deadpool (2016)

deadpool is a 2016 american superhero film directed by tim miller and written by rhett reese and paul wernick, based on the marvel comics character deadpool. it is the eighth installment in the x-men film series, and stars ryan reynolds, morena baccarin, ed skrein, t.j. miller, gina carano, leslie uggams and brianna hildebrand. in deadpool, wade wilson hunts the man who nearly destroyed his life.
deadpool (2016):
1. first r-rated movie to open above $100 million at the u.s. box office.

2. 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).

3. to prepare for the film ryan reynolds (wade wilson/deadpool) hired a swords master to train him.

4. wade, at one point, talks about liam neeson. neeson had a supporting role in the fifth dirty harry movie, the dead pool (1988).

5. this is the first x-men movie where neither wolverine nor professor x appear in the flesh. at most, both are mentioned, and wade wears a cutout of hugh jackman’s face as a mask.

6. the film takes place in the reset timeline of x-men: apocalypse (2016).

7. while trying out different uniforms to wear, deadpool wears a single eye mask that slightly resembles that of slade wilson (deathstroke). this is a nod to the actual deathstroke character, slade wilson, from whom deadpool’s creator borrowed heavily in his original vision of the character.

8. after the film’s success, chris pratt, chris evans, and robert downey jr. had congratulated ryan reynolds over twitter. evans and downey in particular even went as far as to jokingly fight over reynolds’ team affiliation for their film, captain america: civil war (2016).

9. this is the first film in the revised x-men timeline taking place in present day.