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There be rumours, speculation and spoilers ahead.
Please don't continue if you don't want to know.
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The forthcoming Deadpool Movie has been in production a long time, with drafts written off the back of 2009's X-Men Origins:Wolverine - a film which didn't exactly get amazing reviews, especially for it's portrayal of Wade Wilson (and on a personal level, for it's bastardization of the Hudsons).
The project suffered several hurdles and wasn't officially greenlit until after CGI tests had been leaked, to great public appreciation, which may have stoked interest in the film.
The screenplay for the film is by the creators of Zombieland, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and in the period of time when the project looked like it wasn't to happen, was leaked online.
Now we here at AlphaFlight.net in no way endorse any leaks or illegal activity.
I haven't downloaded or viewed a copy of the screenplay.
I don't intend to link to it, or recommend anyone view it.
However, with the recent release of the Red Band Trailer a certain scene caught my eye, which prompted me to do some digging online:
A lot of articles on the film have been doing the rounds on the internet, one in particular from earlier in the year which I discovered, justifying my thoughts.
The article lists that the character of Wyre is included in the original screenplay, and the following screenplay extract seems to confirm it:
Now, obviously, the screenplay will have had many revisions since the original draft, especially in light of the leaked version, but as per the article a number of things reportedly in the screenplay have made it into the trailer and the film's IMDb page.
Neither Kane, Sluggo or Wyre are listed in the IMDb page (although there are characters listed as 'Super Slave' #1 & 2) and in an interview with Empire Magazine, director Tim Miller had the following to say:
We had Garrison Kane in there for a while, but in the final round of budget cuts we had to take him out, because he was a pretty expensive dude. He’s got these bionic arms that change shape; he would have been a visual effect for a large part of the movie. And as it turned out, a visual effect too far. I went through the list of Marvel characters and picked a few others I thought could be visually spectacular and fun.
Wyre first appeared in 1992's Alpha Flight #114, created by Simon Furman, Pat Broderick and Bruce Patterson, with an origin largely tied to Wild Child, whom he came to kill, before eventually joining the team.
The character was last seen in #130, when the first Volume ended.
If it is actually Wyre it's doubtful that any of his AF connections will be incorporated, but for a bit-part character it'd be a really nice touch to see him on screen even briefly, especially as the film appears to be partly based upon the Deadpool/Death '98 Annual which used the Weapon K setting(and also cameo-ed Vindicator, briefly).
Either way, I'll be watching the film, and staying till the credits, with my fingers crossed.
Deadpool is scheduled for release in North America on February 12, 2016.
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