With X-Men : First Class hitting
theaters in just a few months and The
Wolverine hopefully starting
production soon, X-Men film fans are
undoubtedly curious as to what is
coming next from Twentieth Century
Fox for Marvel’s mutants. We just
reported on producer Lauren Shuler-
Donner’s bomb-drop that X-Men 4 & 5
are in “active development,” but she
didn’ t stop at that.
In the same feature in the upcoming
issue of Empire , Donner also touched
on the Deadpool movie, a film we’ re
optimistic about but also concerned
for.
With X-Men Origins: Wolverine doing
a terrible job of handling the character
of Wade Wilson, the man who
becomes the infamous Deadpool ,
there’s been uncertainly as to how the
studio and writers will handle the
character in his own spin-off. Combine
that with the uncertainty of the project
itself, with Ryan Reynolds becoming
the Warner Bros. poster boy for Green
Lantern and the difficulties in locking
d0wn a director ( Robert Rodriguez is
out), we’ re flat out confused as to the
plan for Deadpool , despite Reynolds’
claims that the movie is still coming.
By all accounts, the Deadpool script
by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese
and Paul Wernick is stellar, and works
well with its risky and unique nature .
While they don’ t have a director yet,
Donner did elaborate a little on what
to expect from the film and how it
relates to the X- Men franchise. Or
should I say… how it does not relate:
“It’ s a total reboot… We’ re
either going to pretend that
didn’ t happen – or mock it,
which he could. It’ s insane,
it’ s definitely comedy… But
it’ s an R script, it’ s really
irreverent and violent . Right
away, we’ re out of the X-
Men world.”
Note the “mock it” part which I fully
expect to happen in the film. Deadpool
of course is a ‘special ’ comic book
character of sorts who can break the
fourth wall, make pop culture
references about and including himself,
making quips directly to the reader, or
in this case, theater- going audiences.
Reynolds recently praised the latest
script revision, echoing Donner’s
statements here regarding its adult
rating, although he described it
bordering the tight line between a
PG-13 and an R- rating. Will the film
stick with an R-rating? It’s highly
doubtful considering how many box
office receipts they’d lose from
younger audiences who love (and will
pay for) Ryan Reynolds.
With Deadpool being a reboot and
hopeful start to its own franchise (how
many can Fox run at once?) we don’ t
have to worry about the convoluted
plot mess left behind by the Wolverine
solo outing. It seems X-Men: First
Class is mostly ignoring it too so it
makes you wonder what was going on
behind-the-scenes in planning out that
story.
Monday 19 September 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)