Ryan Reynolds and Michael Bay are reportedly set for Netflix’s biggest blockbuster to date.
The 41-year-old Hollywood star is said to be teaming up with the 53-year-old filmmaker on Skydance Media’s ‘Six Underground’, which will be produced for a 2019 release on the online streaming service.
According to Deadline, the action thriller’s budget could be in the $150 million range – which would make it Netflix’s biggest feature film to date – and its slated to start production this summer.
The project is being developed from a script penned by ‘Deadpool’ screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.
Reynolds is currently riding high after starring in the sequel to the superhero blockbuster, with ‘Deadpool 2’ earning $301 million across the world over its first weekend.
The 20th Century Fox movie – based on the beloved and edgy Marvel Comics character – has proven to be a huge hit with audiences across the globe.
As reported by Variety, it pulled in $125m in the US alone, with an international haul of $176m – even without a boost from China, where the movie appears unlikely to get a release.
The figures make it not only the best ever overseas opening for Fox International, but it has also toppled ‘Logan’ ($160 million) as the biggest international opening for an R-rated film.
Its huge success comes as it has been revealed the makers of the movie cut a post-credits scene because they considered it inappropriate.
Writers Reese and Wernick have revealed they’d shot a scene in which the character – who is played by Ryan Reynolds – was seen killing a baby version of Adolf Hitler, but they performed a U-turn after screening the scene to an audience.
Rhett explained: "Deadpool goes back and kills baby Hitler at the very end. That’s what was supposed to happen."
Paul added: "And not just supposed to happen, we shot it."
Ryan Reynolds and Michael Bay set for Netflix blockbuster
