which was set to feature Reynolds as the title character however in '07 he dropped out citing creative differences thank god ay ha. He writes amazing stuff but Reynolds as Flash? No thanks, we all know Flash don't we? The dude who runs fast kind of Usain Bolt before it was cool ha ha.




 

Black Panther - He's been around since the mid '60's an doesn't get the credit he deserves, he is a skilled hunter, tracker, strategist, politician, inventor, and scientist. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from Oxford University. Considered one of the eight smartest people on the planet, he is a genius in physics and advanced technology, and is a brilliant inventor. He also has been granted the knowledge of every past Black Panther.

Venom - Does this one really need a paragraph? He has been spoken about religiously since Tobey Maguire unfortunately suited up as every body's favourite neighbourhood superhero.

Deadpool movie could address his Wolverine appearance

20th Century Fox seem to taking forever to start making their Deadpool film, since his appearance in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Now that we have a new video game coming soon, does that mean they will be moving forward with the film soon? Apparently there is already a script for the film written by "Zombieland" creators Paul Wernick an Rhett Reese. Tim Miller is also rumoured to be directing the film, so when will we get it?

"I love Deadpool and there is a script that’s in development. But it’s so, so far into the R-rated zone… it’s a nearly NC-17 world and I just don’t know if the studio would ever risk their reputation doing it. We’ve been developing it and we would never wanna do it unless you could it that R-rated way, so... You could do it for a pittance compared to the modern sort of epic scale superhero movies, but it’s about a guy who knows he’s in a movie and knows he’s in a comic book who is deeply mentally disturbed and hyper violent, and that’s tough to get by a studio."

The most interesting thing that came from this interview, is that Reynolds said the film might address the insane abomination of Deadpool that we seen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".

"In the current iteration of the script, it doesn’t address Wolverine – though it does address Deadpool’s appearance in Wolverine. Deadpool was not happy with Deadpool in Wolverine. He has a sort of a WTF!? moment with that. The script is one rewrite away from Deadpool jumping across the desk at the studio executive and attacking him," Reynolds told them.





"I’ve always wanted to do the movie just if only because Deadpool would get to do his own movie trailer, so that’s a thing that we were dying to do and we would love to be a part of that."

Ryan Reynolds lands Highlander role

Well it looks like the rumours I've been reading for the past month or so about Reynolds landing the Highlander reboot are in fact true. Reynolds films of recent years have been very hit & miss, I mean "Safe House" was pretty good great Thriller especially because Denzel was on top for as ever but then there was "Green Lantern" and "Adventrueland" which I would use are a torture technique rather than a viewing pleasure. But, with his casting in this an the "Deadpool" film and "R.I.P.D" hopefully producers are seeing him as more of the Action star than the Rom-Com star he has been.

"We first heard of the possibility of Reynolds becoming the next member of the Clan MacLeod back in March when the Canadian actor emerged the front-runner for the coveted role. The “confirmation” comes from The Tracking Board who claim that negotiations are complete and that Reynolds has officially secured the gig."

 Role sealed, but in all honesty this doesn't mean we will be seeing "Highlander" on the big screen anytime soon. Reynolds was originally cast as Deadpool around the same time he was cast as Green Lantern an as you know Green Lantern has been out for over a year now and "Deadpool" hasn't even began pre-production.

Deadpool has no connection to "X-Men Origins"

Deadpool in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" was a pretty bad ass character, he was easily me second favourite after Wolverine obviously. They ruined him towards the end though, I mean he went from a sword wielding bad ass to a grey thing and thing is the only word to describe him. Luckily for us according to Ryan Reynolds this character is getting a good old fashioned "do-over".

"(Deadpool) will actually have no connection to the one that was in (X-Men Origins:) Wolverine.
This falls in line with comments made by producer Lauren Shuler Donner in May, who said Deadpool would be a complete reboot of the character. The actor also said that the Deadpool script is still being developed, and that they are aiming for an R rating.
The script is, I think, fantastic. It’s been developed even further in the last three months or so. The film has to be rated R, and it has to be done a certain way, it has to do all these things that I am sure can be worrisome for the guy cutting the checks for it, so if it’s going to be done, it needs to be done right."

"Deadpool" could enter production this year

I thought this film was definitely going to have been scrapped by now or at least have a completely different staff and cast, I'm extremely surprised Ryan Reynolds is still attached to this project. I thought he would have moved on by now, he's a man in demand right now in Hollywood with his roles in "The Croods", "R.I.P.D" and "Safe House".
"The Geek Files report that Deadpool will indeed go into production at some point this year. While director Tim Miller has been attached to the project since last April, there’s been little news in regards to the official status of the spin-off – we were repeatedly assured that it was still happening, just not when exactly. Of course, it was only last week that artist Rob Liefeld revealed that he’d seen eight minutes of test footage for the R-Rated flick."

Fox has shot 8 minutes of "Deadpool" test footage?

At "Amazing Arizona Comic Con" last week Rob Liefeld and Scott Lobdell spoke about the possible upcoming "Deadpool" film, with a shocking admission!

"They've got a great director on the movie, they've got a great script. I may or may have not seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and go holy crap and that's Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people’s faces off and making me laugh. And I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you've got what would amount to the first R Rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R Rated.


They may or may not have wanted to shoot eight minutes to see how it would play. And all I can tell you, it's close. It’s closer that it's even been to going, or going Naaah, that's too scary a proposition to make a R Rated Deadpool movie"

Below is a video of the full panel, Tom Miller is set to direct the film and Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are set to write the script.