Deadpool

**Vlos** · 15 Oct 2010, 10:30 PM

There's a leaked first draft script for this on the internet, I grabbed it the other night. It actually seems pretty good, I'll grab it for you guys when I can get back to my actual computer. It seems like an adaptation of Deadpool and Death Annual in that it focuses on Ajax as the villain. It also has Colossus.

**Advocate** · 27 Oct 2010, 12:02 PM

Take Rodriguez off the list of Directors. Due to Spy Kids 4 and scheduling conflicts with Ryan ... they had to find a new director.

The one leading the pack is ... Adam Berg. Who?

Here's the story to explain and a video to follow.

Originally Posted by Screen Rant

Fans of Marvel’s cult-favorite character Deadpool may be more interested in whether or not Ryan Reynolds will play him in the upcoming movie, but who directs the movie is pretty important as well.
Machete director Robert Rodriguez has been attached to Deadpool for awhile now, but scheduling conflicts with his upcoming Spy Kids 4 have threatened to force him off the project. Well, it’s sadly looking like Rodriguez will not direct Deadpool and according to 24 Frames a new, unknown director may be taking his place.
“Sources familiar with the project” are saying that Adam Berg has emerged as the likely choice to direct Deadpool. “Who’s Adam Berg?” I hear you ask. Well, he’s a Swedish commercial and video director who hasn’t directed any feature films. The obvious choice, right?

Berg’s lack of experience directing feature-length films begs the question of why he’s even being considered to take on such a big project as Deadpool. However, Berg has directed a short film called Carousel (which you can view below) that won the Cannes Lions International Advertising prize, the most prestigious award in the advertising industry.
The director is said to be greatly admired by Reynolds and others involved with Deadpool, so needless to say he has a solid shot at landing the prjoect. Want to see why he wouldn’t be a bad choice? Check out Berg’s award-winning short below. Prepare to be amazed and confused in equal measure about how he even shot it (make sure to click the link on the video to see the making of):

So Berg may not have directed a feature-length film before, but remember the same situation occurred with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp. Before D9 hit theaters people were skeptical about Blomkamp, but then District 9 proved just how talented he really was.
Deadpool is shaping up to be a pretty major project and at this point it does seem a bit strange they would go from an established director like Rodriguez to an unknown, relatively inexperienced, one like Berg. However I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on the strength of his short film alone.
Stay tuned to Screen Rant to find out if Berg does end up directing Deadpool. If you missed it, make sure to check out the Deadpool script review to give you a sense of what the movie will be like.

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The Making of ...

**Advocate** · 22 Mar 2013, 07:06 PM

this needs to be made. Stat.

"I love Deadpool and there is a script that’s in development. But it’s so, so far into the R-rated zone… it’s a nearly NC-17 world and I just don’t know if the studio would ever risk their reputation doing it. We’ve been developing it and we would never wanna do it unless you could it that R-rated way, so... You could do it for a pittance compared to the modern sort of epic scale superhero movies, but it’s about a guy who knows he’s in a movie and knows he’s in a comic book who is deeply mentally disturbed and hyper violent, and that’s tough to get by a studio."Probably the most interesting thing Reynolds tells them is that the movie might even address the odd version of Deadpool seen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, something which angered many fans of the popular Marvel character.
"In the current iteration of the script, it doesn’t address Wolverine – though it does address Deadpool’s appearance in Wolverine. Deadpool was not happy with Deadpool in Wolverine. He has a sort of a WTF!? moment with that. The script is one rewrite away from Deadpool jumping across the desk at the studio executive and attacking him," Reynolds told them.
The planning for a Deadpool movie, which Empire surmises may need to generate a Kickstarter campaign to ever happen, even goes so far as them throwing around a few marketing ideas, as Reynolds said, "I’ve always wanted to do the movie just if only because Deadpool would get to do his own movie trailer, so that’s a thing that we were dying to do and we would love to be a part of that."

I love this part ...

Deadpool was not happy with Deadpool in Wolverine. He has a sort of a WTF!? moment with that. The script is one rewrite away from Deadpool jumping across the desk at the studio executive and attacking him," Reynolds told them.