Rob Liefeld — comic-book artist and Deadpool creator extraordinaire — took to his Instagram to post a heartfelt comment about the upcoming Marvel superhero flick, expressing his excitement and his complete faith in the project. He also heaped praise on filmmakers Tim Miller, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Ryan freakin' Reynolds (his words, not mine) for sticking to their guns in order to bring us the Wade Wilson we all know and love.
Liefeld was apparently on set yesterday, and he took time to snap a pic of himself with Reynolds, who’s finally back as the Merc With a Mouth after Deadpool spent a couple of years stuck in development hell. Yesterday was April’s Fool Day, and there was a running gag that ran All. Day. Long about the movie’s rating: They first claimed it would get the dreaded PG-13, sending fans scrambling in utter and total panic. But, fear not! Reynolds finally came clean, and Deadpool will be rated R....as it bloody well should be. After all, we do have a wise-cracking, foul-mouthed mercenary as the film’s anti-hero.
Liefeld’s comment below is lengthy, discussing how the whole thing took a very long time to finally come together — thanks in part to that test reel footage. He also talks about the mediocrity that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he expresses sentiments shared by many a comic-book and/or comic-book movie fan. More importantly, he promises us that we are "in for a cinematic comic book experience unlike any you have experienced!" Check it out:
What do you think of Rob Liefeld’s faith in Deadpool? Will you definitely be catching this one up in movie theaters when it gets released on February 12, 2016? Along with Ryan Reynolds, the movie stars Firefly's Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller and Gina Carano.
(via Comic Book)