‘Deadpool’ Director & Producer Want Spider-Man To Pay A Visit To The Merc With A Mouth
By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2016 12:00 pm EST
Speaking with Superhero Hype while promoting the forthcoming home video release of Deadpool next month, director Tim Miller revealed that he and X-Men franchise producer Simon Kinberg “have been trying to build bridges” to potentially allow for Spider-Man to meet Deadpool at some point in the future. However, this is far from a done deal. When Kinberg talked about the possibility, this is what he said:
So it doesn’t sound like there have been any official discussions, but both Miller and Kinberg are certainly trying to play nice with Marvel. The question is whether or not Sony would be willing to play ball. Hopefully if Kevin Feige is on board an idea like this he could convince Sony to share Spider-Man a little more, because having the smart-mouthed webslinger match wits with the Merc with a Mouth would be awesome.
I would love to see it. Both of us are close with [Marvel’s] Kevin [Feige], we respect and love Kevin. If it were even remotely possible, we will find a way ‘cause we’d would love to see it.
However, I think that it might be a little easier and more interesting to merely have Deadpool cross over into the other comic book franchises instead. After all, Deadpool doesn’t follow the conventional rules of a movie by breaking the fourth wall and talking to the audience. So it would stand to reason that he wouldn’t follow the boundaries between studios and could come and go wherever he pleases. Of course, that would require some paperwork to be filled out too, but at least we know it’s not impossible anymore.
This story was tossed into Superhero Bits last week, but since not everyone catches the round-up of comic book stories, we thought it might be best to highlight so maybe 20th Century Fox, Marvel and Sony can see just how badly fans want to make this happen. So if you want to see Deadpool and Spider-Man meet, make sure to let Fox, Sony and Marvel know in the comments.
