UPDATE: Marvel Officially Announces Deadpool Movie

UPDATE: Marvel Officially Announces Deadpool Movie

After weeks of rumor and speculation, Marvel Comics has officially announced that Ryan Reynolds's X-MEN ORIGNS: WOLVERINE character, DEADPOOL, will be getting a solo film.

By bsprecher - May 12, 2009 03:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool

The solo film, possibly titled X-Men Origins: Deadpool, was originally announced as possibly being in the works as early as May 6th. Today, however, Marvel Comics updated the article with official confirmation that the film is going into development.

The Deadpool film will be produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel, with Reynolds reprising the role of Wade Wilson/Deadpool, the "Merc with the Mouth." The film is expected to explore Deadpool's origins and motivations.



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