Deadpool (film)

: "Your face is the stuff of nightmares." "Like a testicle with teeth.""You will die alone... I mean, if you could die. Ideally, for other's sake--""That'll do.""What you need now is a suit and a name like Wade the Wisecracker, Scaredevil, Mr. Neverdie... Oh, shit. I put all my money on you, and now I just realized I'm never gonna win the...""Dead pool. Captain Deadpool... no, just Deadpool.""To you, Mr. Pool. Deadpool. That sounds like a fucking franchise."
: ―Weasel and Wade Wilson[src]
Deadpool is a 2016 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics antihero of the same name. A reboot of the Deadpool character following his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it is the eighth film in the X-Men film series. The film was released on February 8, 2016 internationally and on February 12, 2016 in the United States.
The film is directed by Tim Miller and stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Ed Skrein as Francis Freeman/Ajax, T.J. Miller as Jack Hammer/Weasel, Gina Carano as Christina/Angel Dust, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al/Althea, Brianna Hildebrand as Ellie Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Stefan Kapicic as the voice of Peter Rasputin/Colossus.
A sequel, Deadpool 2, was released on May 18, 2018. A second sequel set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool 3, will be released on July 26, 2024.
== Synopsis ==
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.
== Plot ==
Wade Wilson is a former special forces operative who works as a mercenary in New York City. He meets escort Vanessa Carlysle at a local bar and they become romantically attached. One year later, Wade proposes to her and she accepts, but he suddenly collapses. Wade is diagnosed with terminal cancer and though Vanessa remains by his side, he does not want her to watch him die.
A recruiter from a secret program approaches Wade offering an experimental cure for his cancer. Although Wade initially refuses, he decides to leave Vanessa and undergo the procedure. At a laboratory, Wade meets Ajax and Angel Dust, whom he instantly resents. Ajax injects Wade with a serum designed to awaken latent mutant genes, then has him subjected to weeks of torture to induce stress and trigger the mutation without success. Wade discovers Ajax's real name, Francis Freeman, and mocks him. In response, Ajax straps Wade into an airtight chamber which raises and lowers the oxygen level to keep Wade constantly on the verge of asphyxiation. Ajax reveals to Wade their true purpose: to make super-powered slaves to be sold to wealthy customers. Several days later, Wade develops a healing factor which fights his cancer, but his cancer gains the same healing factor, leaving him with a severely disfigured face and skin. He escapes from the chamber and attacks Ajax, but relents when told that his disfigurement can be cured. Ajax subdues Wade, impales him with a rebar and leaves him for dead in the burning laboratory.
Wade attempts to return to Vanessa, but is afraid of her suffering because of his appearance, and keeps himself away from her. After consulting his best friend Weasel, Wade decides to hunt down Ajax and have his disfigurement cured. He becomes a masked vigilante, takes the alias "Deadpool", and moves into the home of an elderly blind woman named Al. Following a string of leads, Deadpool tracks down Ajax to a convoy of cars on an expressway. He kills all the escorts, corners Ajax and demands a cure to his disfigurement. The confrontation is interrupted by two X-Men, Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who have been trying to recruit Deadpool. Taking advantage of the distraction, Ajax escapes. Colossus handcuffs himself to Deadpool and begins dragging him away, in order to take him with them back to the X-Men's mansion. Deadpool cuts off his own hand and escapes. His hand slowly regenerates overnight.
Ajax goes to Weasel's bar and learns about Vanessa. In response, Weasel calls Wade and tells him Vanessa is in danger. Wade goes to the strip club where she works but hesitates before he can face her. As a result, Ajax has time to kidnap Vanessa. He and Angel Dust tell Deadpool to meet them on a decommissioned helicarrier in a scrapyard.
Deadpool convinces Colossus and Negasonic to help him, and the trio takes a cab to the scrapyard. While Colossus and Negasonic battle Angel Dust, Deadpool fights his way through Ajax's henchmen, and eventually engages him in close combat. After Angel Dust knocks out Colossus, Negasonic uses her power to repel her, but accidentally destroys the equipment holding the helicarrier upright. As the helicarrier tips over, Colossus wakes up and takes Negasonic and Angel Dust to safety, while Deadpool successfully saves Vanessa. Ajax, still alive, resumes fighting Wade. After being subdued, Deadpool again demands his cure, causing Ajax to reveal that there is no cure.
Ignoring objections from Colossus, who wants Deadpool to spare his enemy's life, Deadpool summarily executes Ajax with a revolver. Wade turns to Vanessa, who removes his mask revealing his face. Vanessa is angered that Wade left her, but still loves him. She accepts him, and they reconcile by kissing.
== Cast ==
* Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
* Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle
* Ed Skrein as Francis Freeman/Ajax
* T.J. Miller as Weasel
* Gina Carano as Angel Dust
* Leslie Uggams as Blind Al
* Brianna Hildebrand as Ellie Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead
* Karan Soni as Dopinder
* Stefan Kapicic as Peter Rasputin/Colossus
* Stan Lee as Strip Club DJ
== Production ==
As far back as 2003, New Line Cinema was attempting to produce a Deadpool spin-off. When working out the deal with Marvel over the film rights, strict limitations were set in place; New Line was not allowed to connect Deadpool to the other X-Men films. In February 2004, writer/director David S. Goyer was working on the spin-off with Ryan Reynolds in the title role. "We would completely reinvent it," Goyer explained. "We can't connect it to Weapon X or anything like that. We'll see." However, by August 2004, Goyer lost interest in favor of other projects, but Reynolds remained interested. "It's still being talked about," the actor said in October 2004. "Avi Arad loves it." In March 2005, 20th Century Fox became interested in moving forward on production for Deadpool after New Line Cinema put the project in turnaround. The studio continued to consider the Deadpool spin-off early in the development of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is why Reynolds was cast for the role. After the opening weekend success of Wolverine, Fox announced on May 5, 2009 that they were lending Deadpool "out to writers" with Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios acting as producers.
Reynolds emphasized that he, Donner, and 20th Century Fox are working to ensure that Deadpool remains loyal as possible to the comic-book: "The studio's working on a script and trying to find a director," the actor explained in July 2009. "The main goal is to make sure it stays close to the source material."
Donner met with Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld to discuss the planned direction of the film in September 2009. Donner stated that she wants the film to "ignore the version of Deadpool that we saw in Wolverine and just start over again. Reboot it. Because this guy talks, obviously, and to muzzle him would be insane." She also confirmed that Deadpool will have the attributes that the character has in the comics, such as breaking the fourth wall.
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired to write the script in January 2010. Robert Rodriguez was sent an early draft of the screenplay in June 2010. Although he liked the casting choice of Reynolds and the script itself, Rodriguez explained, "I've been really swamped with this other stuff. I've not decided whether ... anything I do would be after Spy Kids – that gives some breathing room. So whether or not I would help develop or not is the question right now." The Los Angeles Times reported that Rodriguez and Fox were negotiating over several key points, but added that Rodriguez would not start filming for Deadpool until he finishes Spy Kids: All the time in the World.
After negotiations with Rodriguez fell through, Adam Berg emerged as a top contender for the director's chair. Reynolds is still attached, and filming is scheduled to begin in 2012. On April 7, 2011 it was announced that VFX specialist Tim Miller would be directing. Ryan Reynolds has expressed interest in making the film rated R. Rated R test footage was presented to Fox.
In 2014, test footage of the possible Deadpool movie featuring Ryan Reynolds was leaked online, only for FOX to upload a HQ version of the video and then subsequently take it down again.
Due to the overwhelming positive reception of the test footage, a release date was announced for the film and rumors that it would be PG-13 surfaced only for the claims to be denied as Fox has not decided on the film's rating as of yet. 
Filming for the Deadpool movie will begin taking place in Vancouver in March 2015.
Ryan Reynolds confirmed the movie will be R-rated during an April Fools Prank. 
== Videos ==
== Trivia ==
* During a talk at Google,Ryan Reynolds revealed that the taxi driver character "Dopinder" was named after "a really cool guy" he knew in elementary school, who died when he was hit by lightning. It was meant to be a tribute to him.
* Ryan Reynolds has said that Deadpool will be the last comic book character he will ever portray. However, he doesn't object to future Deadpool sequels and/or cameos.
* In an interview, writer Rhett Reese stated that Negasonic Teenage Warhead wasn't always intended to be in the film. Other X-Men such as Cannonball were considered, but they eventually used Negasonic Teenage Warhead because they "liked her name better."
* The Deadpool costume originally had a muscle layer underneath but it had to be removed: Ryan Reynolds  was so muscular, the costume was not only too tight for him, but it made him look overlarge.
== Music ==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
Karma (Hardline) 	Jamie N Commons 	Official Trailer #2
Angel of the Morning 	Juice Newton 	First song during the opening car crash in freeze frame. Repeats as Deadpool jumps from the overpass into one of Ajax's security vehicles.
Mera Joota Hai Japani 	Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi, Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal and Shailendra	Plays in the taxi that Deadpool gets into after the opening credits.
Shoop 	Salt-N-Pepa 	Deadpool sits on the edge of the overpass.
Te Deje 	Panta Meza Y Su Banda 	First song playing when Deadpool is knocked into the car radio.
The Party Starts Right Now 	U4L feat. Beth Enloe 	Second song playing when Deadpool is knocked into the car radio.
In Doubt 	Joanne Rosen 	Slow motion scene as Deadpool talks about how the movie is a love story, while skewering a bad guy with his two swords.
Something So Right 	Four Star Riot 	Flashback to Wade Wilson threatening pizza delivery guy, Jeremy, over stalking Meghan Orlovsky.
The Boys Are Back 	Campfire 	At a skateboard park, Wade Wilson informs Meghan Orlovsky that Jeremy will no longer be bothering her.
Howlin' For You 	The Black Keys feat. Prins Thomas Diskomiks 	Plays in Weasel's bar.
It's Great When We're Together 	Finley Quaye 	Wade Wilson buys drinks for the bar, then meets Vanessa Carlysle and they compare their rough childhoods.
Love Is a Tricky Thing 	Cate Song 	Romantic-seeming interlude until Wade Wilson says "It's time to put balls in holes".
Swing That Thang 	Mentally Disturbed 	Vanessa Carlysle and Wade Wilson play Skee-Ball in the arcade.
Calender Girl 	Neil Sedaka 	Vanessa Carlysle and Wade Wilson's seasonal sex scene.
I'll Be Home for Christmas 	Bing Crosby 	Wade Wilson and Vanessa Carlysle talk about how their crazy matches each other's crazy.
Dance Hall Days 	Wang Chung 	Wade Wilson shows off his Whem! album, then Vanessa Carlysle tries to convince him that he should stay with her for the time he has left.
Poor St. John 	Joe Marson 	Wade Wilson heads to the bar for a drink and shows Weasel the clinic brochures that Vanessa has been bringing home. Weasel gives Wade a business card.
Mr. Sandman 	The Chordettes 	Montage of Wade Wilson being tortured as Ajax tries to get the serum to activate.
I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)	Stretch Nickel 	Wade Wilson reveals his face to Weasel at the bar.
Deadpool Rap 	TeamHeadKick 	Deadpool hunts down Ajax's henchmen.
Hit the Road Jack 	Ray Charles 	Deadpool reaches his home in a garbage truck after having cut his arm off.
Moonlight 	Hanni El Khatib 	Weasel tells a joke about a guy having a short time to live as Ajax and Angel Dust arrive to ask about Deadpool.
G.D.F.R. 	Flo Rida feat. Sage the Gemini and Lookas 	Deadpool goes through the strip club looking for Vanessa Carlysle.
No Clothes Zone 	Kidd Fresh 	Weasel tells Deadpool that he saw Vanessa Carlysle head to the back of the club.
Sat Rangey 	Jazzy B 	Deadpool, Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead take a taxi to the shipyard. Deadpool advises Dopinder on how to win back Geeta.
You're the Inspiration 	Chicago 	Deadpool hallucinates cartoon animals surrounding Vanessa Carlysle. Negasonic Teenage Warhead blasts Angel Dust off of Colossus.
Careless Whisper 	George Michael 	Deadpool plays this song on his phone as he and Vanessa Carlysle kiss. Plays into the end credits.
== References ==
# ↑ Deadpool – 20th Century Fox (retrieved from the Wayback Machine)
# ↑ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22bfmv_deadpool-movie-test-footage-san-diego-comic-con-2014-vo-hq_shortfilms
# ↑ Leaked! VFX Test Footage From DEADPOOL Movie!
# ↑ http://vz3.blur.com/work/detail/weapon-x#movies/1
# ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/x-men-spin-deadpool-gets-734172?facebook_20140918
# ↑ Simon Kinberg Confirms Deadpool Movie Is Part Of Shared X-Men Cinematic Universe
# ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ryan-reynolds-good-fight-deadpool-785916
== External Links ==
* Deadpool (film) on IMDb
* Deadpool (film) on Wikipedia