At
time of writing, Deadpool is the
highest grossing film of the year.
This kind of massive success is pretty much assured to have ripple
effects, especially given the high number of mitigating factors involved. Whatever you personally think of the
character Deadpool is undoubtedly a novelty act, a C-list hero getting a
spin-off dumped in February that no one at the studio level really believed
in.
Remember, this movie had to be
WILLED into existence by Ryan Reynolds and Internet pressure and the big reason
for that is that everyone assumed Deadpool was too minor a supporting character
to sustain a film without some X-Men heavy hitter like Wolverine or Storm
backing him up. What’s more, Deadpool is the first superhero action
movie with an R-rating we’ve had since Blade
2 to actually be a smash hit.
Both of these elements have combined for the latest post-Deadpool movie announcement,
specifically that Sony is relaunching its Venom
movie.
