Time In Development Hell: 16 Years The idea of getting a Deadpool movie going first came along in 2000, but it didn't pick up much heat until 2004 when New Line tried to make a version David Goyer and Ryan Reynolds. That take quickly withered and died, and when 20th Century Fox got the rights they decided to use the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine; hindsight shows what a good idea that was. Still, they decided to push ahead with a planned spin-off, and a script was quickly put together. The studio head still wasnt convinced and demanded more rewrites to a script that was already picking up great buzz. In 2012, a test film was created to convince the studio to press forward, but it wasnt until the footage leaked two years later and was met with a huge response online, that they gave it the greenlight. Worth The Wait?: Yep, going by box office numbers alone. The film was a fresh, funny take on the comic book movie, and Ryan Reynolds was practically born to play the character.
