After what seems like an eternity of waiting, the Deadpool𒁃 movie will finally go in front of cameras this March, with Ryan Reynolds in the lead role.

According to , the film will be shot in Reynolds' hometown of Vancouver, notable as the base for many other recent Fox productions, including last year's X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

Directed by visual effects maestro Tim Miller, Deadpool looks set to atone for what many fans consider to be the poor treatment of the character in X-Men: Origins – Wolverine.

Early test footage for Miller's film suggests the Merc with a Mouth will make it to the big screen with his snarky asides and bloody skirmishes intact, though it remains to be seen if Deadpool will receive the R-💧rating Stateside that it 🌊demands.

Meanwhile, producer Simon Kinberg recently revealed that Deadpool will tie in with the other X-Men movies.

“There’s definitely a sort of overall plan that we’ve all been talking about for the X-Men universe now,” he said, “and Deadpool obviously fits into that.”

Deadpool will open in cinemas on 12 February 2016.

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