Deadpool is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character

of the same name. It is the eighth installment of the X-Men film series, and is
directed by Tim Miller. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the film stars
Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hi
ldebrand, and Stefan Kapicic. In Deadpool, Wade Wilson hunts the man who gave hi
m an accelerated healing factor, but also a scarred physical appearance.
Development of a Deadpool film began in February 2004 with New Line Cinema. Howe
ver, in March 2005, New Line put the film in turnaround and 20th Century Fox bec
ame interested. In May 2009, after Reynolds portrayed the character in X-Men Ori
gins: Wolverine, Fox lent the film to writers, and in April 2011, Miller was hir
ed for his directorial debut. CGI test footage created by Miller and Reynolds wa
s leaked in July 2014 to an enthusiastic response, leading to Fox greenlighting
the film that September. Additional casting began in early 2015, and principal p
hotography took place in Vancouver, Canada, from March to May. Visual effects we
re provided by multiple vendors, and ranged from the addition of blood and gore
to the creation of the completely computer generated character Colossus.
Deadpool premiered in Paris on February 8, 2016, and was released on February 12
, 2016, in North America in IMAX, DLP, D-Box and premium large formats. The film
has broken numerous box office records and generally received positive reviews;
it became the highest-grossing R-rated comic book film, while critics praised R
eynolds' performance, the humor, and the action sequences, but criticized the pl
ot as formulaic. A sequel has been greenlit.