Variety Confirms Deadpool Screenwriters!

Variety Confirms Deadpool Screenwriters!

Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are set to pen the Merc with a Mouth's first screenplay.

By multipurposeponi - Jan 06, 2010 12:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool
Source: Variety



The pair who only recently drafted a script for a Venom spin-off have been officially signed on to write a Deadpool treatment.

Though no time table has been set for production on the project, it's expected to begin shortly after star Ryan Reynolds finishes Green Lantern.

Lauren Shuler Donner, who is producing Deadpool, has so far promised the movie will not follow the storyline established in last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine; but instead stay true to the source material. Ryan Reynold's has backed these statement up, saying we will definitely see a true comics-to-film adaptation of the character.

With writers now attached to the project, we'll finally learn how much of those promises will come true.

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GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/6/2010, 6:26 AM
YAY, I JUST HOPE THEY DO IT JUSTICE.
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 1/6/2010, 6:32 AM
I really dug Zombieland. I'm ready to see what they can do with Deadpool. Blood & Laughs guys!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/6/2010, 6:38 AM
This is cool!!

ZOMBIELAND was a [frick]ing sweet movie, glad their involved!!

Hey why did your article get deleted @ MULTI??


P.S. That Polls funny, god i hope its the first one lol!!

JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 1/6/2010, 7:01 AM
I havent seen Zombieland but looking at Fox's track record I have a horrible feeling that, "No, it'll be X-Men Origins: Wolverine part deux" :(

Just the fact that Donner said they plan on rebooting the character after Wolverine, shows that they just act without thinking! Sure, I'm pleased that they'll forget all the shit from that movie but they should never have used the character so badly in the first place if they knew what they were doing!
ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 7:01 AM
zombieland was awesome and very funny, i hope they can pull it off.
ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 7:03 AM
josh@ its a very funny zombie movie with a awesome cameo and woody harrelson on top form

and trusting fox with cbm's is like the devil offering you cookies that happern to be crack :0
DDD
DDD - 1/6/2010, 7:16 AM
Like I stated before I hope this movie is good
but FOX knows how to somehow drag good writers
down!
DDD
DDD - 1/6/2010, 7:18 AM
Uh, what were we talking about....
ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 7:40 AM
telavizion@ lol it's true man

multi&tea@ loving the pictures :)
Perrigren
Perrigren - 1/6/2010, 7:41 AM
I don't think Deadpool will be a big enough draw on its own to stray too far from the source material. I think in this one because he is a minor character they have to keep the fanboys happy to make money. With Wolverine everyone had heard of him (mostly) so they could do what they wanted, not a whole bunch of people know deadpool outside the comic universe.

And chimichanga indeed, pictures so wonderfully distracting
WeaponX
WeaponX - 1/6/2010, 7:49 AM
Wow, 68% of those who've voted think FOX has learned from their mistakes?!

Hah! Not [frick]in' likely.

How many times have we heard Donner shovel her bullshit down our ears? How many times has her bullshit been proven to be just that, bullshit?

Every-[frick]ing-time.

Reynolds has mentioned he's pushing for a true-to-source film and maybe we'll get it but we all know how FOX railroads creativity in the people they hire (at least those who have it to begin with). So, I'd take it as ambitious intent on the actor's part to psyche himself up as well as fans about the project. I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find them [frick]ing everyone in the ass with this film, including Reynolds.

If by some outside, one-in-a-million chance Deadpool is a proper true-to-source comic adaptation - I'm gonna be pissed off.

Pissed that Deadpool, of all properties FOX has gotten their cum matted mitts on, is the one they decide to treat with the respect a fan heavy property deserves. While X-Men (more pointedly X3 in this case), Wolverine and to a lesser extent Fantastic Four who've been bigger icons in the comics community have been treated the way they have been.

I enjoyed Zombieland because I walked in knowing what to expect and what I wanted out of it. A "good time" movie. Sit down, have a laugh and watch zombies get killed. Nothing more, nothing less. But if they are using that movie to bolster approval of these dudes writing a comic adaptation, a proper one, then they are not doing favors to people who really want a good story only to have two dudes who wrote a tale that was more of an on-screen exercise to find ways to move on to the next zombie kill and keep a group together. Much like Michael Bay and his "'splosions".

It could very well be a movie that will focus on the jokes and violence more than developing a character, but we'll see I suppose. If they were going to do a comic adaptation of "Dead World", they'd be a good choice to start. However, I'm less inclined to give them a shot at making Deadpool successful and not turn it into MTV fluff. Because one dude is solely responsible for "Cruel Intentions 3" and the other some of the "The Joe Schmo Show". So really, not all that encouraging for writing a proper comic movie.

Anyway, at the end of the day after Donner stops making noise out of her face, we should all remember one thing:

It's FOX.
ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 7:56 AM
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ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 7:57 AM
multi@ im in agreement with you, 10/10 indeed!!!
DDD
DDD - 1/6/2010, 8:02 AM
Tea@ you done let the cat out of the bag! lol

....now what was i talkin' 'bout again?
DDD
DDD - 1/6/2010, 8:05 AM
Nice to see you multi@....
uh, I can't really see ya though...
DDD
DDD - 1/6/2010, 8:10 AM
Tea@ Multi@ Tanks a lot guys!

633859505790392480-tanktops
ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 8:10 AM
ddd@ lmao man


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ukboy28
ukboy28 - 1/6/2010, 8:15 AM
tea@ indeed mate, what a pic lol
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 1/6/2010, 10:09 AM
Cmon guys! My Grandma likes Deadpool. This article is going to really upset her! LOL
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 1/6/2010, 10:26 AM
So much for the Deadpool discussion.
DeMoNaSsDiZ
DeMoNaSsDiZ - 1/6/2010, 10:32 AM

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the writers of this movie need to stay focussed
DeMoNaSsDiZ
DeMoNaSsDiZ - 1/6/2010, 12:15 PM
teabag@ i do what i can


the writers need to keep
the subject matter
as close to the source material
as possible
maybe someone should help influence this
someone they'd listen to


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DeMoNaSsDiZ
DeMoNaSsDiZ - 1/6/2010, 12:31 PM
just follow the equation
and this movie will
turn out fine!!!!!!!!

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RockNRollCC
RockNRollCC - 1/6/2010, 1:14 PM
YES!!!!! THIS IS AWSUM NEWS! I luved zombieland! now all we need is Tarantino to direct (not likely tho), a good cast, and we're good to go!

but so much for the discussion is right @ranger. how did this turn into a boob discussion?
how about deadpool making BOOB jokes in the movie XD
Deadpo0l
Deadpo0l - 1/6/2010, 1:16 PM
I think the writers of Zombieland would be great for Deadpool. It has all the makings of a huge hit; writers of a great zombie flick, comedy, only thing better is raising Bea Arthur from the dead as a zombie that Deadpool has to kill. I'm set to watch this movie!!!
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 1/6/2010, 1:39 PM
Fantastic!!!
1chris2
1chris2 - 1/6/2010, 2:28 PM
nice thread. and you know what sucks? cable will never be in the films unless they say hes not cyclops son,because cyclops was supposedly killed in x-3. i think a x-3,and 4 should be made and cyclops should return and colossus,iceman,angel,chamber,angel salvador,gambit,nightcrawler,beast,emma frost,rogue,sabretoothe wolverine,magneto,beak,and the professor should have more story,and here is what should happen. alright its not to long after what happened in x-3 the government is so fing scared of mutants so they strike out against them and lock up the beast and release the sentinels to capture mutants. then the mutants are kinda forced together,find a way to bring back cyclops,and magneto helps the x-men.there are so many things they can do with the x-men to just stop at x-3 and not move on to x-4,and so forth.
ThePrince
ThePrince - 1/6/2010, 6:22 PM
you know its amazing how many times i have something to say about a topic and by the time i get to the post comment box at the bottom, ive totally forgot already what i had to say. what im gettin at here is, great job with the pictures everyone, keep up the good work.
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 1/6/2010, 9:27 PM
Deadpool and the new writing team agree: This is the best article EVER! Oh yeah, they would like to see a hot chick with a chimichanga if possible.
Trioch
Trioch - 1/7/2010, 2:42 AM
Dam came into this thread hoping to see some comments about deadpool and got all these images of half naked women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........



SWEET! =)
iNsaneMilesy
iNsaneMilesy - 1/21/2010, 6:52 PM
The reason FOX marvel movies arent EVER going to do as well as the MARVEL STUDIOS version is because......................................................................ahem, sorry distracted by all the naked flesh. where was i?...oh yes. they will never do as well because FOX doesnt have access to the guys that create these characters to perfection in the first place. the writers. Iron Man had Quesada, Bendis, Millar etc etc etc sitting around a table with the screen writers disscussing it and fleshing it out. Whereas say most of the FOX movies are written by guys that have probably never read anything on the character let alone a comic before. And given that Deadpool is an EXTREMELY complicated guy I don't see him being done true justice. I'm a die hard DP fan, and it kills me to admit it. It'll take nothing short of Joe Kelly and Fabian Niceaza to be involved. Now back to the boobs.....
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