Wednesday, May 6, 2009

MOVIE NEWS: FOX DEVELOPING WOLVERINE SPINOFF FEATURING DEADPOOL



HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS MARVEL/X-MEN/WOLVERINE/DEADPOOL FANS, THERE’S BREAKING NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS: FOX IS DEVELOPING A DEADPOOL MOVIE AS A WOLVERINE: ORIGINS SPINOFF. I’M A FAN OF REYNOLDS, WHO SEEMS LIKE A RIGHTEOUS BROTHER ALL AROUND, SOMEONE I COULD CHILL WITH & LAUGH IT UP, SO I’M HAPPY FOR HIM. KEEP IT PUSHING BROSKI. ENJOY

'Deadpool' spinoff in works at Fox

Ryan Reynolds to reprise role in "Wolverine" spinoff

By Borys Kit

Fresh off the muscular performance of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at the boxoffice, Fox has thrown into development a spinoff featuring Deadpool, the wise-cracking mercenary played in the film by Ryan Reynolds.

Reynolds is attached to reprise the character for what for now is simply being called "Deadpool." Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios would act as producers.

Deadpool is known as "the merc with a mouth," a character that under Reynolds lived up to his billing in "Wolverine" until the end, when the movie deviated from the comic book persona, imbuing him with several superpowers and sewing his mouth shut.

It is understood that Reynolds would regain the ability to mouth off, with the movie going back to the roots of the character known for his slapstick tone and propensity to break the fourth wall. The character also was disfigured in "Wolverine," though it's unclear at this time how much the studio would want to mess with Reynolds' handsome mug.

The project is out to writers.

Fox considered a "Deadpool" spinoff early in "Wolverine's" development process, which is why it cast Reynolds. The actor was brought back in the month before the movie's release to shoot one of two "Easter egg" scenes that appeared after the end credits. The scene showed Deadpool alive, though when last audiences saw him, he appeared to be dead.

UTA-repped Reynolds next stars opposite Sandra Bullock in Disney's romantic comedy "The Proposal."

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