Deadpool: The Movie

After Ryan Reynolds disastrous debut as "Deadpool" (I use quotes saying that, because that was definitely not Deadpool!) in the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the stand-alone movie for the character was shelved...and with good reason.  How could they take away the mouth from "the Merc with a mouth?"  FOX didn't see a future for the character.  They didn't think there was a market for him.  What they didn't realize was that it was the horrible script that turned people off of the character, and many (including myself) blamed Reynolds for the characters early demise.

Jump ahead many, many years later.  San Diego Comic Con had just opened and the big news from the convention was suppose to be the teaser trailer for Batman v Superman, but something strange happened.  Some "lost footage" of a test reel that featured a more comic book based version of Deadpool made it's way online, and the web blew up with people clamoring for more!  The short clip ended up eclipsing the teaser for Batman v Superman, and a movement began to push FOX into making the Deadpool movie that the fans felt they deserved.  Luckily for us (and Reynolds!) FOX heard our cries, and the film has been filming up in Vancouver for the last few months,

This film is a big deal.  If the film follows the same theme for the character that the teaser reel gave us, then we, the fans, are in for an amazing movie!  For Reynolds, it's redemption.  His first go around with the character was horrible.  I'm not going to sugarcoat it, it was pure garbage.  On top of that, his Green Lantern was equally forgettable.  And did anyone actually go and see R.I.P.D.?  No?  Me neither.  Reynolds need this movie to be a success to get back into the fanboy's (and fangirl's) good graces.  So what do we know about the movie so far?

First of all, Deadpool is going to be part of the X-Men universe.  With X-Men: Apocalypse ending the most recent trilogy of the famous mutants, FOX is looking to expand the universe with other X-Men properties, and Deadpool is going to be the front runner.  Besides Deadpool, we are going to be getting a stand-alone Gambit movie, a third Wolverine movie (which will be Hugh Jackman's final go at the title character), and a New Mutants film as well.  Three of these movies will be released next year (X-Men: Apocalypse, Gambit, and Deadpool).  2016 is starting to look like the Year of the Mutants.

The Deadool movie is going to be an origins movie, which is actually good news.  We need to wipe that original appearance of Deadpool from our collective memories.  This will also give us a starting point for the Deadpool franchise, seeing as FOX wants to make this into a multi-movie project.  The movie will be starring, obviously, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Morena Baccarin as Copycat, Deadpool's love interest, Ed Skrein as the villanous Ajax, Gina Carano as the Morlock Angel Dust, T.J. Miller as Weasel, and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead.  Colossus is rumored to be appearing in the film as well, but Daniel Cudmore will not be playing him like he was in the previous X-Men movies.  Not only that, but Reynolds said he's hoping that Wolverine will show up in the film, even if it's just as a cameo appearance.

So what do you think?  Are you getting as excited for this movie's release as I am?  Leave your thought in the comments section down below.

Deadpool is set to open February 12, 2016.