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'Deadpool' Will Go Before Cameras This Year; Reynolds Still Attached to Star

X-MEN spin-off Deadpool is likely to go into production in 2012 with Ryan Reynolds still attached to star in the project, The Geek Files has learned.

In what is exciting news for X-Men fans, those involved with the 20th Century Fox project are hopeful that Deadpool will film this year. In addition, we've heard that Hugh Jackman's second solo mutant adventure, The Wolverine, will definitely go into production in 2012.

Fan favourite Deadpool, the name used by smart-mouth mercenary Wade Wilson, was introduced in X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Reynolds in the role but the new film will reboot the concept so it's far closer to the comics. There has been talk that the script even sees Deadpool poking fun at his initial big-screen appearance, which will be portrayed as a work of fiction that isn't part of the film's own reality.

Although there's been no official news about Deadpool since Tim Miller joined as director last April, I have been hearing it's on the front burner and still viable, with Reynolds still attached to star. Reynolds has been actively involved in the script for what he regards as a personal passion project.

The actor has been filming another comic book adaptation, R.I.P.D, about an afterlife police department for dead cops, and then has a voice role in DreamWorks animated feature Turbo about a garden snail whose dreams come true after a freak accident.

Fox is also developing a sequel to X-Men: First Class as well as rebooting its Daredevil and Fantastic Four franchises. It recently emerged that Chronicle director Josh Trank is in line to helm the next Fantastic Four film.

Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld recently hinted, during an appearance at Amazing Arizona Comic Con, that he had viewed test footage for the Deadpool movie that showed the character in full costume with his trademark katana swords and guns in what appeared to be an R-rated film.

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