Rob Liefeld Says He's Seen R-rated 'Deadpool' Footage

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The long-talked-about movie starring Deadpool got some internet buzz recently. Rob Liefeld, who co-created the character with Fabian Nicieza, was  at a comic convention on January 8, and had some interesting quotes about everyone's favorite mentally unstable mercenary. Ever since Deadpool appeared as one of the villains in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, news occasionally pops up about a movie in which Ryan Reynolds would reprise his role from Origins. We know the movie has a screenplay and a director, but so far, there's no word on a start date.

As it turns out, there might be movement on this film that's been kept under wraps. At the Amazing Arizona Comic Con last week, Liefeld gives us a major tease by spilling the beans on some test footage that he claims to have seen. Read the quote below from Reelz.com, and decide if you think Liefeld's telling the truth, or if it's just wishful thinking on his part. I'm undecided, but it seems unlikely that news about this test footage wasn't leaked sooner. If what he says is true, I'm sure we'll be hearing much more soon.

"They’ve got a great director on the movie, they’ve got a great script. I may or may have not have seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and you go, 'Holy crap,' and that’s Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people’s faces off and making me laugh. And I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you’ve got what would amount to the first R-rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R-rated. ... They may or may not have wanted to shoot about eight minutes of the movie to see how it would play. And all I can tell you is, it’s close. It’s closer than it’s ever been to going [into production], or going, 'Nah, that’s too scary a proposition to make an R-rated Deadpool movie.'" - Rob Liefeld

You can watch a video of Liefeld's entire panel discussion here 

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