Marvel Comics' Deadpool is officially getting his own movie, says studio
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Molly Driscoll Staff Writer
The Marvel Comics character Deadpool is officially set to get his own movie.
Twentieth Century Fox recently announced that a movie centering on the hero will be released in February 2016, according to the . The studio also said that the upcoming 鈥淔antastic Four鈥� reboot will be moving from June 2015 to August of next year.听
Tim Miller will be directing, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and it will be the first feature film by Miller. Actor Ryan Reynolds played the character in test footage from a few years ago that recently appeared online, but Twentieth Century Fox has not announced that he will star yet.
However, Reynolds recently discussed the footage appearing online in an interview. 鈥淭he movie has been in a state of limbo for a while. There was such an overpowering reaction to the footage, you sort of feel like, 'Oh, so we weren't crazy for our reasons for loving this character, for loving this role.' It's interesting to see the power of the Internet. It's awe-inspiring, actually," he said in an interview with the . "And it's neat that Twitter and Facebook and聽Instagram聽can move mountains when used in the right way.鈥澛�
A movie about Deadpool, who is a fourth-wall-breaking mercenary with powers that include healing quickly and is famous for being very talkative, had long been rumored and actors Reynolds and Scott Adkins portrayed the character in the 2009 movie 鈥淴-Men Origins: Wolverine鈥� (Reynolds played his human persona Wade Wilson and Adkins portrayed Deadpool).
As noted by the , Deadpool appeared to die at the end of 鈥淲olverine,鈥� but it was revealed in a post-credits sequence that he survived.
Reynolds is no stranger to playing those with superpowers 鈥� he portrayed the Green Lantern in the 2011 movie of the same name, but the film was not well-received critically. It currently holds a score of 39 out of 100 on the review aggregator website .听
