'Deadpool' Director Wants To Helm 'X-Men' Movie
Almost 10 years after his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with the critically acclaimed 2016 anti-hero blockbuster Deadpool , director Tim Miller is ready to return to the superhero feature film scene, with ambitious goals to helm the MCU's X-Men movie.
This comes after his stint making two acclaimed adult animated anthology series: Netflix's Love, Death & Robots and Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level , with the director hoping to help shake up the superhero genre once again, like he did with Deadpool . Deadpool (2016)
'I think that Marvel has this secret weapon they haven't been able to unveil yet, which is the whole X-Men universe, which is what got me into comics.' Miller explained during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, 'The X-Men are my favourite characters. I wrote Kevin Feige, and I'm like, 'If there was ever anything that you would let me do in the Marvel Universe, please, the X-Men would be it.''
Miller would definitely be a good fit for the X-Men universe, too, as he was previously developing a film based on the X-Men #143 comic at Fox before its merger with Disney ended the plans, a film which, according to Miller, would have been ' Home Alone meets Alien '. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
His ambitions aren't limited to the MCU either, as Miller also has plans to enter the DC universe. 'If DC ever gets around to doing The Authority, that's my favourite comic ever — it's the Justice League if they killed people. I think there's a lot of room left, a lot of different stories to tell,' he added.
In any case, Miller has no plans to slow down and is more than ready to continue making feature films for years to come. 'I've got to be the luckiest nerd on the planet. I have nothing to complain about… I didn't expect to have my own studio. I didn't expect to do a feature, much less one that would be successful as Deadpool … and then to be able to do Love Death + Robots, which is probably my achievement I'm most proud of. Also, I'm old — but I'm not done yet.'
Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise 'duds' like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3 . He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying. Deadpool MCU Tim Miller X-Men
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