Yea, a Deadpool movie would probably be made for like, 60 million. Reynolds said in an interview last month that it was gonna be "cheap and nasty". Which sounds about right. You don't wanna go spending 100 million dollars on a rated R Deadpool movie, otherwise yea, you'd end up with another Watchmen.
And the thing with a Deadpool film is, it's kinda like making fun of cheesy superhero movies like Green Lantern. All the romance cliches, the origin story formula etc is basically crapped on and burnt, going by the script that leaked a while back. It's just something totally different. If it's marketed as more of an action comedy rather than another superhero movie, I think there is an audience for that kind of movie. It could be the perfect tonic for the people who are getting sick and tired of these safe, cliche superhero flicks. It just depends on if Fox have the balls to make a movie like that without neutering it. Which remains to be seen.
If Reynolds doesn't do it I'd go for someone like Woody Harrellson. Reading the script it sorta reminded me of Tallahasee from Zombieland. A crazy, funny guy who deep down is sorta tortured and tragic.
