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Deadpoolcreator Rob Liefeld unwrap the famous examination footage that was make to toss the original film was scud with Ryan Reynolds the weekendGreen Lanternopened . While theDeadpoolmovies may be vast now , the first film had a famously tricky nascency . Reynolds had desire to make a live - actionDeadpoolmovie prior to appear inX - Men Origins : Wolverine , where he take he was essentially push into consider the movie with the informal hope of a soloDeadpoolspinoff somewhere down the strain .
Origins’botched take on the fictitious character is ill-famed to this day , to the point that it ’s arecurring jokein the movies . From there , a hand was written for aDeadpoolmovie , and Reynolds shot some trial footage with director Tim Miller to pitch the studio . unhappily , then Fox headland honcho Tom Rothman did n’t get the appeal of the character , so it lollygag in development hell . The test footage thenleaked in 2014 , and after good universal praise , the film was greenlit within a few months .
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To this day , the identity of theDeadpooltest footage leaker has yet to be revealed , with all of the key suspect denying it was them . In a new Q&A withCollider , Godhead Rob Liefeld claims Fox is entirely aware of who leaked the teaser , but have chosen not to do anything about it , and revealed Reynolds really shoot the footage the weekend another of his comic Word movie projection was opening .
I would go find out that footage at Tim ’s studio apartment for three year . People forget ! That footage was filmed in 2011 . Ryan film that the weekend Green Lantern came out . I was at Blur studio . Ryan filmed that the weekend Green Lantern was opening , that ’s how old that footage is !
Green Lanternwas poise to launch a major new franchise , but the movie try out to be a immense critical and commercial letdown . A planned sequel never bechance , and Reynolds himself hasspoken many timesabout how the motion-picture show just did n’t work . Reynolds has since worked several cutting off in - joke aboutGreen Lanterninto bothDeadpoolmovies – including apost - credits gaginDeadpool 2that ’s arguably the funniest joke in the intact pic .
It ’s a unknown piece of serendipity that Reynolds shot tryout footage for what would become his crowning success on the same weekendGreen Lanternopened . The consuming response to the leak footage unquestionably led to Fox greenlighting the project , andDeadpoolis already one of the biggest R - rated franchises in moving picture history . The character will return next for theX - Forcemovie , though Reynolds has exact a soloDeadpool 3may not happen .
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reference : Collider
