bassman
28-Jul-2015, 03:18 PM
I thought there was a thread on this, but the search didn't turn up any results. So mods please merge if there is...
Anyway, of all the nerdy movie news to come out of Comic Con this year, I haven't seen anyone here talking about Ryan Reynolds' next turn as Deadpool. He played the character in the first Wolverine solo film, X-men Origins: Wolverine, but that was a complete abomination of the character. Since then, Reynolds has lobbied hard for a real film adaptation of "The merc with the mouth". At some point last year, a reel of test footage was leaked online and fans of the character went apeshit screaming that this film HAD to be made. You can see that test footage below:
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After this was released, Reynolds stated that he owed whoever leaked it a "long open-mouthed wet kiss" and he was able to use the overwhelming positive fan reaction to the video to convince the studio to finance the Hard-R rated superhero film. Flash forward to this year at Comic Con and they showed a fantastic red band trailer. The official version has yet to be released online, but even the bootleg copy shows just how much of a fun (adult) time at the movies this film is going to be. I couldn't find it on youtube because it's bootleg, but here is an external link: http://movieweb.com/movie/deadpool/comic-con-trailer/
It's extremely rare that we get an R-rated superhero flick and this looks like Reynolds and company may have pulled off a fantastic adaptation of this character. I for one cannot wait to see this thing. Hell...I'm anxiously awaiting the first officially-released trailer.
Anyway, of all the nerdy movie news to come out of Comic Con this year, I haven't seen anyone here talking about Ryan Reynolds' next turn as Deadpool. He played the character in the first Wolverine solo film, X-men Origins: Wolverine, but that was a complete abomination of the character. Since then, Reynolds has lobbied hard for a real film adaptation of "The merc with the mouth". At some point last year, a reel of test footage was leaked online and fans of the character went apeshit screaming that this film HAD to be made. You can see that test footage below:
RWQI5oaIVZ4
After this was released, Reynolds stated that he owed whoever leaked it a "long open-mouthed wet kiss" and he was able to use the overwhelming positive fan reaction to the video to convince the studio to finance the Hard-R rated superhero film. Flash forward to this year at Comic Con and they showed a fantastic red band trailer. The official version has yet to be released online, but even the bootleg copy shows just how much of a fun (adult) time at the movies this film is going to be. I couldn't find it on youtube because it's bootleg, but here is an external link: http://movieweb.com/movie/deadpool/comic-con-trailer/
It's extremely rare that we get an R-rated superhero flick and this looks like Reynolds and company may have pulled off a fantastic adaptation of this character. I for one cannot wait to see this thing. Hell...I'm anxiously awaiting the first officially-released trailer.