Expect to meet a very different Deadpool when Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth makes the jump to animated television.
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Speaking at the Television Critics Associations’ summer press tour, FX CEO John Landgraf said the Deadpool cartoon being worked on by Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover has a very different tone than the Deadpool movie that opened last year.
“It’ll be really different from the movies,” Landgraf said. “It’s animated and they’re live-action, but also it has a different tone and editorial voice as evidenced by Donald and Stephen Glover, who have their own voice and tone. We really wanted to make something that was distinctly different from the movies.”
As for when fans will get to see the cartoon, that’s still to be determined.
“We’ve picked it up to series but I can’t tell you when it’s going to be scheduled yet because it’s gotta be great,” Landgraf said.
Donald Glover has a lot on his plate with Star Wars, Atlanta, and the Deadpool animated series, and the work follows him wherever he goes.
“They had a staff working in London while Donald was shooting Star Wars,” Landgraf said. “He wrote the second season of Atlanta before London, had a staff in London, he’s coming back to shoot Atlanta season 2 and simultaneously we’ll be animating Deadpool.”
Landgraf says they’re working hard to make sure Glover is able to fuel all of his creative outlets.
“Working with talent, you don’t want to squelch their [opportunities],” Landgraf said. “You don’t want to say don’t do the Star Wars movie and play the first African-American character in cinema who inspired you when you were young. You want to figure it out so we juggle people’s schedules.”
FXX announced the Glovers’ Deadpool animated series in May. The show received a 10-episode order for its first season. Donald and Stephen Glover will serve as the showrunners, writers, and executive producers. Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory will also be executive producers. The still untitled series is being produced by Marvel Television in association with FX Productions and ABC Signature Studios for FXX.
(H/T SlashFilm)
