Earlier this year, millions ofDeadpoolfans were disappointed to learn that the animated Deadpool series being developed byAtlanta’s Donald and Stephen Glover at FX had been cancelled. However, hope for the series may now be restored as FX’s CEO John Landgraf has claimed the series may still be developed by Marvel, considering that Marvel still owns the TV rights toDeadpooland were already heavily involved with the development of the show.
Landgraf went a little more in depth on what happened to theDeadpoolseries at FX, and shared some disappointing news. Unfortunately, if Marvel does decide to revive the series,Donald and Stephen Glovermay no longer be attached. According to Landgraf, the decision for FX to cancel the animatedDeadpoolshow was made by Marvel, who did not like what the Glover brothers had created. FX and the Glover’sparted ways with the projectshortly thereafter.
Despite the bumpy track the series has taken, Landgraf believes that Marvel will still continue their work with the series.Deadpoolis clearly a popular character and would surely bring in quite a bit more cash for Marvel. Here is what Landgraf had to say on the matter.
“I think that Marvel will revive it, because they have the rights. They own the IP and they have the rights to do ananimated adult seriesbased on any of the X-Men characters, and based on Deadpool specifically. They didn’t want to do the show that Donald and Stephen [Glover] wrote. We would have done show that Donald and Stephen wrote, but it wasn’t our decision. When Marvel decided not to do that show, we parted company with them as did Donald and Stephen. Now it’s totally up to them [Marvel] whether they hire someone else to do a different show.”
If Marvel does indeed pick theanimated Deadpool seriesback up, it will more than likely be released on the upcoming Disney streaming service. Like DC is doing with DC Universe, Disney is planning quite a bit of original content that will only be able to be seen on their streaming service, including a live actionLady and the Tramp, a newStar Warsseries, and even aMonsters Inc.series. This would be the perfect platform for theDeadpoolseries as well, as fans would be able to binge the show right away, which seems to work best for adult animated comedies.
Even if Donald Glover is no longer attached to the show, it will still be entertaining to seeDeadpoolgrace the screen in an animated comedy. TheMerc with the Mouthhas previously appeared in an animated series,The Ultimate Spider-Man, but the show’s TV-Y rating restricted quite a bit of his comedy. Hopefully Marvel will wise up in the near future and give Wade Wilson the TV-M rating that he deserves by finally giving him his own animated show. Only time will tell if the recent cancellation of theDeadpoolseries by Marvel and FX is permanent, or merely a bump in the road, as this report fromVarietywould suggest.
