11-7-2017

Rob Liefeld Wants Fox to Hold off on Selling Deadpool to Disney/Marvel

By Luke Y. Thompson

Fox may not be interested in selling their studio to Disney any more, but one guy who definitely doesn't want it to happen is Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld. In an open letter to Rupert Murdoch posted on his Instagram, he has urged the Fox chairman to wait until Deadpool and its various spin-offs becomes the next Star Wars.

"Wait on any further talks until Deadpool 2 opens and does a billion. And X-Force!" urges the ever-enthusiastic artist. "This is your Star Wars franchise and you've only scratched the surface."

Putting aside the irony of the fact that Star Wars was, in fact, Fox's Star Wars franchise, and the original movie is still theirs, Liefeld and his fans have good reason to want Fox to hold off on any potential transfer of Deadpool, Cable et al. to Disney. You're not likely to see Disney do R-rated Marvel movies: they save those properties for Netflix and cable. A PG-13 version of Deadpool is certainly not unheard of, as it's not like his comics are always loaded with f-bombs and nudity, but the no-holds-barred quality of the movie was undoubtedly a big contributor to its success as something different in the superhero realm.

That said, the Deadpool crossover we'd like to see the most is with Spider-Man...which involves a third studio and makes the whole thing even less likely to happen. But as for the Star Wars comparison: as long as Hasbro doesn't make toys from the Fox Marvel movies, it won't be.

Image: Fox



