Simon Kinberg Says DEADPOOL 2 Will Play With The Idea of Superhero Sequels, Gives Update on GAMBIT

Deadpool is obviously the most self-aware comic book superhero, and the movie carried that trait over to the big screen. (Isn't it sort of crazy that the movie came out earlier this year? It feels like so long ago.) So it makes sense, then, that the character will be very aware that he's in a sequel when Deadpool 2 rolls around, and in a new interview with /Film, producer Simon Kinberg says that's one of the aspects they're going to tackle in the new movie:

“I think Deadpool 2 will comment on anything that’s happening in movies today especially in superhero movies,” Kinberg said. “The sort of glut or saturation of these movies and the proliferation of sequels is definitely something we’ll play around with.”

He also commented briefly on the swirling rumors about who might play Cable, the time-traveling character Deadpool himself promised we'd see in the first film's post-credits scene:

"I’ve seen rumors from about everybody from Arnold Schwarzenegger to I can’t even remember,” Kinberg said. We haven’t cast him is the truth."

The talk then shifted to the delayed film adaptation of Gambit, which is set to star Channing Tatum in the title role as the Cajun mutant. What's the latest on that one?

"I think the truth is when you have these movies that need a very special and unique tone, it takes a little while to find that tone," Kinberg said. "Deadpool feels like it exploded out of nowhere but it was a ten-year development process on that movie. I think it was honed over those ten years. I hope that Gambit doesn’t take ten years but it takes a little honing to get that tone and that voice exactly right. The character has such a specific voice in the comic in the same way that Deadpool has a specific voice in the comic, that we want to make sure that we capture that voice on the page. Really it’s just about getting a screenplay that is worthy of that character and I think we’re really close right now."

Well, at least they're taking their time getting the script right instead of rushing to hit a release date. I think every true fan would prefer a better movie that comes out later instead of a mess of one that potentially ruins the character and franchise that comes out now.

For a couple more quotes about Star Wars, Legion, and the future of the regular X-Men movie franchise, read the full interview.

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