X-Men Origins: Wolverine Screws Up Deadpool?

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 19, 2009

By all accounts we were psyched as hell to hear and see Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, the man who would become Deadpool. He is the perfect choice – athletic, handsome, and funny, much like Wilson before he gets his body all scared up. When they said new footage was being shot with him in it, we all cheered.

Until we found these. While scouring the internet late at night, we came across some this anonymously posted image of the Deadpool action figure from X-Men Origins: Wolverine and realized that this wasn’t a cruel joke.

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As you can see, Deadpool isn’t wearing a badass costume and loaded up with guns. Rather he has some strange markings, perhaps paint, perhaps scars, that have some sort of a pattern to them, rather than his whole body being screwed. Also, he has apparently decided to use medical tape to affix blades on his arms to fight Wolverine.

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A cool site about all things Deadpool, DeadpoolBugle, had this image, which shows another toy, confirming what we see to be an accurate depiction of movie Deadpool. That site also took the time to isolate the spinning ninja-looking guy from the trailer (seen above), which is now apparently Deadpool.

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Personally, I think this sucks. I’m totally amped for Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and all the trailer footage of him looked fantastic. He can nail the role. But why the hell would they make Deadpool look like this? Why would he tape swords to his arms? Some sort of bravado deal in fighting Wolverine? Bah. The jury is definitely out on this one, though they’re leaning towards conviction. Hopefully this, somehow, manages to work and kick ass.

Visit the DeadpoolBugle for all sorts of cool Deadpool news.

What do you think of this new look for Deadpool?


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  • Nevernude
    er......WTF?.....im loving the Wolverine trailers so far, and i think its a bit too early to place any negativity on this movie. At least until its screened, and some reviews pour in.
  • Ryan Reynolds...... YUMMMM *drools*
  • This seems more like a Weapon X movie than a Wolverine movie, and to me, that's perfectly fine...
  • I'm in agreement about this sucking, especially with the toy. If it came out that Wade taped blades to his arms in the movie, I would've thought it was just Wade effing with Logan. Part of me still hopes that's the case, but it's pretty obvious that it isn't.
  • This is complete crap. I hope this is all kinds of a false rumor. Would they just cut him out of the movie and show him in the trailers?
  • This just goes to prove my ongoing point.......Hollywood doesn't get it. You can't make a comic book movie and not follow the comic book and expect to keep the same fans you are trying to draw in.
  • k(Black)
    AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!....This stinks!! Unless-unless this is just a developmental stage (if you will) for the character that'll become DeadPool....I hope Ryan knocks this role out of the park.
  • Mav
    One word.... WHYYYY???!
  • Chris
    WTF!? As a Deadpool enthusiast, I'm completely disappointed that this "thing" looks like some kind of half assed Baraka from Mortal Kombat.
  • Yeah, if somehow, at the end of the movie, Deadpool is all f-d up and looking like Deadpool, I can forgive this mistake. There were talks of a possible spinoff if people like the character, I can't imagine the movie would have him running around half naked the whole time with sword arms. So there is hope. It's just the kind of hope you had going into Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
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