Deadpool, the spin-off script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland), introduces the infamous "Merc with a Mouth", aka Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), in a way that makes you totally forget his appearance in the godawful X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It's also the darkest, grittiest, most violent superhero movie there will ever be and ever has been... that is, if the script gets made.
Reynolds, who just wrapped Green Lantern, Warner Bros.' rival comic-book movie that comes out June 2011, has been set to play the character after appearing in a cameo appearance in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. That movie, and Wade Wilson's appearance, practically defiled the character. Deadpool doesn't so much as ignore that appearance, as promised, but actually references it in a subtle way and even pokes fun at it. If you're at all concerned that Deadpool has captured the relentlessly violent, sarcastically hilarious spirit of Deadpool... rest assure. The script is probably one of the closest translations of a comic-book character in a while, and it will absolutely please fans of the comic-book character and probably convert new fans who will have absolutely no idea who Deadpool is, apart from his brief appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Cinema Blend has a more comprehensive review, but after reading the script to Deadpool all I have to say further is that if 20th Century Fox doesn't hire a director who unabashedly embraces the dark, sardonic, relentlessly violent and witty nature of the screenplay then there will be hell to pay. Ryan Reynolds absolutely needs to play Deadpool, because this role is tailor-made for him. I could imagine Reynolds saying the lines. The script sort of feels like as if Quentin Tarantino wrote a superhero movie. It's a no holds-barred, insanely clever script with an abundance of ridiculous, over-the-top action but it all works, held together by the innate craziness of the Deadpool character... which is exactly why Ryan Reynolds needs to play him. This film is a hard R, and the script cannot- and should not- be diluted in any way. This is the Deadpool movie that fans have been waiting for, and the writers have delivered in spades.
Up until this point, comic-book movies could be separated into two categories: dark and serious (The Dark Knight) or light fun (Iron Man). Deadpool is the first script and hopefully film that will combine those categories: it has the dark, violent, serious nature of Nolan's Batman movies mixed with the sardonic wittiness of the Iron Man movies... with a violence level notched up a few hundred levels. It makes sense that Robert Rodriquez would be considered to direct this. He has the perfect sensibility to direct this movie, and 20th Century Fox needs to not shy away from the film's horrifically graphic undertones and find a filmmaker who can embrace the style and zaniness of the material and bring it to life in the best possible way. Hell, if Quentin Tarantino wasn't so picky on projects, I would say this would be the perfect superhero project for him to direct. It literally has his influence and style coursing through its veins. Someone of the caliber of Rodriquez or Tarantino needs to direct Deadpool, and 20th Century Fox needs to have the gull to do this script justice.
Reynolds, who just wrapped Green Lantern, Warner Bros.' rival comic-book movie that comes out June 2011, has been set to play the character after appearing in a cameo appearance in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. That movie, and Wade Wilson's appearance, practically defiled the character. Deadpool doesn't so much as ignore that appearance, as promised, but actually references it in a subtle way and even pokes fun at it. If you're at all concerned that Deadpool has captured the relentlessly violent, sarcastically hilarious spirit of Deadpool... rest assure. The script is probably one of the closest translations of a comic-book character in a while, and it will absolutely please fans of the comic-book character and probably convert new fans who will have absolutely no idea who Deadpool is, apart from his brief appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Cinema Blend has a more comprehensive review, but after reading the script to Deadpool all I have to say further is that if 20th Century Fox doesn't hire a director who unabashedly embraces the dark, sardonic, relentlessly violent and witty nature of the screenplay then there will be hell to pay. Ryan Reynolds absolutely needs to play Deadpool, because this role is tailor-made for him. I could imagine Reynolds saying the lines. The script sort of feels like as if Quentin Tarantino wrote a superhero movie. It's a no holds-barred, insanely clever script with an abundance of ridiculous, over-the-top action but it all works, held together by the innate craziness of the Deadpool character... which is exactly why Ryan Reynolds needs to play him. This film is a hard R, and the script cannot- and should not- be diluted in any way. This is the Deadpool movie that fans have been waiting for, and the writers have delivered in spades.
Up until this point, comic-book movies could be separated into two categories: dark and serious (The Dark Knight) or light fun (Iron Man). Deadpool is the first script and hopefully film that will combine those categories: it has the dark, violent, serious nature of Nolan's Batman movies mixed with the sardonic wittiness of the Iron Man movies... with a violence level notched up a few hundred levels. It makes sense that Robert Rodriquez would be considered to direct this. He has the perfect sensibility to direct this movie, and 20th Century Fox needs to not shy away from the film's horrifically graphic undertones and find a filmmaker who can embrace the style and zaniness of the material and bring it to life in the best possible way. Hell, if Quentin Tarantino wasn't so picky on projects, I would say this would be the perfect superhero project for him to direct. It literally has his influence and style coursing through its veins. Someone of the caliber of Rodriquez or Tarantino needs to direct Deadpool, and 20th Century Fox needs to have the gull to do this script justice.
