Ryan Reynolds has revealed that upcoming movie Deadpool will be "quite small" in production compared to other comic movies.

The film, which will be based on the Marvel character of the same name, is due to be released in 2016.

Reynolds will play the main role in the flick and he told The Independent that the movie - which will act as an X-Men spin-off - doesn't have a huge budget.

"It's not like an X-Men movie where there's this gigantic budget. It's quite a small film.

"It's very difficult to weave that character into other comic movies. He knows he's in a comic book. If he met Wolverine, he'd greet him as Hugh Jackman. It's tough to create a meta-universe within another universe that doesn't have any of those components."

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Watch Reynolds being interviewed below: