Deadpool will sit as part of the X-Men movie universe, that producer Simon Kinberg admits is influenced by Marvel's success...
For some time there was concern that the Deadpoolmovie wouldn't, or couldn't, fit in with the larger X-Men movie universe that Fox has done such a fine job building over the last fifteen years. There's also been that lingering worry about whether Deadpoolwould be rated PG-13 or R, although it seems a little premature to worry about that. Then again, if you've read that script, you know why it's on some minds.
Anyway...
X-Men (and Deadpool) producer Simon Kinberg (he also keeps busy writing things like the Fantastic Four movie and X-Men: Apocalypse) told the good folks at ComicBook.com that "there’s definitely a sort of overall plan that we’ve all been talking about for the X-Menuniverse now, and Deadpoolobviously fits into that."
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He added that "I guess I would say it’s part of certainly an overall timeline and thought process that goes into these films, some of which is inspired by the comics and some which is inspired by seeing what Marvel’s done with telling a larger tapestry and linking all those movies together, even as they stand independently as well. The same kind of thought is going to go into these X-Men movies at Fox."
Wait a minute, this all sounds very familiar. Didn't we already report this a few weeks ago?
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