NEW MOVIE DEADPOOL
Deadpool is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is intended to be the eighth installment in the X-Men film series. The film is directed by Tim Miller, with a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić, and Leslie Uggams.
The film follows Wade Wilson who, after being subjected to an
experiment that leaves him with new abilities, hunts down the man who
nearly destroyed his life.
In February 2004, development for the film began with New Line Cinema. However, in March 2005, New Line Cinema put the film in turnaround and 20th Century Fox became interested. In May 2009, 20th Century Fox lent the film to writers, and in April 2011, Miller was hired to direct. Principal photography commenced in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2015 and ended in May.
Deadpool is scheduled for release on February 12, 2016 in North America.
In May 2000, Artisan Entertainment announced a deal with Marvel Entertainment to coproduce, finance and distribute a film based on Deadpool.[21] In February 2004, New Line Cinema attempted to produce a Deadpool film with writer/director David S. Goyer working on the spin-off and actor Ryan Reynolds in the title role.[22][23] By August, Goyer lost interest in favor of other projects.[24] In March 2005, after New Line put Deadpool in turnaround, 20th Century Fox became interested in moving forward on production for the project.[25]
Fox considered a Deadpool spin-off early in the development of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which had Reynolds cast in the role,[22] and after the opening weekend success of that film announced that it was lending Deadpool out to writers, with Lauren Shuler Donner acting as a producer.[26] Donner wanted the film to reboot the character of Deadpool, ignoring the version in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and including attributes that the character has in the comics, such as breaking the fourth wall.[27] Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired to write the script in January 2010,[28] and Robert Rodriguez was sent an early draft of the screenplay that June.[29] After negotiations with Rodriguez fell through, Adam Berg emerged as a top contender to direct.[30] In April 2011, visual effects specialist Tim Miller was hired as director, making the film his directorial debut.[31]
In July 2014, visual effects test footage created for the film in 2012 and starring Reynolds through motion capture, was leaked online.[32] Blur Studio, the company that created the test footage, subsequently released it officially.[33] In September 2014, Fox gave the film a release date of February 12, 2016.[34] The next month, producer Simon Kinberg said that the film would be part of the shared cinematic universe with the other X-Men films.[35] Marvel characters Cannonball and Garrison Kane were removed from subsequent rewrites of the script, with the latter specifically being omitted due to budgetary concerns over the required CGI for his cybernetic arms, and the former being omitted due to concerns he would have been a "stupid hick character".[12] Wyre was initially going to appear as an additional villain, but was also cut, while plans to have the Marvel superhero Cable appear were halted when it was decided that he would work better in a potential sequel.[36]
Reynolds "100 percent" attributed Fox's greenlighting of the film to the test footage leak, stating, after being asked who had leaked it, "I would have, if I had known it would have caused that!...Now, we get to make the movie. We don’t get to make it with the budget of most superhero movies, but we get to make it the way we want to make it".[37]
Principal photography commenced on March 23, 2015, in Vancouver, Canada,[42] and ended on May 29, 2015.[43] Re-shoots began in November.[44]
In July 2015, director Miller and several cast members attended the
2015 San Diego Comic-Con to present the trailer of the film, which
received a standing ovation from attendees who requested that it be played again.[48] Graeme McMillan of The Hollywood Reporter opined that Deadpool "looks like the first movie that talks to the fan audience in their own language", and praised the meta humor of the trailer,[19] while Business Insider's
Joshua Rivera gave the trailer a positive review for being "faithful to
the source material", as well as for its humor and action.[49]
In December 2015, Fox launched a viral marketing campaign titled "The 12 days of Deadpool", which consisted of one website posting new info about the film each day, with the culmination of a new trailer released on Christmas Day.[50] The general marketing campaign for the film has garnered a positive reaction in the media;[51][52] two particular items that were noted as effective was a campaign to feign Deadpool as a Valentine's Day romance film,[53] and a billboard only containing the emojis "💀💩L" which journalists called "dumb, yet hilarious".[54]
On January 19, 2016, two screenings of supposedly yet unseen footage in New York and Los Angeles turned out to be surprise screenings of the entire film;[55] Screen Rant noted that fan reactions to the film were "overwhelmingly positive".[56]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deadpool is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is intended to be the eighth installment in the X-Men film series. The film is directed by Tim Miller, with a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić, and Leslie Uggams.
The film follows Wade Wilson who, after being subjected to an
experiment that leaves him with new abilities, hunts down the man who
nearly destroyed his life.In February 2004, development for the film began with New Line Cinema. However, in March 2005, New Line Cinema put the film in turnaround and 20th Century Fox became interested. In May 2009, 20th Century Fox lent the film to writers, and in April 2011, Miller was hired to direct. Principal photography commenced in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2015 and ended in May.
Deadpool is scheduled for release on February 12, 2016 in North America.
Premise
In an effort to cure his cancer, former special forces operative Wade Wilson was subjected to an experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, disfigured skin, an unstable mind, and a "dark, twisted" sense of humor. Armed with new abilities and a new identity, Wilson hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.Cast
- A mercenary who was subjected to an experimental regenerative mutation to cure his cancer, which gives him accelerated healing superpowers. This however comes with the cost of severely bad scarring, and slight insanity. Reynolds said that this version of Deadpool would be more "authentic" than the one that appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and would be more similar to the comic book character.[3][4]
- Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle: Wade's girlfriend.[5][6]
- Ed Skrein as Francis / Ajax:
- A mutant with enhanced strength and an inability to feel pain, who is a weapons expert. He is also member of the Weapon X program that was responsible for the experiment for which Wade volunteered.[7]
- T. J. Miller as Weasel: Wade's best friend who regularly helps him carry out his activities.[8][9]
- Gina Carano as Angel Dust: A mutant in alliance with Ajax, who possesses superhuman levels of strength and speed.[10]
- Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead: A teenage X-Men trainee mutant, who possesses powers to detonate atomic bursts from her body.[11]
- Stefan Kapičić as Piotr "Peter" Rasputin / Colossus:
- A mutant member of the X-Men, with the ability to transform his entire body into organic steel, and possesses super-strength while in that form. The role was originally offered to Daniel Cudmore, who had played the character in X2, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, but he declined.[12][13][14] Instead, Andre Tricoteux portrayed the character through motion capture, while Kapičić provides the voice.[13][14]
- Leslie Uggams as Blind Al: An elderly blind woman and Deadpool's roommate.[15]
- Jed Rees as The Recruiter: The Weapon X recruiter that enlists Wade into the program in hopes to cure his cancer.[16]
Production
Development
"There's definitely a sort of overall plan that we've all been talking about for the X-Men
universe now, and Deadpool obviously fits into that. So yeah, I guess I
would say it's part of certainly an overall timeline and thought
process that goes into these films."
—Producer Simon Kinberg on Deadpool's place in the X-Men film series[20]
Fox considered a Deadpool spin-off early in the development of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which had Reynolds cast in the role,[22] and after the opening weekend success of that film announced that it was lending Deadpool out to writers, with Lauren Shuler Donner acting as a producer.[26] Donner wanted the film to reboot the character of Deadpool, ignoring the version in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and including attributes that the character has in the comics, such as breaking the fourth wall.[27] Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired to write the script in January 2010,[28] and Robert Rodriguez was sent an early draft of the screenplay that June.[29] After negotiations with Rodriguez fell through, Adam Berg emerged as a top contender to direct.[30] In April 2011, visual effects specialist Tim Miller was hired as director, making the film his directorial debut.[31]
In July 2014, visual effects test footage created for the film in 2012 and starring Reynolds through motion capture, was leaked online.[32] Blur Studio, the company that created the test footage, subsequently released it officially.[33] In September 2014, Fox gave the film a release date of February 12, 2016.[34] The next month, producer Simon Kinberg said that the film would be part of the shared cinematic universe with the other X-Men films.[35] Marvel characters Cannonball and Garrison Kane were removed from subsequent rewrites of the script, with the latter specifically being omitted due to budgetary concerns over the required CGI for his cybernetic arms, and the former being omitted due to concerns he would have been a "stupid hick character".[12] Wyre was initially going to appear as an additional villain, but was also cut, while plans to have the Marvel superhero Cable appear were halted when it was decided that he would work better in a potential sequel.[36]
Reynolds "100 percent" attributed Fox's greenlighting of the film to the test footage leak, stating, after being asked who had leaked it, "I would have, if I had known it would have caused that!...Now, we get to make the movie. We don’t get to make it with the budget of most superhero movies, but we get to make it the way we want to make it".[37]
Casting
In December 2014, Reynolds was confirmed to reprise his role as Wade Wilson / Deadpool.[38] In January 2015, T. J. Miller and Ed Skrein were in talks to appear in the film.[39] In February 2015, Gina Carano was cast as Angel Dust, and Miller and Morena Baccarin were cast in unspecified roles.[5][10] Taylor Schilling, Crystal Reed, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Sarah Greene, and Jessica De Gouw were also considered for Baccarin's role.[40] In March, Miller's role was revealed to be Weasel,[9] while Baccarin's was revealed to be Vanessa Carlysle.[6][41] Later that month, Brianna Hildebrand was cast as Negasonic Teenage Warhead.[11] In April, Skrein revealed his role as Ajax.[7] In July, Leslie Uggams confirmed she will be portraying Blind Al.[15] In August, Tim Miller revealed that Jed Rees will portray The Recruiter.[16] Daniel Cudmore declined the offer to reprise his role as Colossus from the previous X-Men films,[12] resulting in Andre Tricoteux and Stefan Kapičić being cast in that role.[13][14]Filming
Crew members working on the set of Deadpool in Vancouver, April 2015
Music
Junkie XL confirmed on his own Twitter account that he is scoring the soundtrack for the movie[1]. The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on February 12, 2016, the same day of the release of the movie, featuring music composed by Holkenborg and music by other artists.Release
Deadpool is scheduled for release on February 10, 2016 in the United Kingdom and February 12, 2016 in North America.[34][45] The film will also be shown in IMAX theatres.[46] However, it was denied a theatrical release in China due to its content, for violence, nudity and graphic language.[47]Marketing
Tim Miller, Reynolds, Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Hildebrand, Skrein and Carano speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
In December 2015, Fox launched a viral marketing campaign titled "The 12 days of Deadpool", which consisted of one website posting new info about the film each day, with the culmination of a new trailer released on Christmas Day.[50] The general marketing campaign for the film has garnered a positive reaction in the media;[51][52] two particular items that were noted as effective was a campaign to feign Deadpool as a Valentine's Day romance film,[53] and a billboard only containing the emojis "💀💩L" which journalists called "dumb, yet hilarious".[54]
On January 19, 2016, two screenings of supposedly yet unseen footage in New York and Los Angeles turned out to be surprise screenings of the entire film;[55] Screen Rant noted that fan reactions to the film were "overwhelmingly positive".[56]
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, pre-release tracking suggests the film will open to about $55–60 million or even higher during its Presidents' Day weekend outstripping the projections for films opening in the same weekend such as Zoolander No. 2 and How to Be Single. Tracking also showed that the film was strong for both males as well as females.[57]Critical reception
[placeholder for Rotten Tomatoes info from {{Rotten Tomatoes score}}...refresh in a few minutes] On Metacritic, it has a 65% rating based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[58]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
