Ryan Reynolds is to play Deadpool in a new movie coming in 2016.
Ryan Reynolds will reprise his role as Deadpool from the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in a standalone movie for Fox-Marvel. Reynolds, who previously portrayed the Green Lantern in the 2011 flop, announced the news on Twitter.
Ryan Reynolds will play Deadpool in Fox-Marvel's 2016 movie
Reynolds posted an image of his Deadpool character, made up from bullet cartridges with the caption "it's chimichanga time" - in reference to the hero's favourite food.
Fox have been working on the spin-off for several years though Reynolds was never in danger of losing his leading birth, despite a flurry of poorly reviewed movies. Back in the summer, a leaked short action sequence directed by Miller, featured a CGI Deadpool with voice-acting and motion-capture by Reynolds. It was essentially test footage as a proof of concept for Fox, as the studio apparently weren't impressed enough to green-light the project.
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Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld initially poured cold water on the prospect of an immediate movie after the leaking of the footage.
"DP is One of Marvel's TOP 3 popular characters of the last 20 years AND a prominent member of the X-MEN library-My 1 kernal of optimism. Is that DP will happen eventually, 5-6 years, and as frustrating as that sounds it would still be faster to screen that Spidey, X-Men and FF. Please just manage expectations, thats all I'm saying in regards to Deadpool. Nothing moves fast in Hollywood.. Except Divergent," he said, on Twitter.
A disfigured and mentally unstable mercenary, Deadpool is famous for his talkative nature and his tendency to break the fourth wall.
Tim Miller is directing the movie - set for release on February 12, 2016 - from a script from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The duo penned the surprise comedy hit Zombieland.
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