# Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool Spinoff
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805
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**Created:** [May 9, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805 "2009-05-09T00:32:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/1 "2009-05-09T00:32:39Z")
Yup, Ryan Reynolds will be playing Deadpool again for a spinoff and possible franchise launcher, according to [this](http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090506/en_top_eo/122412) website.
Also in the works: another Wolverine movie, Magneto, and I read somewhere about a Gambit spinoff.
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### Author:  [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/2 "2009-05-09T00:44:33Z")
I’ll be in line to see the Deadpool movie.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/3 "2009-05-09T01:08:54Z")
So would this be a prequel of a prequel, or would we be subjected to the mute/ugly version of Ryan Reynolds?
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/4 "2009-05-09T01:21:09Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> So would this be a prequel of a prequel, or would we be subjected to the mute/ugly version of Ryan Reynolds?
I was never sure that the mute ugly version _was_ Deadpool.
[spoiler]
Weapon XI was played by [Scott Adkins](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012078/) which made me ask if Weapon XI was supposed to have been created from whole-cloth or whether he was a mutated Deadpool.
Wolverine makes the remark to the effect of: Wade, that _is_ you, isn’t it? Stryker finally found a way to shut you up.[/spoiler]
And so I thought it was, but I don’t know the history of the comics well enough to know for sure.
IMO it seems that if you make him mute, there is no point in bothering with the film.
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### Author:  [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/5 "2009-05-09T01:27:43Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> So would this be a prequel of a prequel, or would we be subjected to the mute/ugly version of Ryan Reynolds?
Deadpool in the comics is ugly but not mute.
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### Author:  [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/6 "2009-05-09T04:11:31Z")
Well in the comics, Deadpool has a healing factor so it’s not a problem for the muteness especially if you’ve seen the easter egg trailer for him.
I remember at first being really irked that they had an Unmasked Deadpool in the Wolverine films, but I think Ryan did a really good job with it. Though I hope they keep his voice and just go w/ a guy in a mask, as that’s how Deadpool’s always been.
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### Author:  [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/7 "2009-05-09T04:54:26Z")
You know, this would have appealed to me a lot, until I actually saw Reynolds as Deadpool in the film. What the fuck were they thinking? It was absolutely unbelievable. Instead of a great villain, what we got was a half-arsed brute who used phony kinetics and lacked confidence, with mediocre special effects, zero personality, and absolutely no redeeming qualities except as a meaningless rest-stop on the highway of Wolverine’s conquests; played by a hack actor with no qualifications at all. It’s absurd! It’s as absurd as Legally Blonde Part XVII: The Rhodesian Years. Sickening, sickening. The best possible outcome would be to see Deadpool slide down a 500-foot waterfall, his dong dangling in the breeze, and then be slashed to pieces by autoblades.
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### Author:  [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/8 "2009-05-09T07:33:52Z")
I notice a disappointing lack of “Cable &” in that OP. Then again, the people responsible for the last two X-Men movies might not be able to give the idea the treatment it deserves.
> [@Argent\_Towers](#):
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> The best possible outcome would be to see Deadpool slide down a 500-foot waterfall, his dong dangling in the breeze, and then be slashed to pieces by autoblades.
He’ll grow back.
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### Author:  [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/9 "2014-08-03T20:03:05Z")
Now, what do you think?
[http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2c2zm4/deadpool\_test\_footage\_officially\_released\_not\_the/](http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2c2zm4/deadpool_test_footage_officially_released_not_the/)
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/10 "2014-08-03T20:49:01Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#):
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> Now, what do you think?
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> [http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2c2zm4/deadpool\_test\_footage\_officially\_released\_not\_the/](http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2c2zm4/deadpool_test_footage_officially_released_not_the/)
So it’s a fully-CGI movie?
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### Author:  [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/11 "2014-08-03T21:08:44Z")
…what the hell was that???
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### Author:  [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/12 "2014-08-03T21:21:48Z")
That was Ryan Reynolds in test footage for Deadpool that was made three years ago and recently leaked. More info here:
[http://screenrant.com/deadpool-test-footage-leaked-ryan-reynolds.](http://screenrant.com/deadpool-test-footage-leaked-ryan-reynolds.)
If the intent of the leak was to prod Fox to get off their asses and make a Deadpool movie, I think that they’ve got a good start.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/13 "2014-08-03T22:24:09Z")
Rumors are that the footage has prompted the movie to be discussed again, but only as a PG-13 movie.
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### Author:  [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/14 "2014-08-03T22:47:49Z")
Is that a direct capture of the Deadpool video game seen here?
> **[Deadpool - IGN](https://www.ign.com/games/deadpool)**
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> Everything you need to know about Deadpool.
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### Author:  [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/15 "2014-08-03T22:54:15Z")
Here’s a better link:
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glg7pAqbdX4)
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/16 "2014-08-03T23:12:37Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#):
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> Here’s a better link:
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> [http://youtu.be/glg7pAqbdX4](http://youtu.be/glg7pAqbdX4)
Dude, those aren’t real people; they are all CGI.
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### Author:  [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/17 "2014-08-04T00:15:31Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Dude, those aren’t real people; they are all CGI.
Your point?
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/18 "2014-08-04T01:30:41Z")
I’ll ask again: so it’s an all-CGI movie?
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### Author:  [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/19 "2014-08-04T01:38:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> I’ll ask again: so it’s an all-CGI movie?
From the Screenrant link:
"Liefeld added that (as has been rumored previously) Robert Rodriguez was offered the director’s chair for Deadpool in 2010, but he turned it down along with another competing comic book movie project. Speaking to Daily Superhero, Liefeld also revealed that the plan for Deadpool was to have the character _“operate as a… hybrid of live action/cgi._”
So, I would expect that it would be as CG as any other modern superhero movie.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-spinoff/495805/20 "2014-08-04T01:55:48Z")
I’m kind of tired of the snarky wise cracking protagonist. I know Deadpool was one of the first to be like that but now that they all sound like that it’s boring.
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