Deadpool

film by Miller [2016]

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The 2016 film Deadpool features an antihero from Marvel Comics, created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. Known for his ultraviolence and breaking the fourth wall, Deadpool (Wade Wilson) is a mercenary with a healing factor, a result of the Weapon X program. This healing factor, while curing his cancer, left him disfigured and mentally unstable. The film, starring Ryan Reynolds, was a commercial success, becoming one of the top-grossing R-rated films at the time.12

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Deadpool
Impact and legacy
…culture mainstream owed much to Deadpool (2016), an ultraviolent blockbuster that cast Ryan Reynolds in the starring role. Deadpool was the top-grossing R-rated film at that time, earning nearly $800 million in global box office receipts. Deadpool 2 (2018), which saw Reynolds return in the lead role and cast Josh…
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…culture mainstream owed much to Deadpool (2016), an ultraviolent blockbuster that cast Ryan Reynolds in the starring role. Deadpool was the top-grossing R-rated film at that time, earning nearly $800 million in global box office receipts. Deadpool 2 (2018), which saw Reynolds return in the lead role and cast Josh…
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Ryan Reynolds
Hollywood career
(2013), Self/less (2015), and Deadpool (2016). The latter film, about the Marvel Comics antihero, was a blockbuster hit, and Reynolds subsequently starred in and cowrote the sequel, Deadpool 2 (2018). He later appeared with Will Ferrell in Spirited (2022), a musical comedy inspired by Charles Dickens’s A
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(2013), Self/less (2015), and Deadpool (2016). The latter film, about the Marvel Comics antihero, was a blockbuster hit, and Reynolds subsequently starred in and cowrote the sequel, Deadpool 2 (2018). He later appeared with Will Ferrell in Spirited (2022), a musical comedy inspired by Charles Dickens’s A
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X-Men
X-Men in television, films, and other media
Ryan Reynolds starred in Deadpool (2016), a hyper-violent action comedy that went on to become one of the top-grossing R-rated movies of all time. Reynolds returned as the “merc with the mouth” in Deadpool 2 (2018).
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Ryan Reynolds starred in Deadpool (2016), a hyper-violent action comedy that went on to become one of the top-grossing R-rated movies of all time. Reynolds returned as the “merc with the mouth” in Deadpool 2 (2018).
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