Paul Wernick Archives

Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are one of the most successful duos in Hollywood with their success in the Deadpool and Zombieland franchises While promoting their Netflix sci-fi thriller Spiderhead starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Love & Thunder), the two provided an update on their experience developing Deadpool 3 for Marvel Studios The previous two[...]

Never mind the previous promises from star Ryan Reynolds and franchise writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, nor the fact that when the Mouse left the adult-oriented Netflix Defenders, MCU shows intact into their new home at Disney+ Now the Zombieland writers again are trying to reassure fans that the first MCU Deadpool film will[...]

Many felt it was such a disservice to Vanessa, who was such an important character with happened in the first film in 2015. Morena BaccarinEditorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com At word came back to writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, they told Vulture they weren't even aware of the trope "I think at some point somebody[...]

In the latest version of "Zombieland Cameo That Never Was Theatre", Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese shared their script pitches online to actors who turned down offers to cameo for their 2009 hit for those suffering the Coronavirus Blues The duo wrote for a number of actors in the off-chance any of them accepted The[...]

As Hollywood suspended productions globally, some like Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese decided to make the best of the situation The two decided to post completed scripts proposed to numerous actors like the late Patrick Swayze, Kevin Bacon, Dwayne Johnson, Mark Hamill, Sylvester Stallone, and Joe Pesci All turned them down before Bill[...]

Writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese had another name in mind originally, the late Patrick Swayze Unfortunately, the actor fell ill before they offered the part Before Wernick and Reese settled on Murray, they considered other actors including Kevin Bacon, Mark Hamill, Dwayne Johnson, Sylvester Stallone, and Joe Pesci. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency via Shutterstock "Zombieland" Patrick[...]

Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick assures fans Disney gave the greenlight to continue the Deadpool franchise as is There is a lot of planning involved to make it happen from finishing the script to see what characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe they'll be permitted to use Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Reese and[...]

It cuts to "from the writers of Deadpool" in case people forgot about Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick,  who wrote the first movie. The trailer revisits the White House, but an extension of a previous sequence Tallahassee said he thought he would have made a fine president as he props his leg on the president's desk[...]

And he filmed a script by the screenwriters of Deadpool, Paul Wernick and Rhett Rheese Ryan Reynolds plays the lead with Melanie Laurent, Ben Hardy, Adria Arjona, Dave Franco and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as his team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLE85olJjp8&feature=youtu.beVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 6 Underground starring Ryan Reynolds | Official Trailer | Netflix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLE85olJjp8&feature=youtu.be)   It seems to[...]

Murray made a cameo in the 2009 film, but given his fate, I wonder how they bring him back. Also coming back is director Ruben Fleischer and writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese Joining them is Dave Callaham In an interview with ComicBook.com, Fleischer fondly recalled the experience he had making the original Zombieland, and the profound[...]

Others new to the cast include Zoey Deutch, Avan Jogia, and Rosario Dawson, according to Variety. Riding the coattails of his previous film for Sony, Venom, director Ruben Fleischer reunites with writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, who have been busy with a different Marvel franchise for FOX in Deadpool. Shooting began in January 2019 and scheduled[...]

Unfortunately, director Ruben Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick found themselves high in demand after the film's success Amazon Prime announced a TV series with different actors in the roles of Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock, but the horrible reception caused its abrupt cancellation. Since the 2009 Sony film, Fleischer went on to[...]

Created by series writer Shawn Simmons and executive produced by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Greg Coolidge, and Kirk Ward, the series is a righteously insane-in-all-the-right-ways mix of John Hughes, John Wick, Rian Johnson's Brick, and the Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona. YouTube Premium When McKenna's Wayne learns that his birthright – a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am – was stolen from his father on his father's deathbed[...]

Created by series writer  Shawn Simmons and executive produced by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Greg Coolidge, and Kirk Ward, the series is a righteously insane-in-all-the-right-ways mix of John Hughes, John Wick, Rian Johnson's Brick, and the Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona. Needless to say, we fell for it hard (as our review below can attest) – and now the fine[...]

Premiering at this year's Tribeca TV Festival, the ten-episode series was created by series writer Shawn Simmons and executive produced by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Greg Coolidge, and Kirk Ward. YouTube Premium When Mark McKenna's (Sing Street, Kat and Alfie: Redwater) Wayne learns that his birthright – a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am – was stolen from his father on his[...]

Amidst a flurry of 20th Century Fox X-Rumors tonight, comes this Ryan Reynolds correction to the latest on Deadpool 2: "Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are still very much writing the screenplay They're the heartbeat of the whole operation."  This in response to a Collider report from earlier tonite stating in part, "Over the past few[...]

Proving that in addition to being successful and talented screenwriters they are also edge bad @#$es who believe that rules were made to be broken, maaan, Deadpool's Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter where they both boasted of previous rule breaking and expressed plans to break more rules in[...]

One of the things that made Deadpool so successful is that it managed to appeal to a rather wide audience despite being an obscure character that only comic fans had heard of. In an interview with Collider, writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are already thinking about how to approach this character while walking the line[...]

Collider recently caught up with writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to talk about what characters are going to return for the sequel Despite the fact that the studio could only afford Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) for the first movie they were the perfect duo to counter Deadpool's sense of[...]

In this sneak peek for the next episode of AMC's Geeking Out, Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg talk with Deadpool co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick as they explain how they convinced Bill Murray to be in Zombieland. https://youtu.be/ta4gkua91uQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Geeking Out: 'Bill Murray' Official Sneak Peek Episode 104 (https://youtu.be/ta4gkua91uQ) [...]

Joe 2's screenplay was penned by the same guys who wrote Zombieland: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick The film is set to start shooting in New Orleans later this month and is slated for release on June 29th 2012. Whether or not Bruce Willis will be able to save this film in what will probably be[...]