{"id":71827,"date":"2015-02-09T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=71827"},"modified":"2015-02-09T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:44:55","slug":"deadpool-movie-female-lead-shortlist-goes-after-big-tv-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/deadpool-movie-female-lead-shortlist-goes-after-big-tv-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadpool movie female lead shortlist revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taylor<\/a>
Taylor Schilling in Orange Is The New Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

With the Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> movie finally hurtling towards production, the film is narrowing down its choices for the female lead.<\/p>\n

\"Morena<\/a>
Morena Baccarin in Gotham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Deadline<\/a> reports that Morena Baccarin (Gotham<\/em><\/strong>, Firefly<\/em><\/strong>), Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black<\/em><\/strong>), Jessica De Gouw (Arrow<\/em><\/strong>), Sarah Greene (Vikings<\/em><\/strong>), Crystal Reed (Teen Wolf<\/em><\/strong>) and Rebecca Rittenhouse (The Red Band Society<\/em><\/strong>) are all in the running to join Ryan Reynolds in Tim Miller’s X-Men spin-off.<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/a>
Jessica De Gouw in Arrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s no word yet about any potential frontrunners, nor indeed about who exactly said female lead is. In fact, precious little is known about the Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> movie, beyond the fact that production is set to begin in March.<\/p>\n

\"Crystal<\/a>
Crystal Reed in Teen Wolf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More details will almost certainly emerge soon as the production date gets closer and closer for the Merc With A Mouth.<\/p>\n

Deadpool <\/i>is set for release in February<\/i> 2016. You can pre-order X-Men: Days Of Future Past<\/em> on Blu-ray for £15 at Amazon.co.uk<\/a> and read about the comics that inspired the film with the100 All-Time Greatest Comics Bookazine<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stars of Orange Is The New Black and Gotham are in the running for Deadpool’s female lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":71832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,3],"tags":[791],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deadpool.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}