In the current Hollywood landscape, there are three major superhero franchises: Marvel Studios’ Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros’ DC Comics Extended Universe, and 20th Century Fox’s mutant universe that began in 2000 with X-Men. Although Bryan Singer’s X-Men trilogy arguably kicked off the modern day superhero trend in Hollywood, Fox’s mutant franchise has seen both successes and failures. However, the studio took a new and significant step in 2016 with the release – and massive success – of Deadpool, an R-rated superhero action/comedy that became Fox’s top earning film in the mutant franchise.
But, Deadpool took an atypical path to theaters, since the project languished in development for over a decade before finally receiving a ...
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