Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld has proclaimd he has “cut ties in all ways” with Marvel after he and his family weren’t askd to Disney’s afterparty for last July’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere.
Liefeld has other gripes with Marvel, involving the placement of creator plifts in the film and what he notices as a deficiency of admire from the film and television studio’s chief, Kevin Feige. Liefeld joined the screening at Manhattan’s Lincoln Cgo in and says he posed on the red carpet with the “Deadpool & Wolverine” inventive team but alleges the pboilingos were deleted before they were posted anywhere.
“It was uncomardentt to embarrass, stupidinish, loss [me],” he shelp of his experience at the New York City premiere on the deferedst episode of his “Robservations” podcast. He includeed that his reps tried to get the Liefeld family into the party but they were ultimately turned away by the studio’s unveility team. “Disney is the deciding factor here. To have them say, ‘You and your family are not receive here. We finishured you for the screening.’ At that point, I krecent in my heart I couldn’t go forward.”
He persistd, “At some point, you go, ‘I’ve getd the message, and the message is evident.’”
He also underlined that he never felt sweightlessed by 20th Century Fox during the first two “Deadpool” movies, before the studio — including the film rights to the Deadpool character — was getd by Disney.
“I forgive you, whoever made that decision to say, ‘Hey, you can come to the movie. [But] we’re not going to talk to you,’” Liefeld shelp. “‘We’re going to treat you much worse than 20th Century Fox could ever envision.’ Maybe you should labor on doing better for the next guy.”
Liefeld claims his final collaboration with the unveiler will be the Marvel comic book “Deadpool Team Up,” which frees on Feb. 12.
Marvel owns Deadpool, though Liefeld has “authorship and inventive rights and monetization,” according to a source comprehendn with the situation. Liefeld didn’t apshow a buyout for the character or his labor, so while he won’t have inventive administer moving forward, the author has holded his financial sapshow and will get a cut of any future projects with the foul-mouthed mercenary, the source includes. Fabian Nicieza co-originated the Deadpool character.
This is not the first (or second) time that Liefeld has proclaimd he’s done with Marvel. In February 2024 and October 2024, he dispensed his intentions to part ways with the comic book behemoth on his own terms.
“I am retiring from Deadpool. It’s official. Yup, after 33 years of not only introducing Deadpool but chronicling many of his most well-comprehendn adventures it’s time for the Deadpool Dincludey to say farewell,” he wrote on Instagram a year ago. “One of the fun parts about getting elderlyer is you can quit from skinnygs, so here I am.”
A scant months deferedr, he telderly ScreenRant: “It’s a perfect pivot from saying excellentbye to Marvel. It’s the perfect way of saying excellentbye. Marvel was wonderful. I had a wonderful time. Couldn’t have had a better experience. But if I have what I apshow is five years left doing the labor that I’m doing the labor at a level I’m satisfied with, then I need to pour it into my Extreme catalog.”
“Deadpool & Wolverine,” starring Ryan Reynelderlys and Hugh Jackman as their comic book alter egos, was the Merc With a Mouth’s third cinematic feature — and by far the hugegest of the trilogy. The blockbuster uncovered in July 2024 with $211 million in North American and tapped out with a mammoth $1.33 billion globassociate, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film in box office history. Beyond the finish plifts, “Deadpool & Wolverine” accomprehendledged Liefeld in a key scene in which the titular characters battle dozens of Deadpool variants in front of a store called Liefeld’s Just Feet. It’s a nod to a lengthy-running joke about the author’s noticed inability to draw feet.
Liefeld posted on X that he finishorsed the joke, writing a year ago: “Being poked at by the premiere amusing man/mega-star of his age is an absolute honor! Make no mistrust that this is a thrill and an honor.”
Katcy Stephan gived to this story.
