It is official; Deadpool is getting his own movie.
Set for February 12th 2016, Marvel Entertainment and 20th Century Fox have announced that one of Marvel Comic’s most popular characters will be getting his own movie. But this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about it. A Deadpool movie has been stuck in development hell for years and we’ve all seen the incredible test footage of Deadpool a few months ago (if you haven’t, I highly recommend it). But who is Deadpool? Some people might have been introduced to the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and well… the less said about that, the better. If Fox and Marvel are planning on doing the character justice, then there a few things needed to make this work. Deadpool should be the darker side of the Marvel universe and what I mean by that is that he should rude, definitely have a mouth on him, have his guns and swords, have his full body suit and needs to break the fourth wall (when a character speaks directly to the audience). He is a very distinctive and different character from anyone else in the Marvel comics and that has made him one of the most popular heroes in Marvel’s history.
Not much is known of the film at the moment. We know that Tim Miller will be making his feature film directorial debut with Deadpool. Miller is best known as the visual effects creative supervisor for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and we all know how great that looked. Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have written the script and Ryan Reynolds could be coming back to reprise his role as Wade Wilson. Personally I would have preferred to have Nolan North as Deadpool, but I understand their reasoning of having a big star attached to the film. If Fox and Marvel do this properly and give the “Merc with a Mouth” the justice he deserves, Deadpool could be a great film and a real surprise hit.