'Deadpool' Movie Release Date, Plot Spoilers, Trailer Rumors - 'X-Men: Apocalypse' & Others in Fox Universe Linked To Ryan Reynolds Antihero Film

The upcoming Deadpool movie - which officially got off the ground and received a winter 2016 release date from Fox after this summer's "leaked" test footage became a viral hit - will have direct links to the X-Men movies from 20^th Century Fox. This might not be too much of a surprise, considering the character (played by Ryan Reynolds) appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but now it's official that these films will all reside in the same universe.

This news, like most movie news, comes from producer and writer Simon Kinberg, who recently sat down with ComicBook.com to discuss Deadpool.

"There's definitely a sort of overall plan that we've all been talking about for the X-Men universe now and Deadpool obviously fits into that," Kinberg explained. "So yeah, I guess I would say it's part of certainly an overall timeline and thought process that goes into these films, some of which is inspired by the comics and some which is inspired by seeing what Marvel's done with telling a larger tapestry and linking all those movies together, even as they stand independently as well. The same kind of thought is going to go into these X-Men movies at Fox."

Since fans of Deadpool didn't appreciate what happened to the character in the 2009 film in which he debuted, we're all hoping that this new movie isn't a direct continuation of that. Kinberg didn't say anything about it, so we'll have to wait and see!

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