Compare and contrast: the 20th Century Fox that would give away their merchandising rights for Star Wars to George Lucas, rather than give him an extra $20k payday; a 20th Century Fox that cancels every TV show ever, rather than risk them failing in the long-term; one that rushes out a lacklustre third X-Men film after losing its established director, and spends six years deciding whether to make a Deadpool film. To be compared against the 20th Century Fox of today, which finally gives Ryan Reynolds $60 million and carte blanche to make whatever the hell kind of Deadpool film he wanted, and then on the morning of the film's European release - with no profits set in stone - green-light a sequel. That's ballsy. Coming from a studio known for its short-sightedness, proclivity for avoiding risk, and eagerness for quick profits, it's incredibly surprising. They haven't pulled the trigger on a sequel that quickly since Avatar. Not to mention some of the sh*t they let Reynolds actually say in Deadpool, it's crazy. Somewhere over the last few years Fox grew a pair, and it's interesting to watch play out. Who knows what kind of awesomely outlandish decisions they'll make next?
Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.
