Screenit deadpool2/1/2024 ![]() The test footage that had been shot in 2010 'somehow' leaks on to YouTube (to this day no one admits to who did that), and the fan response was utterly incredible. Roll forward to 2014, and something unexpected happened. It was well known in Hollywood that Deadpool was director Tim Miller's pet project however, and Ryan Reynolds was desperate to make it as he loves the character and wanted to atone for the appearance in Wolverine, doing the character justice, but after the disaster of 'Green Lantern' it seemed all roads were dead ends. Ryan Reynold's rising Hollywood star came crashing down to Earth, and Fox/Marvel quietly put the Deadpool script to the back of the filing cabinet. It cost around $200m to make, and to this day has only made back around $116m. Critics hated it and the audiences queued up to avoid it. Next in the story, along came “Green Lantern” in 2011 from Warner Brothers & DC Comics, and the lead character 'Hal Jordan' was played by the one and only Ryan Reynolds. How many people aged over 15 would go and watch a comic book movie? Some test footage (called a 'sizzle reel') was shot to test with the studio execs so they could get a feel for what they might be funding. It was going to be a MASSIVE risk though, as to be true to the character it would be at least 15 rated in the UK (R rated in the USA), which immediately cut the potential audience down. Discussions between Fox and Marvel lead to a script being developed for a solo Deadpool movie, where they gave him a proper origin story true to the character from the comics. Reynolds is also a huge Deadpool fan and felt really bad about how he had been forced to misrepresent the character on screen but at least he had his foot in the door. I was one of those fans - a much loved character had been messed with so badly it was almost an insult to us. ![]() For some utterly inexplicable reason though, Fox decided to sort of re-invent the character to sanitise him slightly for the cinema, and the fans were utterly livid. Simply because in the comics, he is one of Marvel's most subversive, complex characters on their entire roster – and for that reason one of the most adored by fans, myself included!ĭeadpool got his first cinematic outing in 2009 in the not so great “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, played by Ryan Reynolds. First of all, you need to know that Deadpool is a risky character for Fox/Marvel to bring to the cinema. Some movies have a complex route to the big screen, and Deadpool is one of those movies for various reasons. ![]() I've put a marker in if you want to scroll down quickly down to the actual 'review'. It shows what can happen if fans get together using social media, proving to studios that there is an audience so they take the gamble on a financially high-risk movie. I've never had to start a review with a history lesson before, but I think the story of this one is so fascinating. Writers : Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick (Screenplay), Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza (Character)īack due to popular demand - Showing at Kings Bastion Leisure Cinemas March 11,12 & 13 Starring : Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein Mar 10 - It's Back: Deadpool - Film Review
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