New Deadpool Info Points to a Different Kind of Superhero Film

Collider's Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub was one several reporters who got to visit the Vancouver set of Deadpool this past year, and as 20th Century Fox released the set-visit embargo today, lots of new information has flooded out.

Ever since it was announced that Deadpool would be rated R, fans of Marvel's irreverent comic book have been very excited that the adaptation they've long waited for is going to live up to the wild, humorous spirit of the comic. As Weintraub wrote, "Deadpool needed to break the fourth wall, be irreverent, borderline psychotic, and never play it safe. The version of Deadpool that every comic book fan wanted to see was impossible in a PG-13 movie."

Before you read Weintraub's big reveals, watch the official Red Band trailer below to catch you up:

Now here's Weintraub's list of 65 things you absolutely must know about Deadpool, which include Colossus's role, breaking the fourth wall, and the script was six years in the making. Deadpool finally comes out on February 12, 2016.

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