Not to be outdone by the new news about Dark Knight Rises, The Marvel movie camp has some news of their own! The upcoming ‘Deadpool’ has found a director in Tim Miller, according to Deadline. You may not know the name, but Miller had ties with the X-Franchise, having worked on the visual fx in X-Men. While this is Miller’s first foray into directing feature films, he has a track record of directing various video game trailers, so the craft is not an entirely new animal.
According to Deadline, because of Darren Aronofsky leaving The Wolverine, the production schedule has changed and put Deadpool next in line after the upcoming X-Men: First Class. The Scriptwriters and producer are already in place, now with a director things are falling in line. Time will tell if the unproven Mr. Miller has what it takes to have Deadpool make a killing (terrible pun) at the box office.
Miller’s own VFX Studio, Blur, is responsible for the cinematics for DC Universe Online, and those were particularly awesome, so hopefully there will be more nerd hope rather than nerd rage at this announcement!