DEADPOOL Creator Compares New Movie to GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
While we sit around excited about the upcoming Deadpool movie, and anxiously wait for some new photos and footage, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld did an interview with ComicBook.com in which he discussed the upcoming R-rated movie. He compares it to Guardians of the Galaxy, and also says that it will challenge the superhero movie genre, and that Ryan Reynolds is going to own the character of Deadpool in the same way that Robert Downey Jr. owns Iron Man.
As you'll see in the following quote, Liefeld is obviously excited about the movie, and he thinks its going to be a big hit with fans.
"I'm telling you with great conviction, and great anticipation for the satisfaction everyone is going to experience, that the Deadpool film is tremendous. It’s tremendous fun. It has everything. In the same manner that Robert Downey Jr. co-opted Tony Stark/Iron Man and now seems to "own" him in that way that you can't imagine Iron Man without him, that's what will happen with Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool. The Tony Stark I grew up with wasn't as snappy and as quippy as Downey Jr. made him, but now I only think of his performance. That is what is going to happen here with Ryan and Deadpool. You can see it happening already. It's a complete ownership of a role that we are all going to rally around. This Deadpool film will establish Deadpool on a global scale. In addition to being brilliantly raucous, crazy, violent, and action packed, the Deadpool film has tremendous heart and soul. Prepare for an experience that you haven't encountered yet. It’s new template in the way that Guardians of the Galaxy established a new tone for the franchise. Deadpool will do the same."
We got our first glimpse of Reynolds as Deadpool in action in a April Fools' Day video that was released by the studio last week. The character was perfectly portrayed in the video as he kills Mario Lopez by smashing a chair over his head, and exclaims, “Don’t worry Jesse, he can’t hurt you anymore.”
Deadpool is currently in production, and it hits theaters on February 12th, 2016.