Deadpool Movie Gets a Director

Posted by on April 13th, 2011   Filed under: Action, Books/Comics
Source: Deadline

Well, contrary to what Ryan Reynolds has been saying as of late, it looks like plans for a Deadpool spin-off are still holding steady over at 20th Century Fox. Last year they hired Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland) to write a script, and now they have signed a director for the project as well. It turns out that it won’t be Robert Rodriguez or any other recognizable name at the helm; instead they have handed the reins to visual effects expert Tim Miller in what will be his feature debut. Is anyone actually excited about this?

The movie will apparently bear the title X-Men Origins: Deadpool, and it will still star Reynolds as Wade Wilson, a mercenary who becomes another Weapon X test subject and obtains Wolverine’s healing ability. Although the Wolverine movie turned him into some weird mutant hybrid, this will supposedly keep the character more true to the comics. Or so one would hope.

Tim Miller has worked on the visual effects for a number of comic book movies including Daredevil, X-Men, X2, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. He is also the co-founder of FX house Blur Studios, but as far as directing goes, he has only done a number of video game trailers. What do you think, can Miller handle a big budget blockbuster and does this news dash your hopes for the Deadpool movie?



  • Juan

    as long they are true to the comic im in

  • Captain N

    I have a feeling this won’t be good.

  • Nelson

    I still feel burnt from the whole Wolverine/Aronofsky debacle, so it’s hard for me to think about Deadpool. Wolverine has pretty much always been my favorite Marvel Comics character and I have been reading his book since issue 16 of the first series and that was ages ago.

    I am interested in Deadpool because there seems to be a lot of people interested in that character, BUT, my priority is finding out what the hell they’re going to do about the Wolverine movie now and if we’re ever going to see an “X-23″ movie. That would be awesome with someone like Chloe Moretz in the role.

    I think if there’s a character to cast as Deadpool if you must make a Deadpool movie, it’s Ryan.

  • Tomoo

    If it’s rated R and is like that script that was put online a while back then count me in.

  • HerlyGirl

    Couldn’t they find an actor who hasn’t played a comic book character recently?

  • swarez

    I’m pretty sure Ryan is out because of Green Lantern. No way is Warner Brothers going to allow him to portray another super hero for the competitor.