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Fizz — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:55:12 -0800

Deadpool [Red Band Trailer] [NSFW] [Green Band Trailer] [SFW]

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.

By: AlonzoMosleyFBI

AlonzoMosleyFBI — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:02:37 -0800

It looks like they recreated the test footage that was released a year ago.

By: cazoo

cazoo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:06:34 -0800

Was that Colossus? I thought the X-men were owned by Fox and therefore outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:07:46 -0800

So I'm guessing the post-credits is going to be a lot of TJ Miller's colorful descriptions of Deadpool's appearance.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:07:55 -0800

AlonzomosleyFBI, I found this last bit via Slashfilm

You'll notice that the sequence that was created for the sizzle reel and ended up being the leaked, effectively convincing the studio to actually make the movie, has been completely been recreated for the movie. Again, it's been shortened a little bit, but you get the idea. Reynolds attributed that leak to being the reason this movie finally got made, so it's cool to see it survive in some form in the real movie.

By: Mooski

Mooski — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:08:39 -0800

I think there's an agreement that certain characters can cross over as long as the word 'mutant' isn't used. I'm looking forward to this - Ryan Reynolds was born for this role. Not sure what that says about him, but still.

By: cazoo

cazoo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:10:03 -0800

Ah, nevermind. I didn't realize what studio was making this.

By: Windigo

Windigo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:10:17 -0800

By: Sangermaine

Sangermaine — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:10:37 -0800

Was that Colossus? I thought the X-men were owned by Fox and therefore outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. cazoo This movie is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This movie is being made by Fox, it's not from Disney. Fox owns the rights to Deadpool as part of the X-men franchise.

By: pan

pan — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:10:52 -0800

Was that Colossus? I thought the X-men were owned by Fox and therefore outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is from 20th Century Fox. X-men are fair game.

By: 1970s Antihero

1970s Antihero — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:10:59 -0800

This is a Fox film. Since the character of Deadpool first appeared in an X-Men comic (created by Liefeld), Fox has the movie rights.

By: postcommunism

postcommunism — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:11:28 -0800

Remember the original test footage that came out ~ a year ago? (And which is now hard to find on youtube because of an infinitely expanding roster of deadpool reaction videos?) In the test footage, the fight was the comedy. In the trailer, the same fight looks like standard badassery filling time between a couple jokes. Maybe it's the music.

By: Mooski

Mooski — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:11:49 -0800

Wow, and I thought Deadpool was Marvel/Disney as well. Chimichanga.

By: Sangermaine

Sangermaine — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:14:04 -0800

People responding thinking that this is Disney might want to try clicking on the first and second links, which go to trailers on Fox's YouTube account.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:15:15 -0800

Is this a Fox film?!

By: pan

pan — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:16:11 -0800

I know nothing about Deadpool, though I love the MCU films. Tumblr told me that he's pansexual, sexually submissive, and enjoys dressing in womens' clothing. Is that all true? I like the idea of a genderfluid superhero and hope it is. I'm sorry to say that he is usually in the mode of a bloodier bugs bunny. Which might not be what you're looking for.

By: HeroZero

HeroZero — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:16:33 -0800

"breaking news deadpool movie sure to appeal to men who wish that their subscription to maxim was a person they could be friends with"

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:18:29 -0800

Would someone be kind enough to make a list. If I have no prior knowledge of Deadpool, where is a good place to begin with the comics? Origin stories are welcome. As well as any standalone graphic novel collections.

By: zombieflanders

zombieflanders — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:18:50 -0800

"Please, don't make the super-suit green! Or animated!" Ha! If they have him wonder out loud why he looks like Ryan Reynolds, that would be awesome. As for the music, I'm pretty sure "X Gon' Give It to Ya" is supposed to be a clever shout-out to Weapon X, the program that turns Wade Wilson into Deadpool.

By: xingcat

xingcat — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:18:56 -0800

Is Ryan Reynolds the most superhero-playing actor of all time? Green Lantern, Deadpool...wasn't he somebody else?

By: Twain Device

Twain Device — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:20:35 -0800

He was Hannibal King in Blade 3

By: AlonzoMosleyFBI

AlonzoMosleyFBI — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:21:21 -0800

Is Ryan Reynolds the most superhero-playing actor of all time? Green Lantern, Deadpool...wasn't he somebody else? I think it's a tie with Chris Evans and Ben Affleck.

By: AlonzoMosleyFBI

AlonzoMosleyFBI — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:22:12 -0800

He was Hannibal King in Blade 3 Oops. My bad.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:22:18 -0800

"breaking news deadpool movie sure to appeal to men who wish that their subscription to maxim was a person they could be friends with" For fuck's sake Clark, you don't have to be a high and mighty prick on every occasion.

By: Windigo

Windigo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:22:51 -0800

Is Ryan Reynolds the most superhero-playing actor of all time? Green Lantern, Deadpool...wasn't he somebody else? Here's a list thingy.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:24:06 -0800

At the Boston ComicCon last week, my five year old had to be physically restrained from attacking a group of "Bad Spider-Mans" (Deadpools) because "Mommy doesn't like them because they use guns." I thought about unleashing him as Deadpool cosplayers tend to be the physical avatars of The Worst Dude At The Party, but we left his Thor hammer at home.

By: thecjm

thecjm — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:24:13 -0800

Where to start with Deadpool? The Joe Kelly run is where he became "Deadpool" and not Rob Liefeld's Deathstroke knock-off. Cullen Bunn had a good run, and the current run from Brian Poeshn and Gerry Duggan is good too.

By: pan

pan — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:24:15 -0800

By: Windigo

Windigo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:25:14 -0800

Though it's really a trick question. Who has appeared in the most superhero movies, playing different characters? Stan Lee

By: thecjm

thecjm — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:25:25 -0800

At his best, Deadpool is Bugs Bunny for 13 year old boys. At his worst, Deadpool is Bugs Bunny for 13 year old boys.

By: Sangermaine

Sangermaine — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:25:36 -0800

Fizz, Check out the first ongoing Deadpool series from the 90s by Joe Kelly, which established the character as he appears in this movie. The character was created by Liefeld and Nicieza, but his original characterization is pretty different. Daniel Way's Deadpool run from the mid-2000s, and the current ongoing Deadpool series are good. Cable and Deadpool was a great, bizarre buddy series that saw the zany, hyperactive Deadpool paired with the dour, hyper-serious, grim future-soldier Cable. Uncanny X-Force has a great depiction of Deadpool, because he works best IMO when having other people to bounce off of.

By: zombieflanders

zombieflanders — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:26:38 -0800

If I have no prior knowledge of Deadpool, where is a good place to begin with the comics? Origin stories are welcome. Well, there's early '90s-style Liefeld all-pockets-and-big-guns-and-no-feet Deadpool, and then there's the modern Deadpool who largely exists to mock the Marvel universe while still remaining canon. If you're prepping for the movie, check out collections of his self-titled series (which started in 1997) and Cable and Deadpool. Is Ryan Reynolds the most superhero-playing actor of all time? Green Lantern, Deadpool...wasn't he somebody else? If we're going for deeper comicbook cuts, he's also been in R.I.P.D. and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

By: clockzero

clockzero — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:27:27 -0800

The character's name just makes me think of 'Milpool' from the Simpsons episode where Bart breaks his leg

By: Windigo

Windigo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:27:49 -0800

I'm sorry to say that he is usually in the mode of a bloodier bugs bunny. Which might not be what you're looking for. Oh, that's fine. It'd just be nice if all those claims are true, since that's something we never get in superhero films outside of fanfiction.

By: Diablevert

Diablevert — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:31:01 -0800

I'm pretty well weary of superhero movies in general, but you could have talked me round on Deadpool. A superhero movie that undercuts bombast instead of revelling in it would be nice. So....is anyone else worried that the jokes in this trailer aren't funny? Ryan Reynolds can do smarmy fine. Smarmy and dumb doesn't work, though. Them's the bad guys.

By: Twain Device

Twain Device — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:32:28 -0800

So look. I know MeFites gonna poo poo, but I am stupid excited for this: Ryan Reynolds appears to GET the feel of Deadpool, 4th wall breaking, parody, kinda crazy. Fox appears willing to allow this to be a gamble. It has an R rating, which is honestly requried to do Deadpool correctly and is NOT normal for something designed to appeal to everyone. Deadpool will NOT appeal to everyone, and that is okay. It appears to be being done RIGHT and not Mass market. In what I can only describe as a mind boggling set of level headed, Fox (the Studio that Canceled Firefly!) not only admitted that they made a boneheaded decision in Wolverine Origins in regard to Deadpool they poked fun at trailer mania by putting out the linked Trailer Trailer (at least I hope that was intentional) While I normally become more worried as more information comes out about something I Love being adapted into a new art form, The more they show, the more my worry subsides. The more I see hints that Fox appears to Get It, or at least, Fox appears to understand that the people involved Get It , and they aren't standing in the way of them Getting It.

By: straight

straight — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:32:33 -0800

If they have him wonder out loud why he looks like Ryan Reynolds, that would be awesome. Deadpool was once given a curse by Loki that made his face look like Tom Cruise.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:33:45 -0800

Gail Simone's run on the end of '00s Deadpool and the start of Agent X is also worth checking out. Agent X isn't Deadpool, but a big part of that storyline is why this guy who isn't Deadpool seems to be in many ways identical to Deadpool.

By: Twain Device

Twain Device — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:37:58 -0800

Count me among those who have issues with Grimdark (jeez DC, we get it, you are edgy and brooding), so I'm always happy for something to come along and show to the world, look, movies can be fun! There can be seriousness while also making jokes.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:43:04 -0800

Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking Hyper Combo from Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

By: Shepherd

Shepherd — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:44:05 -0800

I was in the anti-Deadpool pool until the recent Posehn/Duggan run, which brought me around to liking the character. Also liked the recent Hawkeye vs. Deadpool LS, where Duggan does a great job of both doing both leads (and Kate!) decently, while poking some good fun at the Fraction Hawkeye series. I don't often laugh out loud while reading stuff, but there's a riff on the Fraction "Chris Ware does Superheroes" trope that actually got me to do it.

By: Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:47:05 -0800

I feel like this movie took long enough to be made that I've managed to age out of enjoying the character and the whole ironic-yucks style of movie violence. As in-universe parody characters go, I find that Squirrel Girl is a lot more fun. But on the other hand, the great thing about Deadpool is that even goofy cosplay fan videos feel 100% canon to the character.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:15:36 -0800

He killed Mario Lopez, so I have to give him mad props for that.

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:16:25 -0800

If I have no prior knowledge of Deadpool, where is a good place to begin with the comics? It looks like they're going with the original ongoing run. Pick up the trades with Kelly listed as the top name. (The recent stuff by Duggan and Posehn has been excellent as well.) Tumblr told me that he's pansexual, sexually submissive, and enjoys dressing in womens' clothing. Is that all true? It's not wrong, although Tumblr fandom tends to overemphasize things they like. "Bloodier Bugs Bunny" is a good take. It has an R rating, which is honestly requried to do Deadpool correctly I don't understand this sentiment. The original material is PG-13 at best (at least by US standards.) I'm actually worried that the R will be taken as license to behave badly. The key to Deadpool is that he's a tragicomic figure. I'm hoping they're just holding back on the tragedy in the trailers.

By: HillbillyInBC

HillbillyInBC — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:23:15 -0800

I had to detour around the Georgia Street viaduct for a week for this?

By: Kitteh

Kitteh — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:29:43 -0800

Deadpool is the superhero character Reynolds should have been playing all along. (I refuse to remember Wolverine: Origins for everyone involved's sakes. I do remember we had pizza that night. It was pretty good.)

By: maxsparber

maxsparber — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:34:14 -0800

Halle Berry played Storm and the Catwoman. Ellen Page was Kitty Pryde and also a sort of lunatic vigilante superhero in Super. Doug Jones was Abe Sapien and the Silver Sufer. Michael Jai White was Spawn and also the Bronze Tiger. Nicholas Cage was Ghost Rider and Big Daddy in Kick Ass (and was almost superman). Ray Stevenson played the Punisher and now is Volstagg in the Thor franchise. Michael Keaton was Batman and also Birdman. Ben Affleck was also sort of superman in Hollywoodland. Buster Crabbe was Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Tarzan -- the only actor to play all three. The almost-completely-forgotten actor (and former Omahan) Judd Holdren played Captain Video, Commando Cody, and Ranger Higgens in Rocky Jones Space Ranger. Omaha never gets no credit for nothing.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:41:25 -0800

The non-Deadpool Ryan Reynolds kinda creeps me out with that haircut. Like a circus peanut with ears.

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:05:28 -0800

I really don't care much for Deadpool. The humor always strikes me as the kind of jokes that people who shout "Random!" love. But the second I saw COLOSSUS LOOKING LIKE COLOSSUS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I was on board.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:10:24 -0800

Brandon Routh has also been Superman, the Atom, and the perhaps lesser-known Todd Ingram in this flick, which also boosts Chris Evans' count by one (as does this, which few people remember began as a graphic novel). By my count, Chris Evans has now been in ten comic book movies as four different characters, with about three more movies in the pipeline. That must be a record for the prominent roles he plays in each. Tommy Lee Jones has also variously been Two-Face, Colonel Chester Phillips, and Kay several times.

By: angeline

angeline — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:16:40 -0800

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters played superhero and villain in "Kick-ass", and within the last year they've BOTH played Quicksilver.

By: angeline

angeline — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:18:36 -0800

Ah wait Evan Peters wasn't the villain. Still they were both in "Kick-ass". MY BAD.

By: symbioid

symbioid — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:27:21 -0800

I've got my New Mutants 98 and it's going for 150-400 on ebay these days. I keep meaning to sell it before it's too late, but I'm freaking lazy. I also don't have it graded and feel it's not good enough to grade, so I'm expecting the lower end. I suppose now that the trailer is out I'd better start getting serious about getting rid of it. I could use the cash. This is the most valuable any of my comics has gotten (previously X-Men 268 was the highest price, AFAIK) Curious to see how the trailer is - will watch it tonight.

By: straight

straight — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:37:26 -0800

I don't understand this sentiment. The original material is PG-13 at best (at least by US standards.) I'm actually worried that the R will be taken as license to behave badly. Yeah, fanboys were demanding R-rated Wolverine movies, but the definitive Wolverine comics that rocketed him into popularity -- the Claremont & Miller miniseries and Claremont & Byrne's run on X-Men -- were all PG-13 or milder.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:00:34 -0800

I've got my New Mutants 98 and it's going for 150-400 on ebay these days. Shoot. I had that issue and traded it for some gobots.

By: Splunge

Splunge — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:11:47 -0800

I have been waiting for this movie all of my life. It will be the greatest movie ever made. This is not hyperbole.

By: 1970s Antihero

1970s Antihero — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:19:06 -0800

Meanwhile, Fox's other Marvel license, Fantastic Four, is currently at 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:20:45 -0800

I have been waiting for this movie all of my life. It will be the greatest movie ever made. This is not hyperbole. Do you want to know how I can tell you've never seen Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter?

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:30:54 -0800

Tagline: "The Power of Christ Impales You."

By: Windigo

Windigo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:56:10 -0800

I have been waiting for this movie all of my life. It will be the greatest movie ever made. This is not hyperbole. Do you want to know how I can tell you've never seen Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter? Mad Max Fury Road, if we're now waving our fave movies' dicks around

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:01:56 -0800

Windigo: "I know nothing about Deadpool, though I love the MCU films. Tumblr told me that he's pansexual, sexually submissive, and enjoys dressing in womens' clothing. Is that all true? I like the idea of a genderfluid superhero and hope it is." Not so much genderfluid as completely freaking unhinged. It's all about the motivation.

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:36:03 -0800

The key to Deadpool is that he's a tragicomic figure. I'm hoping they're just holding back on the tragedy in the trailers. This really is the key to Deadpool. Fortunately it looks like the movie is based off the early Joe Kelly run, which had some dark, dark shit in Wade's life. While Deadpool can and does use plenty of goofy and light-hearted humor, he has to start dark in order to get lighter. As a character Deadpool works best written as a very damaged person who has experienced and done fucked-up things, and who backslides and improves over time but will never be 100% 'normal' mentally. But that's okay! He's comfortable with that! A great/tragicomic thing about Deadpool is that as an archetype, he's built in the grimdark mercenary antihero loner mold. But as a character, he loves belonging with people and being part of a team, even when he's terrible at it, and he's hugely enthusiastic about saving the day and/or destroying public property as long as it means he can hang out with people. A semi-running gag for years was Deadpool trying wriggle his way onto one of the A-list teams by any method available. "Look out, that evil Sentinel wants to kill all mutants like us!" "You're not a mutant, Deadpool." "Gasp! What a terrible thing to say about one of your fellow X-Men!" "YOU'RE NOT AN X-MAN, DEADPOOL." Deadpool fascinates me because he's the closest Marvel has to a pure, lasting Trickster figure the Marvel canon has, especially with Loki usually flipflopped between true villain or true hero.

By: FJT

FJT — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:11:10 -0800

This is sort of a gamble: -Casting a good looking male actor, but then for most of the film he's either going to be behind the mask or wearing scarred up face prosthetics -Casting an actor who has sunk a couple of comic book films already -Making a non-family friendly R Rated Comic book film (Yes there's 300, Sin City, and Kick Ass, but then there's the sequels to those films...) -A comic book character that isn't recognized Internationally, so they might not be able to bank on the overseas box office to save them The only plus is this is not a totally original film as this is connected to the X-Men Cinematic Universe. Maybe they'll have another big name X-Man actor (Stewart, Fassbender, Jackman) cameo other than Colossus?

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:13:24 -0800

Studio-mandated Fantastic Four cameo.

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:51:51 -0800

Chris Evans cameo; Deadpool can't remember if he's named Johnny or Steve.

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:01:52 -0800

The director is already teasing that Cable could be the villain in a Deadpool sequel. Come to me, my C&D and Uncanny X-Force movies, come to meeeee! I also hope that Negasonic Teenage Warhead is called by the full name Negasonic Teenage Warhead every time she is onscreen.

By: radwolf76

radwolf76 — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:46:10 -0800

If I have no prior knowledge of Deadpool, where is a good place to begin with the comics? Actually, what's probably one of the best introductions to him isn't even the comics, but his guest appearance on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. Because it's aimed for a younger audience, they had to work at capturing the essence of the character without getting carried away by the usual excesses that his writers like to indulge in. And while Ultimate Spider-Man is its own corner of the Marvel Multiverse, with quirks that don't line up with their main comicbook line, or the various studio's movies, Marvel does make a point of using their various animated series as a way to bring new fans up to speed on what they need to know if they're going to be full time Marvel fans. Unrelated to any of the above in this post, but a very good read: Why Deadpool Is A Subversive Character, And How the Movie Could Get Him Right

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:43:25 -0800

radwolf76, that's a fantastic essay, thanks! "How did this omnisexual, disabled, "ugly" hero get so popular?" Amid all the grimdark and humor, I do hope that the movie touches in some way on Deadpool's weirdly-boundless capacity both for kindness and for calling out hypocrisy. One of the most powerful aspects of the excellent Uncanny X-Force run was the way that, in a book about a violent black ops murder team, mercenary Deadpool became the team conscience.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 22:51:51 -0800

Enh, it's just not the same without "Angel of the Morning."

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:38:54 -0800

The creators of Cable & Deadpool will team up again for Deadpool & Cable: Split Second. My beloved bromance returns!