Deadpool (film)

Deadpool is a movie now in development as a spin-off of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It will be produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios and the eighth film in the X-Men film series. Ryan Reynolds is slated to return in a complete exploration of the character - his origins, his emergence as the Merc with the Mouth, and more! The movie is planned for a 2013/2014 release. Lauren Shuler Donner is expected to return as producer. It has been recently reported production is moving forward with the film and that filming is scheduled for April 2012. The film may possibly be Rated R.

Sypnopsis
Wade Wilson, a mutant mercenary with super-human speed who was given healing abilities, optic blasts, teleportation abilities and technopathy, through a genetic alteration experiment run by the Weapon XI program, emerges as an indestructible semi-sane anti-hero.

Cast

 * Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Trivia

 * In February 2004 David S. Goyer was hired to direct, but by August he had gone on to work on other films.
 * In June 2010 Robert Rodriguez was approached to direct, but he turned it down for Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011).