https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-ponied-cash-keep-000000336.html
If there was any doubt how well deserved Deadpool's success was...
If there was any doubt how well deserved Deadpool's success was...
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Ryan Reynolds paid out of pocket so Deadpool writers could be on set
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freenudemacusers
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this isn't common practice? seems like a good, rational idea considering the collaborative nature of filmmaking.
George Oscar Bluth II
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You can really see how much of a passion project it was for Reynolds, Miller, Reese and Wernick. Very happy it was hugely successful.
Hey Fox, pay your writers for this sorta stuff next time.
Hey Fox, pay your writers for this sorta stuff next time.
mugurumakensei
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still wonder whether it was reynolds or miller who leaked the test footage
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Another (of many) reason to like Ryan Reynolds. Stand up guy/glad he's Canadian.
What he posted about his friend -- the child who saw Deadpool first and unfortunately passed away from cancer not long after -- really touched me.
What he posted about his friend -- the child who saw Deadpool first and unfortunately passed away from cancer not long after -- really touched me.
spiderman123
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Fox better learn from this. That movie was just too good.
I loved it, I doubt it can be replicated in a sequel but they will still get my money
BronsonLee
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I'm pretty sure it was Reynolds. Miller wouldn't do it in case it fucked up other work for him. Reynolds doesn't give a shit
heliosRAzi
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Written by the Real Heroes Here
shira
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He needed this movie to be amazing. He wasn't flushing his career for another Green Lantern.
I would love to be in his brain at the time.
"You know what fuck it, let's go all in. Let's make this movie fucking amazing and makeup for the last two. Money is money, but this is my fucking legacy. You can't put a price on that."
George Oscar Bluth II
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I have a feeling it was Reynolds. Dude was pushing hard for the movie to get made for nearly 10 years.
Mighty Chin
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He's Canadian. Plus extra points for being a BC Boy.
BronsonLee
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They chopped the budget pretty hard on the film guys, it's not really surprising
I still lol that the dudes who came up with the Joe Schmo Show & Zombieland wrote Deadpool too
I still lol that the dudes who came up with the Joe Schmo Show & Zombieland wrote Deadpool too
darkhunger
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Hopefully Fox fires all its producers and give Reynolds a huge payday.
Reynolds is a producer. That's how he had so much control over the films development.
The Real Heroes Here
Damn it
Atomic Playboy
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Everything I've ever seen about Ryan Reynolds makes me love him. I just wish he was in better films. Green Lantern and RIPD are such a poor showcase for someone who is genuinely funny and charming. Actually, I sort of assumed he was just a real-life Van Wilder until I saw his interview on Top Gear and it was one of the best interviews I've ever seen. He's just so effortlessly charming and naturally funny and he ends up in the worst things! Thank God for Deadpool for being a great showcase for a great entertainer. And good on Ryan Reynolds for supporting the writers; he's a stand-up guy.
Username1198
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He's the man and green lantern was awesome I don't care
PantherLotus
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unpopular opinion here: Ryan Reynolds is certainly a good guy and a perfect Deadpool, but we have to be honest when talking about him going 'all out' for this role. He had to.
So I give him credit for being a nice guy and getting these writers on set, but when you have as many flops as he has, you pull out all the stops. Good for him. But recognize this was probably his last big chance to do something great. Now he'll get more.
So I give him credit for being a nice guy and getting these writers on set, but when you have as many flops as he has, you pull out all the stops. Good for him. But recognize this was probably his last big chance to do something great. Now he'll get more.
arts&crafts
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Joe Schmo was genius!
hodayathink
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Now that is what I call maximum effort.
echoshifting
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Exactly
Dude should be applauded for investing in creative though for sure, even if it wasn't solely because he's a cool guy.
Knuckle Sandwich
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Nice. Been a big fan of his since Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. He deserves to be a yuge star.
Yessssss.
Yessssss.
To me, the worst thing they could do is to give DP2 a massive budget. A lot of the best jokes and scenes were a result of the small budget, which benefited the movie overall. Not saying it should have the same budget as the original, but being anywhere near Xmen apocalypse would be a mistake.
https://youtu.be/X0q4YiCNG2o
BKatastrophe
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I don't really see how that's unpopular, unless you don't think we should be giving him props for delivering a good film by going balls to the wall for it.
I worry that the next Deadpool won't be as good because now it has shown potential to be a successful money maker, execs will assert their influence where it's not wanted/needed.
The first one probably benefitted from execs being more hands off and less invested in it, allowing the creative talent to steer the project where they wanted.
The first one probably benefitted from execs being more hands off and less invested in it, allowing the creative talent to steer the project where they wanted.
I'd say they probably prefer some serious back pay and future guarantees. If they want to use that for blowjobs so be it lol.
Hades Hotgun
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I like that the guys also said that they don't want a big budget for the sequel, they just want to be allowed to make the movie their way like they did the first time.
The only thing FOX should be doing with this franchise is letting those 4 handle it and trying their best to recognize why it was so much more successful than any of their joyless, self serious, black leather X-Men films.
The only thing FOX should be doing with this franchise is letting those 4 handle it and trying their best to recognize why it was so much more successful than any of their joyless, self serious, black leather X-Men films.
Hierophant
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do executives ever not ruin movies? why do they ever feel the need to intervene on the creatives?
Screenwriters are almost never involved in a film after they turn in their draft. One of the first lesson to learn when writing movies is that what you write will often have no bearing on what ends up on the screen. It's also why blaming the screenwriter for terrible storytelling is usually a mistake, unless you see the same problems crop up repeatedly in a particular writer's work (David Goyer, Roberto Orci).
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