Back in 2016, screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (Zombieland) were solely responsible for the script underpinning Tim Miller’s Deadpool, which went on to earn itself the title of highest-grossing R-rated superhero movie ever.
Such unprecedented success of course opened up a sense of creative freedom on Deadpool 2 which, coupled with input from Ryan Reynolds – the Wade Wilson star earned a writing credit for his contributions here – resulted in a no-holds-barred adventure that was more concerned with meta gags and superhero clichés for most of its runtime than it was with delivering a competent story. A sentiment that many critics echoed.
Nevertheless, Wernick and Reese eventually drew the line at Baby Hitler, Chris Evans and at the entire Fantastic Four showing up, it seems. While discussing all things Dp with Yahoo, the scribes touched on the post-credits content that remained on the cutting room floor, saying:
“We had Chris Evans coming in,...
Such unprecedented success of course opened up a sense of creative freedom on Deadpool 2 which, coupled with input from Ryan Reynolds – the Wade Wilson star earned a writing credit for his contributions here – resulted in a no-holds-barred adventure that was more concerned with meta gags and superhero clichés for most of its runtime than it was with delivering a competent story. A sentiment that many critics echoed.
Nevertheless, Wernick and Reese eventually drew the line at Baby Hitler, Chris Evans and at the entire Fantastic Four showing up, it seems. While discussing all things Dp with Yahoo, the scribes touched on the post-credits content that remained on the cutting room floor, saying:
“We had Chris Evans coming in,...
- 5/25/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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