Robserecaps Twenty Nine – episode 64 the Making of Deadpool part four
by Joe
Our Deadpool journey is over, now it’s on to the movies, admittedly my least favorite iteration of Wade Wilson. I’m very aware I’m in the minority here, but I always say, judge for yourself and give this a listen! And it looks like we’re getting at least a part five of Deadpool’s origin
- the Rob always believed the Deadpool movie would get made, but it was a long and crazy road to get there
- This must have been recorded previously as the Rob says ‘four months from now’ will be the five year anniversary of the first movie’s release, February 2016
- Due to the licensing deals, Fox could never do toys, video game or merchandising of any kind to the movies after the second X-Men movie
- To prove how valuable Fox was, they were purchased for $70 billion, where as Marvel and Star Wars were purchased for $4 billion each
- the Rob’s message to creators is to not allow yourself to be diminished when it comes to your voice and your creations
- The Rob feels Deadpool CAN be in future MCU films, but has not received word if he will or won’t
- “It’s not Ryan’s fault he’s so good looking”
- When Wolverine Origins was being filmed, the Rob was shocked when he was told the plan was to launch a Gambit series of films, not Deadpool
- Six weeks before release, the Rob begged Fox executives to add in a post credit sequence of Deadpool in costume to Wolverine Origins
- In taking his (at the time) 7 and 5 year old kids and their friends to see Wolverine Origins, afterwards all the kids loved Deadpool because he fought Wolverine and Sabretooth by himself
- The Monday after the release of Wolverine Origins, the headlines in all the trades was Fox has begun development on a Deadpool movie
- Lauren Shuler Donner, Richard Donner’s wife, was the producer in charge of Deadpool, called for a meeting with the Rob, they knew they messed up with Deadpool’s portrayal in Wolverine Origins and wanted the Rob advice
- The studio’s first thought was to make it a Cable & Deadpool movie, but the Rob told them that would split the focus of the debut film. The Rob also nixed Siryn (would have to introduce Banshee) as the love interest
- A few times, the Rob refers to Cable ‘being mad at him’ for keeping him out of the first movie
- When Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, coming off the success of Zombieland, wrote the first draft of the Deadpool movie, the Rob was ecstatic
- The movie now sits in development hell for five years, issues with budget, casting, finding a director and Tom Rothman, the then chairman of the studio, just didn’t see Deadpool as THE character to be on magazine covers like Spider-Man or Jack Sparrow
- Robert Rodriguez, Edgar Wright and at least four other directors were almost on board, but all ended up passing
- Finally, Tim Miller, who mostly did effects and video games at this point, came on board as director and called the Rob personally to let him know
- The infamous leaded footage was shot live action with all the costumes and effects added in post
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