Post by Mark Caringer on May 7, 2009 1:02:47 GMT -5
20th Century Fox is developing an X-Men spin-off movie featuring Deadpool, according to a report from Daily Variety.
Ryan Reynolds, who played Wade Wilson/Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, would return to star in the film.
Reynolds -- who played another Marvel character, Hannibal King, in Blade: Trinity -- has long expressed an affinity for the character.
"I've wanted to play Deadpool most of my adult life," Reynolds said. "It's a beloved character with comics fans, so it's not a responsibility I take lightly."
Despite his apparent demise in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool is seen in one of the film's ending-credits segments as being alive.
The Deadpool movie would be produuced by Laruen Shuler Donner, who has produced all of the X-Men movies for Fox.
Variety is also reporting that another Wolverine film appears to be in the works, picking up from the hints of a Japanese storyline.
Also in development are a Magneto film and an X-Men: First Class movie.
Ryan Reynolds, who played Wade Wilson/Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, would return to star in the film.
Reynolds -- who played another Marvel character, Hannibal King, in Blade: Trinity -- has long expressed an affinity for the character.
"I've wanted to play Deadpool most of my adult life," Reynolds said. "It's a beloved character with comics fans, so it's not a responsibility I take lightly."
Despite his apparent demise in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool is seen in one of the film's ending-credits segments as being alive.
The Deadpool movie would be produuced by Laruen Shuler Donner, who has produced all of the X-Men movies for Fox.
Variety is also reporting that another Wolverine film appears to be in the works, picking up from the hints of a Japanese storyline.
Also in development are a Magneto film and an X-Men: First Class movie.