Twentieth Century Fox has offered the task of directing a Deadpool movie to Sin City helmer Robert Rodriguez. According to Playlist, the Austin-based Rodriguez, who was also offered a reboot of Planet of the Apes by Fox, but rejected it, is “considering” directing the X-Men spin-off.
Ryan Reynolds, who is currently shooting the Green Lantern movie, is still on board to reprise his role as Deadpool from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (see “Deadpool Movie in Development”). The fact that Fox offered the film to Rodriguez indicates that the studio is basically happy with the script from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who penned the highly amusing, genre-bending horror comedy Zombieland (see “Deadpool Movie Gets Writers”). Reese and Wernick appear to be an excellent match for Deadpool, the fourth wall-breaking mercenary anti-hero who is known as “Merc with a Mouth.”
By Fox
Posted by ICv2 on June 15, 2010 @ 5:44 pm CT
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