As revealed in the first Deadpool movie, that word comes from a list, often maintained in a bar or some other public place with a regular clientele, in which people place bets of which of those included will die first. Ryan Reynolds’ character Wade Wilson was terminally ill at the start of the story which is why he was given this dark nickname.

I clearly have no interest in playing this macabre game (I did know a pub in Liverpool that actually ran a deadpool in the early 90s) but I did think we could have something similar where we predict which 80s or 90s movie will next get a legacy sequel. Here then is your invitation to join my retreadpool.

Those that make the list have to be contenders for the fate predicted (sadly Roy Castle and Michael Jackson were included in that Liverpool selection I knew), so here are the ten films I think stand a good chance of not surviving not being brought back to life by the end of the decade. Take your pick. All you have to do to secure your choice is suggest the best title for the given reboot. So a sequel to the famous Matthew Broderick comedy, with the titular character taking part in activities more suited to his current age, might be called Ferris Bueller’s Day In. Alternatively, following the convention of reusing the same title as the original, a barely changed new version of the Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver and Harry Connick Jr. serial killer thriller could appropriately be named Copycat.

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Here is the list: