Deadpool Trailer 2 Breakdown: 40 Things You Need To See
39. The City
As director Tim Miller told Empire, the idea of Deadpool's setting is a pre-post apocalyptic Detroit.
"...The idea was that it should look like a sh*tty place because you want to set Deadpool and his world apart as something different: grittier, nastier, you know, more like Daredevil where it's down in the streets where hes dealing with small-time sh*t that the X-Men and their shiny hi-tech world dont deal with."
So while the city does look impressive in the wide shots... Close up it's a lot more grubby... And it's falling apart...