Deadpool 2‘s Zeitgeist originates from this team, which became X-Statix after the first cancellation of X-Force. Meltdown), or Sunspot would continue to be part of the group until #116, when writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred replaced the entire team and dropped the paramilitary angle for something far more poppy. In its early days, X-Force was a major sales success leading to Liefeld’s appearance in a Spike Lee-directed Levi’s 501 commercial and eventual spinoffs for Cable and Deadpool (who also debuted in a later issue of New Mutants).Ĭable left the team in issue #69, but some combination of early X-Force members like Cannonball, Boom Boom (a.k.a. Their principle enemy in the early days was the Mutant Liberation Front, led by Stryfe, a clone of Cable from a broken future. The group would double in size by issue #3, with former New Mutant Sunspot and Shatterstar adding their distinctive powers to Cable’s team of covert mutant operatives. The new premise, conceived of by artist and plotter Rob Liefeld, debuted in full that August with the bestseller X-Force #1.

But beyond its joking use as a group name in Deadpool 2, what is X-Force and how could it be a worthy entry in Fox’s X-Men film series? Let’s take a look at what we know about the project and see if it reveals the concept’s potential for screen success.ĭebuting in April 1991’s New Mutants #100, the paramilitary group known as X-Force was formed by Cable out of some members of the New Mutants – Cannonball and Warpath – and more recent additions to the book’s roster like Domino and Feral. Interest in the project waxes and wanes, but its chance of becoming a reality has never been better thanks to Deadpool 2’s huge box office success. (Photo by © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)įor years, 20th Century Fox has been developing an X-Force movie.

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