So, we’ve been hearing since this time last year that Stern has the license for Deadpool and will release Deadpool in 2018 after the second movie hits theaters this summer.

Do we have any other news or rumors on this future title? Who is the artist working on it? Designer? Will it be another re-hashed or original Stern layout? Who will be doing the code? Is it based on the movies or comics? Will Ryan Reynolds do callouts? Will we get the “maximum effort” callout when we double danger the tilt?

Do we know or have we heard any solid rumors?

Did Stern not have the license after all? I thought that was basically confirmed they had secured it.

Is it official they will announce a game at TPF? Gosh, I need to keep up with the news better.

If it is shipping in April then TPF would be a perfect time to reveal the new title’s theme. I think Deadpool, if it is coming, will be a late summer / fall release.

Hopefully, the second movie is as good as the first one and keeps excitement for the title (regardless of whether it is movie or comic based) high.

Gosh, I agree. My big fear for Deadpool is it comes out with a layout I already have in my collection (the good news is that would let me wait for the code to mature).

I'm hoping Stern is learning something from TNA and comes out with something totally new for Deadpool.

Good. Any idea who is doing the artwork?

Thanks for posting that. I had not seen it.

Hands down. I've been avoiding new Sterns...but Deadpool is likely too tempting a theme for me to miss on...I just hope it has a somewhat unique layout.

They could theoretically still hire R.R. to do the voice work for Deadpool even if comic based. That would be awesome actually. Anyone know if R.R. is a Pinball fan?

I’m not giving up on them getting RR in for voice work, even if it is comic based. Stern has to know that would be a major draw. They got Nemoy in to do spok and Adam West for Batman...why not RR for Deadpool? Maybe RR would enjoy having a Deadpool pinball machine and being involved.

How much does a half day of voice work for a big actor cost? Nemoy did his voice work over the phone...not in a studio.

I couldn’t agree more. Hopefully Stern at least makes a run at him and finds out. They could go to wherever he is to do the recordings to make it less disruptive to his schedule.

Me also. I wish I had a twitter account. Hopefully he follows his Twitter. Can more people make Twitter posts to him?

Any new RR Pinball tweets?

While I agree there was nothing wrong with him, he's not RR. If they are going comic based, the fans of the movie will still flock to the game if RR is voicing Deadpool.

Saw some photos of some art and the possible layout. Looks very unique, absolutely not a recycled layout. Now, all we need is good code and RR doing the call outs.

Good to hear. I missed that seminar. Do we know who the designer is? Borg said he was not working on Deadpool (he did not confirm Deadpool was being worked on by anyone, but said it was not him).

You need an avatar photo so you don’t sneak up on people.

Well, Iron Maiden is officially announced. We know Borg is not doing Deadpool but has a game coming in September.

So...do we have five months before the next new title is announced from Stern with Deadpool coming after that or will Deadpool be released somewhere in the middle (like June)? Perhaps Borg’s game gets pushed back to later in the fall and Deadpool comes out in July/August.

When did GOTG start shipping?

He may not be contractually allowed to voice the character for a comic based promotion. Competing IP owners and what not...they may have a no compete clause of some kind or an exclusive personality agreement with RR that would legally stop him from doing the voice work even if Stern was willing to pay him reasonable money and even if he was willing to do it.

We will never know. I'm fairly certain (though I have no inside source...just an educated guess) he's not doing the voice work.

It’s primarily being a Gomez game that has some bummed out. If it were any other designer currently on the Stern team there would be some greater measure of excitement right now for the pending release.

The last Gomez game I can remember big buzz and excitement for was Transformers. He made a lot of promises about that title (transforming toy, etc) that left some disappointed. Avengers had some pop to it too given the license but those two releases kind of hurt Gomez’s rep in the eyes of some (notwithstanding past smash hits like LOTR, RFM, and MB). BM66 is great now but it’s slow start code wise and reuse of prior toys and ideas didn’t help our homey Gomey either...the feeling appears to be he doesn’t have any original ideas left for game design or other intangibles or if he does he’s not using them on his own games.

We will see when this comes out. I’m cautiously optimistic about Deadpool. I feel Gomez might deliver a surprise to us here.

Not a flop. It was a slow starter due to code but has recovered nicely, much like BM66.