Rob Liefeld Talks DEADPOOL Movie And Teases Plans For CABLE; "He's Coming..."

Rob Liefeld Talks DEADPOOL Movie And Teases Plans For CABLE; "He's Coming..."

Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld made an appearance at Comikaze 2014 this weekend, and revealed that he advised Fox not to put Cable into the Merc With The Mouth's movie and weighs in on when we'll see that character and what we should expect from the 2016 release...

By JoshWilding - Nov 02, 2014 09:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool
Source: ComicBook.com

Talking at Comikaze, Rob Liefeld revealed that he advised Fox not to include Cable in Deadpool's solo outing (explaining why Colossus was in early drafts of the script as a second lead of sorts) and that he shared many ideas with them following the character's disastrous debut in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. "Following Wolverine, the Donners called me into their office and said, ‘Rob, we want to meet and talk to you about Deadpool, since we’re spinning it off. We know we made some missteps, and we want to get it right.’ So I sat there with a bunch of producers, and we sat for several hours, and we talked about different ideas. And I tried to steer them in directions I think. For instance, I’ll tell you, first question they said, ‘Rob, does Cable need to be in the Deadpool movie?’ And I said, ‘No, Deadpool deserves his own function and Cable should come in in his own movie.’ And they were like, ‘Ok, because we were thinking about…’ And I was like, ‘No, you can do them both separately. They don’t need to be in the same movie.’ Look, we had a long talk, we had some ideas, I can’t share them, some of them made it across the finish line."

There's a lot more in the video above, including Liefeld's thoughts on the writers of the Deadpool movie, what it was like to see the leaked test footage, and Fox's reaction to that ("We have computer forensics. We will find that person..."). He also singled out Ryan Reynolds as playing the character and pointed to his passion for the project as being the main reason it's finally happening. "Ryan is Deadpool. Look, Ryan Reynolds, he’s gone through that same career arc, the guy is ridiculously talented. He has a huge, huge passion for Deadpool. Deadpool’s not happening, because he was a giant star, they said, ‘Ryan, what do you want to do?’ And he said, ‘Deadpool.’ That’s why it happened. They would have no faith otherwise. That movie is because of his passion. He put together the team." As for when and if Cable will make his big screen debut in the near future, all he would say is: "Cable is awesome. And he will…when he appears on screen, we’re all going to nerdgasm, because he’s coming. They can’t hold him back. He’s coming."
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EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 11/2/2014, 9:52 AM
Rob Liefeld is an idiot. He proves it again.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 11/2/2014, 9:52 AM
Very interesting..... It seems he was right all along about the Deadpool thing for the past few years
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 9:53 AM
his smile scares me everytime
JamesMan
JamesMan - 11/2/2014, 9:54 AM
We better get Hydra Bob in Deadpool! I'd actually consider him way before Cable.
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 11/2/2014, 9:55 AM
Fox + Deadpool + Liefeld all in the same thread?

JamesMan
JamesMan - 11/2/2014, 9:56 AM
I really dig how humble Fox is over their screwups, especially with Deadpool. It's hard to find a studio admitting they [frick]ed up.
TheMadman
TheMadman - 11/2/2014, 9:57 AM
Not sure I believe everything that he says, but I am excited for the movie.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 9:57 AM
feet
Jordanstine
Jordanstine - 11/2/2014, 10:01 AM
Nerdgasm?

Cable is coming?

That's what she said!
DCGuy
DCGuy - 11/2/2014, 10:02 AM
@theduderusty, I dont know shit about him so explain why pls so I can mock him with u
csdot
csdot - 11/2/2014, 10:07 AM
Fox knew they screwed up....so they turned to Rob Liefeld.
Sounds about right for Fox.
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 11/2/2014, 10:07 AM
@DCGuy
Image search Rob Liefeld.
csdot
csdot - 11/2/2014, 10:09 AM
@thebest20 Liefeld has zero to do with why Deadpool is popular now. That's like saying Stan Lee knows more than anyone about Spider-Man.
koolaidbag
koolaidbag - 11/2/2014, 10:09 AM
On a silly note: I bet the second question was, "rob....feet, or no?"

On a serious note: while rob is, and always will be the crackpot of comics, I will forever stand behind the fact that he was smarter then most when it comes to his creations. Having everyone he's ever made characters for, sign a contract stating that he must get a say in, and earn a profit from any adaptions of his characters outside of comicbook use was a genius move on his part.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 11/2/2014, 10:10 AM
We'll that's good to know they started early to develop these plans for not only Deadpool but Cable as well. Deadpool really sounds like it's going to be solid and the people behind it gives me even more faith. Perhaps the mystery 2018 film is a Cable solo film or the X-Force film?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/2/2014, 10:10 AM
Does he still wear button-fly jeans?
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:11 AM
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:12 AM
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:13 AM
Dem feet!

JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 11/2/2014, 10:13 AM
Fox are really being serious about this Deadpool movie now

They really did a number on him in Wolverine origins, it's almost unforgivable
Pasto
Pasto - 11/2/2014, 10:15 AM
I like feet.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/2/2014, 10:16 AM
deadpool solo movie i'm fine with.as for cable,have him turn up in x-men apocalypse.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 11/2/2014, 10:17 AM
I wonder who they'd cast for Cable though?
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:20 AM
Cap could rest a 12-pack of beer on those man titties
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:20 AM
@Rational

I was thinking Josh Brolin, but he is Thanos already
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/2/2014, 10:21 AM
Josh Brolin for Cable. Even though we all know that won't happen.
Mecha
Mecha - 4/12/2017, 1:08 PM
@WruceBayne - lol!
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 4/12/2017, 1:44 PM
@Mecha - BRO! I was spot on. I figured he was Thanos and some weird contract that didn't allow him to play another superhero/villain.
I'm playing the lottery today. Lol!
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:21 AM
wait, that is a different studio though
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 11/2/2014, 10:21 AM
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau should play Cable:

AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 11/2/2014, 10:22 AM
possible?
Satanistpanther
Satanistpanther - 11/2/2014, 10:23 AM
[frick] yeah ,, 2016 here we come
TheMadman
TheMadman - 11/2/2014, 10:23 AM
Wow Liefeld has a thing for mile-long legs
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/2/2014, 10:23 AM
[Frick] AsgardianHobo already said it.
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