But Tim Miller's Deadpool also seemed to be convincing nervous studio execs that a foul - mouthed, hyper - violent, sex - infused and fourth wall -
breaking superhero comedy could be successful if the suits just stepped back and let Deadpool be Deadpool.
In being that
superhero movie that refuses to be a
superhero movie, it crams itself full of
comedy, constantly
breaking the rules and changing the game.
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Pearce
broke out as the producer / writer of the British
superhero comedy «No Heroics» and has since landed a couple of high profile gigs, co-writing «Iron Man 3» with director Shane Black and penning the DC Comic «The Mighty» for Paramount.
In fact, the R - rated, fourth wall -
breaking, comic book
comedy performed so well at the box office that it warranted a prime summer release date for the sequel, and a new trailer proves that summer is the best place for this bombastic
superhero.
Scorsese previously directed a 1982 film titled The King of
Comedy, starring Robert De Niro as a deluded comedian who couldn't catch a
break, so the new Joker film's Scorsese connection makes far more sense with that in mind, despite the director's aversion to
superhero stories.