9 Things You Need To Know About The Deadpool Movie

2. Tim Miller's Going To Direct

Just as Reese and Wernick have been involved in Deadpool for a long time, so has the film's confirmed director Tim Miller. Initially, hearing Miller's name attached may instil worry; he's a first-time director with a history in visual effects. First time directors with big projects can often end up overwhelmed or swayed by studios, while the track record of VFX artist-cum-directors is mixed; not everyone's going to be a Gareth Edwards. But Miller has a lot working in his favour. He's been down to direct the film since the early days, being the man behind the test footage, while his visual effects experience puts him on top of his game; he co-created Blur Studio. Blur has an impressive CV. They did the cinematic trailers for the three latest Batman games (Arkham City, Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight), all of Avatar's space sequences and, most excitingly, the opening sequence for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. A lurid, visually inventive sequence that seemed to pastiche James Bond's involvement in the project (Daniel Craig played reporter Mikael Blomkvist), it perfectly set the tone for David Fincher's thriller and shows the right level of creativity needed for a project as adventurous as Deadpool. So far we've been pretty optimistic (and excited) about Deadpool, although some recently broken news could throw the quality of the whole thing into contention...