Simon Kinberg Confirms DEADPOOL Ties Into X-MEN; Teases New Trailer, Pansexuality, & More

Earlier this afternoon, we saw X-Men: Apocalypse writer/producer Simon Kinberg discuss Bryan Singer's latest X-Men sequel in-depth and now we have more from Kinberg as he shares quite a bit about 2016's biggest wildcard: Deadpool.

There's quite a bit to cover, so let's delve right in!

First off, in case anyone was wondering whether or not Ryan Reynolds got in any trouble for walking away with the Deadpool suit, which we've already seen him have some fun with, and well, it turns out he didn't as stealing the suit was essentially a part of his acting process. Kinberg, who's a producer on the film, with a laugh, admitted they didn't want to interrupt Reynolds' highly intricate method acting: "No trouble at all. We wanted him to stay in character so we let him have whatever he wants." Sounds like Reynolds could have walked away with a little more than just a suit if he so chose.

As for the rest of the film, Kinberg confirmed that, unlike the Fantastic Four reboot, this Tim Miller-directed film takes place in the same universe as the über-popular X-Men films, however, he does add that Deadpool will take place in the present whereas Apocalypse takes place in the 1980s:

“It takes place within the X-Men universe and references that universe. It’s not the same time period as our past tense X-Men movies, like First Class, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse take place in the past and Deadpool takes place in the present, but it acknowledges everything that’s happened in those other movies and the universe, and like you said Colossus is in it and other characters from the X-Men world.”

I did notice that, but I also feel like everything with Deadpool explodes on the internet. I knew that there was a fervent fanbase for Deadpool and I’ve been a huge fan of the comics—it’s one of the reasons I really advocated for making a movie—but I’m still constantly surprised by just how broad that fanbase is. I felt it when we were at Comic-Con this year; in a world of Batman and X-Men and Captain America and these huge characters it felt like Deadpool carried the same kind of weight, which was surprising. So yeah, I noticed that the same way I noticed Ryan dressed up for Halloween taking over the internet for 24 hours.

One comment that recently went viral on the interwebs was regarding Deadpool's pansexuality, a characteristic lifted straight from the comics. In case you were wondering how this is addressed in the upcoming film, Kinberg explains that "while we don’t explore it in depth in this film, it’s definitely alluded to." He goes on further to explain that this film for the most part only covers his romance with Morena Baccarin's Vanessa Carlysle, and that the topic of his pansexuality is something that has been left open to explore further in future films.

As for the tone and what will ultimately differentiate Deadpool from 2016's comic book movie juggernauts, which include X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, & Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Kinberg gives a simple answer: it's tone. "It’s radical in tone, it’s radical in form, it’s radical in the level of violence. It’s just a different movie, not just from other comic book movies but I think from any other action movie that’s out there right now." Well, if the first trailer wasn't a clear indication, this comment should surely be more than enough to suggest we're going to be in for something truly special next February.

Speaking of the trailer, it sounds like a second theatrical trailer is on its way fairly soon and Kinberg's already seem a "pretty awesome" rough cut. When should we expect the trailer? December! Could it join the Star Wars: The Force Awakens party on December 18th? Eh, that's tough to say with 20th Century Fox already slating the first X-Men: Apocalypse trailer there, but it's not entirely out of the realm of possibilty, although it's more likely than not to debut a bit earlier. As for new footage? Kinberg teased: "Ryan’s creating new footage and material every single day, so I’m assuming he’ll do something new on the internet in the next week or so. I don’t know if you saw that Hugh Jackman piece that he did." Oh, of course we did, quite hard to miss.

Throughout the production process, something interesting happened as many fans and critics alike began to notice on Twitter and on other platforms that Reynolds was gradually becoming more and more like Wade Wilson. Kinberg also noticed the transformation and commented on the situation as he attributed all of Deadpool's success to the talented actor:

I’ve worked on a lot of movies, comic book any otherwise, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an actor as perfectly suited to a part as Ryan is to Deadpool. It’s just something that comes so naturally to him. It’s one of the reasons why he creates so many of those viral pieces, because I think he has so much fun being Deadpool that he’s Deadpool on and off set.

I think many would agree that Reynolds as Deadpool is arguably the most perfect casting in a comic book movie ever, possibly the most perfect casting in any movie period. Kinberg further elaborated on Reynolds:

Yeah he’s fun. The radical-ness of the movie, the fun of the movie, the sort of mischief of the movie—that would be the best word is “mischief”—is something that translates to the way the movie was made too. There was so much freedom to making the movie, I think because the studio understood that it has to be a radical film, a hard-R, and it has to satisfy the core fans, it just was allowed to be in all the best ways a weirder film than pretty much any other movie a studio is gonna release.

"It’s certainly the hope, and there is conversation about what the idea would be and perhaps which characters we would bring in to a sequel. The writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, were a really integral part of the process. Our focus, like all of us, is on finishing the film, so I think as soon as we finish the film we’ll be talking seriously about the sequel and then we’ll wait a couple months and see how the movie does. Hopefully the movie will do great and we can keep making these movies, because I do think there’s a lot more story to tell. I’m assuming it’ll come out somewhere whether it’s on the internet or the DVD eventually, but on every single take there’s like an embarrassment of riches of alternate takes, whether it’s Ryan or T.J. Miller, pretty much any character in the movie just goofing around and coming up with other lines, ideas, abs. It’d be fun to keep making these movies because it doesn’t feel like we’ll run out of juice."

Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.