Deadpool (2016)

Based upon Marvel Comics most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humour, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. * During a talk at Google, Ryan Reynolds revealed that the taxi driver character "Dopinder" was named after "a really cool guy" he knew in elementary school, who died when he was hit by lightning. It was meant to be a tribute to him. * Ryan Reynolds has said that Deadpool will be the last comic book character he will ever portray. However, he is open to Deadpool sequels and/or cameos. * In the original comic books, Deadpool garnered his healing factor from an experiment involving a sample of Wolverine's blood. This allowed him to survive further experimentation, but cannot heal any prior ring, nor the cancer afflicting him (It progresses as fast as he can heal). * While filming, Ryan Reynolds visited kids, via Make-A-Wish foundation, as Deadpool. * Ryan Reynolds was allowed to keep his Deadpool costume after filming had completed (he didn't ask to, nor did he give anyone the chance to take it from him). * The serum Wade is injected with can be seen to have drops of blood in it, a reference to Deadpool's healing factor stemming from Wolverine's. * On April Fool's Day 2015, Ryan Reynolds posted on Twitter that the film would be rated PG-13, which prompted fan backlash as the Deadpool character often swears and commits acts of graphic violence. Later that day, Reynolds confirmed that it was a prank and the film would be R rated. * There are at least twelve names on the Dead Pool Board, including Ryan Reynolds and T.J. Miller. Others include: Rob Liefeld, Mike Tyson, Vladimir Putin, Ozzy Osbourne, Charlie Sheen, Shia LaBeouf, Bill Cosby, Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, John Boothe, Amanda Bynes, Kid Rock, Arnold Palmer, Ned Beatty, and Kanye West. * The Deadpool costume originally had a muscle layer underneath but it had to be removed: Ryan Reynolds was so muscular, the costume was not only too tight for him, but it made him look overlarge. * The film was in 48 days. * In an interview, writer Rhett Reese stated that Neonic Teenage Warhead wasn't always intended to be in the film. Other X-men such as Cannonball were considered, but they eventually used Neonic Teenage Warhead because they "liked her name better." * In the trailer and in the film, Wade Wilson requests, "Don't make the super suit green--or animated!" This is a reference to Ryan Reynolds' previous role as the DC superhero Green Lantern (2011), in which, as stated, the green suit was a special effect rather than an actual costume for Reynolds to put on. This is also a crude reference to that film's director, Martin Campbell, who he did not get along with. * First R-rated movie to open above $100 million at the U.S. Box Office. * This film had a lower budget than any of the X-Men, Iron Man, Avengers, or Captain America movies. * In the scenes where he is dealing with the stalker pizza delivery guy, Wade is wearing a T-shirt with a portrait of Bea Arthur on the front. This is a reference to the fact that in the comics, Deadpool has an affection for Bea Arthur and the Golden Girls TV show. * After being captured by Colossus on the bridge, Deadpool is told he is being taken to the professor, in reference to the leader of the X-Men, Charles "Professor X" Xavier. Deadpool responds, "Which one, McAvoy or Stewart?" as in James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart, both of whom have portrayed Professor X in previous X-Men movies, including simultaneously in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). * Ryan Reynolds describes Deadpool's "breaking the fourth wall" ability as a reflection of current times, "I think Deadpool's coming along at the right time, because it's speaking to that generation that has seen all these comic-book films and enjoyed them all; it's speaking to them as though the guy in that red suit is one of them. It's like watching a DVD commentary by someone who's got some pop-culture savvy and is kind of funny and a little obnoxious and is saying the things that you wouldn't say." * Ryan Reynolds was involved with revising the script with the writers. Cast members were allowed to improvise in some scenes. * Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld has been open about the fact that he took the name for the character from the final Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool (1988). * Ryan Reynolds' full body makeup took eight hours to apply. Once it was on, he was not able to sit or lie down. * In the comics, Neonic Teenage Warhead is actually a telepath and precognitive mutant. Her abilities were changed for the film due to the fact that the writers felt that by having explosive powers, it would fit more with her name. * The film was released in February 2016, exactly twenty-five years after Deadpool's first appearance in New Mutants #98. * In the Marvel comic books, Vanessa is a shapeshifting mutant that goes by the alias of "Copy Cat." * On Halloween, Ryan Reynolds dressed up as Deadpool. Footage of this can be seen on YouTube. * Wyre was initially going to appear as a henchman to ajax/francis, but was cut primarily for budgetary reasons as his powers required complicated visual effects. Cable was considered for an appearance as well, but it was decided that he would work better in the sequel, which is said to have him as a main character. * Ryan Reynolds has said that there are over one hundred references throughout the entire film, including easter eggs, pop-culture references, cameos, and direct hits at other Marvel films. * Neonic Teenage Warhead was named after a song by the rock band Monster Magnet. * When Gina Carano did the junkyard fight scene, she was more worried about spiders than anything, regarding actual stunts. * Wade Wilson was named as an homage (read as stolen from) Slade Wilson, AKA the mercenary Deathstroke, from DC Comics. His fourth wall breaking antics would seem to have been inspired by dc comics ambush bug, a character with a similar costume that premiered in 1982 and is best remembered for adding some strange humor to typically dour superhero books of the late seventies and eighties. * In the opening credits, there is a People Magazine floating around with the headline "Ryan Reynolds: Sexiest Man Alive." It is an actual issue of the magazine that featured Reynolds as the "Sexiest Man Alive" (2010). * After Vanessa and Wade have skee-balled and are trading in their winning tickets for prizes, a large stuffed dog wearing a Deadpool attire can be seen hanging behind the counter. This refers to the alternative universe Dogpool, a canine experimented on similarly to Wade with the same results. Dogpool is a member of the Deadpool Corps and Deadpool's eventual canine companion. * In the opening title sequence, a wallet can be seen floating through the air. As it does, a photo comes out of Ryan Reynolds in his Green Lantern costume. * Early in the film, Deadpool has an altercation with a pizza delivery guy. The pizza boxes he is delivering are marked "Feige's Favourites," a nod to Marvel President Kevin Feige. * China refused to grant a certificate so the film could be shown in the country. While China's film import market is best known for supporting or blocking films based on how they present Chinese characters and stories (where applicable), that was not a factor with "Deadpool;" China also often censors out extreme violence, profanity, and sex from movies before release, and this film contains a large a of all three. While the Chinese censors did consider such an edit here, they ultimately decided that the cuts needed to make "Deadpool" into a general audience picture would make it incomprehensible, and thus decided not to have the film in Chinese theaters at all. * This is Ryan Reynolds's fifth time in a comic book movie. He was previously Marvel's Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004), Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Hal Jordan in DC's Green Lantern (2011) and Nick Walker in Dark Horse's R.I.P.D. (2013). * Wade and Vanessa compare stories of their childhoods, each trying to out do the other with stories of how bad they had it. This is a homage to the sketch "The Four Yorkshiremen", originally performed in 1967 by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman, and later performed by Monty Python. * "The city that rhymes with fun" is the unofficial slogan for Regina, Saskatchewan. The real slogan is "The Queen City". Ryan Reynolds also filmed the movie "Just Friends" in Regina. * Producer Simon Kinberg stated in an interview that Olivia Munn auditioned for the role of Vanessa Carlysle, and that audition resulted in Munn being cast as Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). * The Starbucks cup seen at the beginning of the film had "Rob L" written on it, a nod to Rob Liefeld. * Director Tim Miller has plans for a sequel. * The -up targets in Deadpool's bedroom are RCMP firearms qualification targets. Ryan Reynolds' her and brother are ies. * The oddly named strip club in the film, No.5 Orange (read as Number Five Orange), is an actual strip club in Vancouver, British Columbia. * Ryan Reynolds describes Deadpool's "breaking the fourth wall" ability as a reflection of his wit, "He's funny and acerbic and a little bit of a head case. But he's also not trying to be liked, he's intentionally trying to annoy everyone." * The business card used by the Recruiter (Jed Rees) reads only 555-0199. This is the same number used as Lester Burnham's business line in American Beauty (1999). Wade Wilson makes constant reference to the Recruiter being a pedophile. * Grossed $132.8 million in its domestic opening weekend, becoming the first R-rated film to open over $100 million and breaking the twelve-year-old R-rated weekend record held by The Matrix Reloaded (2003). * Deadpool mentions that he looks like he was "bitten by a radioactive shar-pei." In one issue of the Deadpool comic, Deadpool states that he looks like a cross between Ryan Reynolds and a shar-pei. * The post credit scene is a homage to Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). * Tim Miller's feature directorial debut. * Ryan Reynolds said that Deadpool was definitely a "Pansexual" being.

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