{"id":39531,"date":"2016-11-20T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=39531"},"modified":"2016-11-20T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T19:48:57","slug":"deadpool-2-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/20\/deadpool-2-director\/","title":{"rendered":"DEADPOOL 2 Signs A Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deadpool 2<\/strong> officially has a director. Deadline is reporting that John Wick<\/strong> co-director David Leitch, the rumored<\/a> man the studio was looking to hire, has indeed signed to helm the film.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> is also reporting that Leitch beat out the likes of Drew Goddard and Magnus Martens, who were also on Fox’s shortlist to take over the film.<\/p>\n

The director’s chair on Deadpool 2<\/strong> opened up last month<\/a> after Tim Miller, the man responsible for the first film, walked away after reportedly developed creative differences with its star Ryan Reynolds. Miller had not signed a contract to direct the sequel, but he had been working on its screenplay with original Deadpool<\/strong> screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It was clear that the studio wanted him back calling the shots behind he camera as well. The Reynolds-Miller combination helped the film gross over $782 illion worldwide, off of a reported budget of just $58 million.<\/p>\n

Leitch had twenty years of experience as a stuntman and stunt coordinator before he co-directed 2014’s John Wick with Chad Stahelski. Stahelski directed the sequel to the Keanu Reeves-starring thriller which will hit theaters in February. Leitch freshman solo directorial effort, the spy thriller The Coldest City<\/strong> starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman and Sofia Boutella, is set for a July 28, 2017 release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JOHN WICK co-director David Leitch is now in charge of the sequel to the hit snarky superhero comedy.<\/div>\n

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