Well, the movie is out, and a LOT of people wound up going to see it. While no spin-offs have been announced yet, a sequel is apparently already in the works. The chief complaint by most longtime fans of the characters depicted in X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the changes made to Deadpool. Of course, fans can be a bit… overbearing on these issues, so we thought we’d go straight to the source. We had a short, quick conversation with Deadpool’s co-creator Fabian Nicieza to find out what he thought. He may have danced around the issue a bit, but he did make one great suggestion.
Newsarama: What did you think of the movie overall?
Fabian Nicieza: I think it had some good things in it and some not so good things in it. Pretty much the batting average for Hollywood’s treatment of most comic book properties.
NRAMA: What’d you think specifically of the treatment of Deadpool, especially before and after the transformation?
FN: I think Ryan Reynolds had the wit, delivery and physicality for a pre-cancerous Wade Wilson, as for what they did after that? Well, I’ll let audiences decide for themselves.
NRAMA: Would you want to see a spin-off featuring him, even if it meant it had to go from what this movie started?
FN: If they’re smart enough to hire Joe Kelly and Fabian Nicieza to co-write the script, then I’d likely go see it…
NRAMA: Did you see either of the “after-credits” endings? (as I’ve heard one somewhat redeems the character)
FN: I only saw the after-credits where his hand is reaching out to find his severed head — Is that the ending you mean? I don’t know that it does anything to “redeem the character,” as you say, all it does is acknowledge his indestructibility and the potential for a spin-off. Was there another after-credits scene I missed? Did Sam Jackson come out and offer Wade a job with SHIELD?
So there you have it. Who wants to see a Deadpool movie penned by Kelly and Nicieza?
May 5th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Add Simone to that list and I am already in the theater.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Cover that monstrocity with a Deadpool uniform and have Ryan Reynolds do the voice, and it could be salvaged.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
If Cable’s in it, I do!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Done.
It’d be easy as Hell to say that Wilson’s new healing factor purged his system of the other genetic alterations and do the kind of DEADPOOL movie some fans want.
Also, by way of a note, I hope that Ryan Reynolds forgo wearing the mask if they ever make a spin-off. Maybe have him don it once on a covert mission or something but half of Reynolds’ delivery lay in his facial expressions.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I liked the post-credit scene of Deadpool “shushing” the audience.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I did not catch the after credits scene with Deadpool. I caught a mid-credits scene with Stryker, and an after credits scene with Wolverine at a bar. Was the Deadpool one after that?
May 5th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
No, they are 2 different after credit scenes, just depended on which one the theater got.
Kely and Nicieza penned Deadpool movie would definitely put my butt in the seat!
May 5th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
No, there were apparently two different endings, depending which print of the film you saw. You either got Logan in a bar or Wade in the rubble.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
J.R., there are two different post-credit endings. Different theaters got different prints.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Yes, please! The costume is pretty much required for me to see it though. The “uniform” phase should be over by now.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I haven’t seen the movie yet (I know! I know!) But I liked the casting of Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool as soon as I heard about it. (Go fellow Canuck!)
As for a Kelly/Nicieza penned Deadpool: Heck yeah! Hollywood would be crazy NOT to do it! (Which means it likely won’t happen.)
May 5th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Craptacular movie, but nowhere near as bad as “X-Men: The Last Stand.” Also, uh, “Wolverine” producers? Cyclops’ eye-blasts are concussive energy blasts, not laser beams.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I enjoyed the movie, but I was a bit upset about the manner in which Deadpool was portrayed. Ryan Renynolds was perfect for the role.
I would love a Deadpool movie penned by Fabian N. and Joe Kelly! I would be there so fast that,… (place in witty retort here).
May 5th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
A Deadpool movie scripted by Joe Kelly and Fabian Nicieza would be the balm I need to sooth my outrage at having spent money on a ticket for this Wolverine flick. I still can’t believe how bad it was and I wasn’t even particularly put out by the Deadpool parts.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Sure, if they have Reynolds as the Merc with a mouth, I’ll be there.
i REALLY hope they do give Deadpool his own movie. could be a great blend of action and comedy.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Too bad they can’t superimpose Ryan Reynolds and Cloris Leachman into Spider-Man 3 ala Deadpool #11. That would redeem two disappointing movies.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
All they did was ~SPOILERS~ amalgamate his character with Mimic for a bit. Nothing that can’t be undone.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Metamorphic, Deadpool isn’t really canuck….not for sure. Since in the Cable and Deadpool series it was mentined that his dad served in the US army and so did he.
It’s never fully known either way.Because of that i’ll just claim him for the Puerto Ricans. :p heh
May 5th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Melendez: Metamorphic was referring to Reynolds being Canadian. Not Deadpool.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I don’t know how much I like the idea of Fabian writing the spinoff. Now Gail Simone actually has screenwriting experience in addition to her work with the character, so I’d love to see her team up with Joe Kelly on the script.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
From Variety: Reynolds to star in ‘X-Men’ spinoff – Fox has begun development on ‘Deadpool’
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003226.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
From THR.com: ‘Deadpool’ spinoff in works at Fox – Ryan Reynolds to reprise role in “Wolverine” spinoff
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i605e3e8798d54f48b4640209b868af46
“It is understood that Reynolds would regain the ability to mouth off, with the movie going back to the roots of the character known for his slapstick tone and propensity to break the fourth wall. The character also was disfigured in “Wolverine,” though it’s unclear at this time how much the studio would want to mess with Reynolds’ handsome mug.
Fox considered a “Deadpool” spinoff early in “Wolverine’s” development process, which is why it cast Reynolds. The actor was brought back in the month before the movie’s release to shoot one of two “Easter egg” scenes that appeared after the end credits. The scene showed Deadpool alive, though when last audiences saw him, he appeared to be dead.”
May 6th, 2009 at 5:03 am
If is written by any of the two nicieza or kelly. I’ll definitely watch it.
by the way Gail Simone sucks!!! and nicieza rules!!
and daniel way sucks too! they might be funny but they don’t get Deadpool!
May 6th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Are you really gonna accuse them of “not getting a character”? Did you see what Fabian just did to Anarky?!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Jetstorm, stop talking out of your ass – Gail Simone’s a fantastic writer, and while Daniel Way hasn’t quite pushed the envelope as far as Nicienza and Kelly did (though I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a Kelly Deadpool guy; oh no, here come the flames), he’s still doing a solid job.
I’d do the kind of things that’d ensure I could never run for public office, just for a Fabian-written Deadpool movie.
May 6th, 2009 at 8:59 am
you fools really think that even if Kelly and Nicienza scripted a perfect deadpool movie that it would be a remotely good movie since it has to cross the tunnel of ‘we need to destroy scripts because we only like to make sh*&ty movies’ at Fox.