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Deadpool shatters more records, biggest ever opening for an R-rated film

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Having set an opening day record on Friday, 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has now shattered a host of records with its first weekend in the States, with the film pulling in a whopping $135 million over the Friday-to-Sunday period. Deadpool has now claimed the three-day (and four-day) February opening weekend records from Fifty Shades of Grey, while […]

Deadpool looking at $170 million plus global opening weekend

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20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has been rolling out this week, with the film opening in the UK on Wednesday and making its way across the Pond to North America today. Early tracking had suggested the film would be looking at a $55 million domestic opening weekend, but it looks like the Merc with a Mouth […]

T.J. Miller confirms director’s cut for Deadpool, will be “even more raw”

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20th Century Fox made a lot of fans happy when it granted permission for director Tim Miller and star Ryan Reynolds to go all out with an R-rated cut of Deadpool, and last night during a special screening of the movie in London, T.J. Miller revealed that the X-Men spin-off will receive a director’s cut which […]

Why Warner Bros. has to make Justice League now

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Anghus Houvouras on why Warner Bros. has to make Justice League now… If there’s one big story in 2016, it’s sure to be centered around Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The stakes have never been higher. After years of hemming and hawing over their plans for a shared DC Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. has […]

Deadpool tracking for $55 million opening weekend; bigger than X-Men, The Wolverine and X-Men: First Class

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We’re only a couple of weeks away from The Merc With a Mouth hitting cinema screens in his feature-debut, and The Hollywood Reporter is tracking a good opening weekend for Deadpool. If the outlet is to be believed, Deadpool is currently tracking to earn $55+ million on its opening weekend, when it goes up against Zoolander […]

Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool is a dream come true for him

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Back in 2004, Ryan Reynolds first signed on to star as Wade Wilson in a Deadpool movie, and in just a few short weeks he’ll finally get his wish (well, if you’re discounting X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which we are) as 20th Century Fox kicks off the 2016 superhero season with the hotly-anticipated release of the […]

Early reactions to Deadpool are very, very positive

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Last night fans were invited to a secret screening of the upcoming comic book movie Deadpool, and the reactions are rather positive. Fans in attendance thought they were there to see some footage, and were surprised when the whole film was introduced by Ryan Reynolds, who was also joined by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, Marvel Comics […]

Ryan Reynolds on his Deadpool casting and how the Merc with a Mouth fits into the X-Men movie universe

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There’s just over a month to go before 20th Century Fox kicks off the 2016 superhero season with the release of , and during an interview with Empire Magazine, Ryan Reynolds has been speaking about his casting as the Merc with a Mouth, as well as touching upon how the upcoming movie fits in with […]