Of the many superhero movies, Deadpool is definitely one of the most unique series.
This series is different from the traditional comic adaptation, the protagonist is not a big hero to save the world, depending on the rules of the world as nothing, and the action is arbitrary.
And Deadpool, the hero is particularly "mean", the words spoken by the mouth are full of comedy effects, making people want to beat him, but he is an immortal body.
Not to mention that he can also break the "fourth wall" and interact directly with the audience off-screen.
However, this "mean" hero from the comic to the big screen, the way is really not easy.
Deadpool's film project proposals first appeared in 2000, when Artists Entertainment partnered with Marvel to make 15 Marvel heroes, including Deadpool.
However, due to the company's acquisition and copyright changes, the Deadpool project was not formalized until 2004.
At that time, Deadpool's copyright was really New Line Pictures, and the director at the time, David M. S. Goyer and the new line producers were very interested in the project, and they thought Ryan Reynolds was the perfect candidate to play Deadpool.
Reynolds also said that he liked the role of Deadpool very much, and his willingness to play the anti-hero was also very strong.
However, although the project was established, the progress was not advanced.
Why? Because Deadpool's copyright at the time was related to Fox's X-Men, Fox was fighting with New Line Pictures.
A year later, Deadpool's copyright came to Fox.
Ryan Reynolds is also really in love with Deadpool, and when he learned that Fox also had high-level executives interested in Deadpool movies, he immediately went to discuss it with others.
As a result, Fox also promised him that he would let Deadpool appear in the movie.
However, the first to be released was not Deadpool's solo movie, but first made his debut in X-Men Prequel: Wolverine.
At first, Reynolds was excited that he could finally play Deadpool, but the results were surprising.
Due to the intervention of Fox's top management, the Deadpool demon in "Wolverine 1" has been changed too seriously, and it can't even be said to be Deadpool.
The original red and black suit did not, turned into a bald head shape, quite ugly.
The strongest ability of the original Deadpool is the Immortal Body, other abilities are auxiliary, but the film directly imposes the abilities of many mutants.
Causing him to be like a hodgepodge machine, without a single personal character.
The most important point is that the original Deadpool is a mouth gun, in fact, the hero's funniest is also that mouth.
Deadpool in "Wolverine 1", the direct mouth is sewn, can not say a word, is a dumb.
Specific to the movie is also a disaster, completely a tool man, the scene is not much.
It is conceivable that after the release of the movie, this Deadpool suffered a lot of criticism.
In fact, reynolds knew from the beginning that fox executives were ready to create a "closed-mouth version" of Deadpool.
But he later took over the contract.
According to Reynolds, he didn't want anyone else to play the role of Deadpool before him, even if he was demonized in "Wolverine 1", but this character is still Deadpool, so he can only harden his scalp.
Because the hero of Deadpool is very popular in the original, the bad comments encountered by the closed version of Deadpool also made Fox understand that if you want to move Deadpool to the big screen, you still have to follow the original.
So, a solo film project about Deadpool was launched again.
But this time, the problem came again.
This movie is too special, after all, deadpool is completely different from ordinary superheroes, and Fox also requires that Deadpool must be allowed to "break the fourth wall" and link up with the audience in reality.
At the same time, because the origin of Deadpool is also explained in "Wolverine 1", whether this independent film should once again tell his birth has become a question mark, and the parties are constantly arguing.
Another point is, should this "Deadpool" be listed as one of the X-Men series? Do you share a worldview? Are there going to be other X-Men coming out?
Or is it that due to the peculiarities of Deadpool itself, he becomes a completely independent series?
Wait, there are many problems that need to be solved, which also leads to the slow progress of the project, the screenwriter has been changing, and few directors are willing to take it.
When it was difficult to find a director named Tim Miller, there was another bombshell.
As early as the time of starring in "Wolverine 1", Reynolds at that time probably felt that Deadpool was like this on Fox's side, closed his mouth, and could not turn over for a lifetime, so he ran to Marvel's opponent DC and became the protagonist of "Green Lantern".
"Green Lantern" was released in 2011, but it was a box office black hole, which made the filmmaker Warner Bros. lose more than $100 million.
At that time, although the "Deadpool" project was slow in progress, the good villains were also advancing, but the reynolds of this movie directly frightened the Fox executives to immediately add a lot of restrictions to the "Deadpool" project.
Originally scheduled to be an R-rated film (i.e., a restricted film), Reynolds' "Green Lantern" was unfavorable in terms of audience schedules, and Reynolds's "Green Lantern" pounced on the street to exacerbate the concerns of Fox executives.
They feared that Reynolds would not be able to support the film, so they considered whether to change the R rating to PG-13, the most common commercial rating.
At the same time, it further cuts the budget of Deadpool, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Warner Bros.
There are even plans to suspend the Deadpool project outright.
Interestingly, a year later, "Avengers" achieved great success around the world, allowing the Marvel brand to establish a strong influence.
This gave Reynolds another opportunity to negotiate with Fox's senior management, after all, Deadpool is also a Marvel hero, and the Marvel trend was so hot at that time, it was time to step up the progress of development.
Still, Fox was skeptical.
Director Miller and Reynolds watched Fox so instigated, and finally could only use two killer moves.
In the first move, Miller showed Deadpool's script to his friend James Cameron and asked him to come forward to express his support for the Deadpool project with the Fox executives.
As everyone knows, the capital of the two movies "Titanic" and "Avatar" is Fox, and what he said is very heavy in the eyes of Fox executives.
The second trick was that Miller and Reynolds had filmed test footage of some movies in advance and deliberately "leaked" them online.
Sure enough, seeing the original Deadpool made many fans react very fiercely.
Under this "double dragon out of the sea" tactic, Fox finally gave the "Deadpool" project the green light, but only if the budget fell again.
From 2004 until the red version of Deadpool appeared in 2016, Ryan Reynolds waited 12 years.
Although the film was difficult to shoot before the release of the film, the results after the release were gratifying.
Deadpool grossed $363 million in North America and nearly $800 million worldwide, breaking the box office record for an R-rated film.
Never before has a restrictive film made it so high at the box office.
Seeing the success of "Deadpool", Fox couldn't stop smiling and quickly approved the development of a sequel.
Of course, Fox didn't laugh long, because it was acquired by Disney in a few years, but that was another story, skipped.
Now that the X-Men copyright has returned to Marvel, Deadpool may also appear in the Marvel Universe in the future.
Anyway, Ryan Reynolds will probably always wear that black and red uniform and continue to say those lines in front of the screen.