‘Deadpool 2’ Loses Director Tim Miller
By Angie Han/Oct. 22, 2016 9:08 am EST
According to Deadline, which broke the news, the decision came about “after a series of creative differences.” While Miller had never officially signed a contract to direct Deadpool 2, he’d already begun developing the script and had been planning to return to the helm. The exact nature of those creative differences has not been revealed. However, we did hear a rumor a while back that Miller and the studio were in disagreement about who should be cast as Cable — Miller apparently wanted Kyle Chandler, while the studio had their eye on Liam Neeson.
Still, Deadpool felt like a gamble, with its irreverent, fourth-wall-breaking tone and R rating. When the film finally came out in February 2016, though, it vaulted past all expectations, setting several box office records including the best opening weekend of all time for an R-rated movie. It far outperformed 20th Century Fox’s other big Marvel movie this year, X-Men: Apocalypse.
