The overwhelming success of the mini-budgeted, R-rated, February-launched superhero film, Deadpool took the world completely by surprise. This included the film’s production studio, 20th Century Fox, who had allowed the project to languish in development for over a decade before finally ceding to public opinion after conceptual footage was leaked online. Fox only allotted the film a $58M budget (less than half of the original Iron Man‘s $140M), but Deadpool won over the public with a stellar marketing campaign, and consequently went on to set a worldwide box office record for R-rated film earnings.
The in-development sequel to Deadpool has made headlines recently with the departure of director Tim Miller from the project, reportedly due to ...
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