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So Donald Glover tweeted out a script for his canned 'Deadpool' cartoon

The 'Deadpool' animated series won't be happening, so Donald Glover shared what would have been a script for one of the episodes.

Adam Rosenberg

on March 28, 2018

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Donald Glover was all set to do an animated Deadpool series with Marvel TV... until he wasn't. Thank goodness he has Twitter.

That cartoon could have been epic. The Atlanta creator and true star of Solo: A Star Wars Story knows his way around both comedy and social commentary, and he surely would have done amazing things with Deadpool.

But alas, it's not to be. Glover and Marvel TV parted ways over the weekend, with FX -- the network Deadpool was intended for (technically it was FXX) -- citing "creative differences." A real shame.

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There had been some speculation that Glover was just too busy to take on Deadpool in addition to his work on Atlanta and Childish Gambino, promoting Solo, and gearing up for his role as Simba in Disney's live-action take on The Lion King. Glover put that theory to rest in a tweet that totally wasn't passive-aggressive or anything.

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That tweet actually turned out to be the jumping-off point for a thread consisting of more than a dozen tweets in which Glover shared pages from one of his Deadpool scripts. It's... very funny. Whoever let this get away on the Marvel/FX side made a big mistake.

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Sigh.

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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.