Donald Glover wants everyone to know his time was not a factor in the cancellation of the new animated ‘Deadpool’ series.
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This past weekend, FX announced Glover and his brother/producing partner #StephenGlover would no longer be collaborating with #Marvel for a new “Deadpool” show. According to the statement the two parties were having “creative differences.”
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On Wednesday, Glover took to Twitter and posted an uncleared, fictional 15-page “Deadpool” script and decided to set the record, and Marvel straight. “For the record: I wasn’t too busy to work on Deadpool,” he wrote with a post of the “Finale” episode of the show.
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Glover’s script followed the journey of anti-hero “Deadpool” in Africa on a mission protecting the world’s last male northern white Rhino, named Sudan (who recently just passed). On Twitter, Glover began posing questions in his made-up script as to why the series got cancelled.
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Deadpool says to Sudan, “What? The Marvel stuff I said in it? All I said was Marvel was trying to sell toys to seven-year-old boys and 50-year-old pedophiles.” He also mentioned it’s an inappropriate time to a have a “violent, gun loving white man ranting on TV” – “other than the president.” He then asks aloud: “Do you think they canceled the show…cause of racism?!”
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Later in his tweets, he says “It just feels like everyone wants something different, but no one wants to do anything different to get it. Doesn’t Marvel have enough feel-good minority shows everyone supports but doesn’t watch? I mean, I think our show woulda been funny. I just wanted a place, to be honest. And I guess that place is Freeform.”
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While FX confirmed an ongoing relationship with Marvel on ‘Legion’, they say they are parting ways with ‘Deadpool.’ Marvel has declined to comment.
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