'Deadpool' Sequel News: Huge Budget Not Necessary, Writers Say
While most of today's popular comics-based superhero films try to stun viewers with extensive CGI work, which necessitates a massive visual effects budget, the writers of "Deadpool" say that they can make the upcoming sequel to their box office hit within a much-smaller budget range.
In an interview with Collider, "Deadpool" writer Paul Wernick said, "We don't want $150 million to go make the next movie, that's not Deadpool."
"Deadpool doesn't lift cities up into the air or battle aliens coming down to earth, that's just not Deadpool. So we're happy in that little small budget range that they have us in; we don't wanna blow this next one out," he explained.
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Earlier this month, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Fox had given the green light to a "Deadpool" sequel and that Wernick and co-writer Rhett Reese are already on board to pen the script for the follow-up. But just because it is getting a sequel doesn't mean that "Deadpool" will begin to resemble the rest of the superhero film series that now have massive fanbases.
According to Reese, there is "a real conceptual difference" between bringing other characters and elements into the "reasonably small, gritty world" of Deadpool and taking the superhero and placing him in a big ensemble (like the Avengers or the Justice League). According to the "Deadpool" writer, a Deadpool and Cable team-up will have to happen in Deadpool's world. This will allow them to control the film's budget and retain the "relatability" of the character.
"I think at this stage in the game it's about taking other people and dropping them into this reasonably insular, gritty, urban, dark world of Deadpool," Reese said.
While the "Deadpool" writers may have sounded content with keeping the sequel's budget at or near that of the first film, Collider notes that their statements were made before "Deadpool" became a box office success. Now that the film has become a phenomenon and a major installment in the "X-Men" franchise, the "Deadpool" team may have a change of heart.
