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Tim Miller, Simon Kinberg on 'Deadpool' & that Mysterious Leak

Director Tim Miller and producer Simon Kinberg tell us how Deadpool went from being almost dead at Fox to an R-rated box office sensation. And as for the leaked test footage that made fans go wild and got the movie made? Miller swears it wasn't him.

By Kim Masters • Jun 18, 2016 • 29m Listen

Director Tim Miller says he wasn't the one who leaked game-changing test footage of Ryan Reynolds as the trash-talking superhero Deadpool, and he doesn't know who did. But that leak created a sensation on the internet and the movie finally got made after being stalled at Fox for years. Miller and producer Simon Kinberg tell us how Deadpool went from dead-in-the-water to box-office record-breaker. Plus, a Hollywood news banter about the big leadership shake-up at the Fox film studio.

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Tim Miller, Simon Kinberg on 'Deadpool' & that Mysterious Leak

Director Tim Miller and producer Simon Kinberg tell us how Deadpool went from being almost dead at Fox to an R-rated box office sensation. And as for the leaked test footage that made fans go wild and got the movie made? Miller swears it wasn't him.

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Tim Miller, Simon Kinberg on 'Deadpool' & that Mysterious Leak

Director Tim Miller and producer Simon Kinberg tell us how Deadpool went from being almost dead at Fox to an R-rated box office sensation. And as for the leaked test footage that made fans go wild and got the movie made? Miller swears it wasn't him.

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