Before we start here is some background on the character of
Deadpool courtesy of
WIKIPEDIA:
Deadpool (Wade Wilson) is a fictional character, a mercenary and anti-hero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (Feb. 1991).
A disfigured and mentally unstable mercenary, Deadpool originally appeared as a villain in an issue of New Mutants, and later in issues of X-Force. The character has since starred in several ongoing series, and shares titles with other characters such as Cable. The character, known as the "Merc with a Mouth", is famous for his talkative nature and his tendency to "break the fourth wall", which is used by writers for humorous effect.
I am big fan of
Deadpool, I have read many comics starring or featuring the characters for several years now. So when it was originally announced that he would be heading to the big screen, with Ryan Reynolds who portrayed his alias Wade Wilson on the big screeen in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I was overjoyed.
Things looked good at first when the writing duo of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the guys behind the popular horror/comedy
Zombieland would be writing the script. Then we got word that
Sin City &
Machete director Robert Rodriguez was approached to helm the project, who some fans believed his gory action and witty humor would do the character justice. But Rodriguez was forced to turn down the project, leading to a bunch of crazy rumors of who would take the directors chair.
This sadly was not the biggest thing to harm the project. Star Ryan Reynolds, who had made a commitment to making
Deadpool only weeks after the release of
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, had become part of another franchise based off a comic character. Ryan Reynolds had gotten the lead role in WB's
Green Lantern movie as Hal Jordon.
Green Lantern would be on the fast track to theaters leaving the struggling
Deadpool movie in the dust.
This was not Reynolds only other commitment, The less struggling adaption of
R.I.P.D. had Reynolds interested, not to mention it actually had a director. With both movies attempting to make a move into theaters, Reynolds said some thing Deadpool fans were not to fond off. He could make
Deadpool or
R.I.P.D., but not both:
"I never say I'm doing a movie until I break for lunch the first day. Because it's such a crapshoot, this industry. Everything's so fickle and so contingent on so many factors, aside from just an actor. And because it has an actor, and because these films have interested directors, it's obviously likely that they'll both get made."
"But, I think it would be more likely that only one of them gets made with me."
The folks still begging for Reynolds to play
Deadpool were getting worried due to
R.I.P.D. being the surest thing to get made out of the two movies. So now we are left with a driector-less movie with an actor who is unsure about how commited he is to the movie.
Marvel comics had obviously known
Deadpool was moving on to the big screen. They of course decided to bombard us with
Deadpool books, or every other book had an appearence by him. I know I am not alone in being upset by this. The large amount of books just made the character lose its appeal. The character was driven to a point of unfunny one liners, Slapstick, and pointless attempts to relate to the general youth who technically shouldn't even have their hands on these books (including myself).
This leads to another problem, does the general public know or care enough about who Deadpool is to see a movie? X-Men Origins: Wolverine may have been a success but people knew
Deadpool as the guy from
Van Wilder or the funny guy with the swords.
Deadpool is not
Batman or
Spider-Man where people have heard of them from other forms of media,
Deadpool just does not get that publicity.
Ryan Reynolds may star in this movie but his face WILL be covered by the mask and wear the costume regardless to some people belief:
"He’s going to be the Merc with the Mouth, we’re going to give all those answers that everyone wants. He’s going to have the scarred-up face, he’s going to be in the suit — and, it’s going to be incredible."
With Reynolds face covered the big name star won't even be recognized. Unless some big name star is brought in to co-star in a supporting role to attract the audience. They could also bring in a big director to pull in the public, but with a contraversial character like
Deadpool it would not be easy.
So what are your thoughts on the matter? Leave comment below.