Deadpool Crashes the Golden Globes With Two Major Nominations

Deadpool has surprised us all yet again by getting two major nominations at 2017’s Golden Globes Awards! The Merc With a Mouth must be pleased.

A few years ago it looked like Ryan Reynolds was never going to get to make the Deadpool film he so desperately wanted to. In fact, if the screen test footage Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds showed at 2014’s San Diego Comic Con hadn’t leaked, Fox would have pulled the plug on the project. Deadpool came to fruition as a result of hard work of Reynolds and Miller and the fans’ dedication to the cause. Reynolds even had to put some of his own money up to finish the film and pay the writers because Fox refused to. Now Deadpool has broken all sorts of records, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time earning over $780 million worldwide. All that work has paid off since it has been nominated for two of the biggest awards at the Golden Globes.

Deadpool has been nominated for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and Ryan Reynolds himself was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. This is the first time the Canadian actor has been nominated for one of the big three: the Golden Globes, the Oscars or the Emmys. He most be over the moon right now. Deadpool being nominated for these major awards is a big deal because it marks a change in how the critics perceive superhero movies. They can be R-rated, they can be rude, they can push the envelope, they can be different. Hopefully, thanks to Deadpool, we’ll start seeing more comic book movies try to do things differently. Logan, which will also be R-rated, could also do a similar thing.

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Fox must not be believing their luck right now because it they had had it their way, Deadpool would have never seen the light of day. Instead of having a real hit on their hands in 2016, they would have been left with a great big turkey of a movie in X-Men: Apocalypse as far as superhero movies are concerned. It’s no wonder they’ve already greenlit Deadpool 2, which will be helmed by John Wick’s David Leitch. It was a shame to see Miller leave the project, but I’m confident that Leitch and Reynolds will deliver another fine Deadpool film. 

Here are all nominations for 2017’s Golden Globes Awards:

MOVIES

Best Picture – Drama

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

20th Century Women

Deadpool

Florence Foster Jenkins

La La Land

Sing Street

Best Director

Damian Chazelle, La La Land

Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress – Drama

Amy Adams, Arrival

Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Best Actor – Drama

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Joel Edgerton, Loving

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Viggo Mortenson, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Colin Farrell, The Lobster

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins

Jonah Hill, War Dogs

Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening, 20th Century Women

Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply

Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins

Dev Patel, Lion

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Screenplay

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Best Original Song in Motion Picture

“Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Trolls

“City of Stars,” La La Land

“Faith,” Sing

“Gold,” Gold

“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Best Original Score

Moonlight

La La Land

Arrival

Lion

Hidden Figures

Best Animated Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

Sing

My Life as a Zucchini

Zootopia

Best Foreign-Language Film

Divines

Elle

Neruda

The Salesman

Tony Erdmann

TELEVISION

Best Television Series Comedy or Musical

Atlanta

Black-ish

Mozart in the Jungle

Transparent

Veep

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

American Crime

The Dresser

The Night Manager

The Night Of

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Television Drama

The Crown, Netflix

Game of Thrones, HBO

Stranger Things, Netflix

This Is Us, NBC

Westworld, HBO

Best Actress – Television Drama

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

Claire Foy, The Crown

Keri Russell, Americans

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Best Actor – Television Drama

Rami Malik, Mr Robot

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donavon

Billie Bob Thornton, Goliath

Best Actor in a Television Series Comedy or Musical

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Nick Nolte, Graves

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a Television Series Comedy or Musical

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce

Issa Rae, Insecure

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of

Bryan Cranston, All the Way

John Turturro, The Night Of

Tom Hiddleston, Night Manager

Courtney B. Vance,The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience

Sara Paulson,The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Charlotte Rampling, London Spy

Kerry Washington, Confirmation

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series – Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager

John Lithgow, The Crown

Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series – Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Olivia Colman, The Night Manager

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Thandie Newton, Westworld