Although it seemed
like pre-production on the upcoming Deadpool sequel was going smoothly, it turns
out that was not the case at all. Apparently, creative differences between director
Tim Miller and star Ryan Reynolds have led to the former exiting the project.
According to
Deadline, the split was amicable, however, The Wrap claims that Miller and Reynolds,
who is a producer on the film, had a "contentious relationship" and
hardly communicated. Furthermore, it seems that the two fought over tone and who
should be cast as the time travelling hero Cable.
"Miller, who owns a visual effects studio and
we’re told did much of the polishing work on the original Deadpool for
free, wanted more of a stylized sequel, while the actor placed his focus more
on the raunchy comedy style that earned the first movie its R
rating," The Wrap claims. "The casting issue also eventually
came to a head over Kyle Chandler‘s rumored participation. Miller wanted the Bloodline star
to play Cable, though Reynolds
did not. Ultimately, the studio backed its marketable star, and the man behind
the camera packed up his lenses."
Additionally, Miller had not yet officially signed on
for the sequel, and though he was helping develop the script, Fox ultimately
decided to let him go or risk upset Reynolds who asked and received "casting
approval and other creative controls" after renegotiating his deal for the
sequel now.
Miller's departure comes as a blow to many fans,
especially after fighting for the project for so long, however, there is a
silver lining. Miller is now attached to direct and adaptation of Daniel Suarez's
best-selling cyber-thriller novel Influx, which counts with a script by War of
the Planet of the Apes scribe Mark Bomback.
"The New York Times bestselling author
of Daemon–“the cyberthriller against which all others will be measured”
- Publishers Weekly) –imagines a world in which decades of technological
advances have been suppressed in an effort to prevent disruptive change.
Are smart phones
really humanity’s most significant innovation since the moon landings? Or can
something else explain why the bold visions of the 20th century–fusion power,
genetic enhancements, artificial intelligence, cures for common disease,
extended human life, and a host of other world-changing advances–have remained
beyond our grasp? Why has the high-tech future that seemed imminent in the
1960’s failed to arrive?
Perhaps it did
arrive…but only for a select few.
Particle physicist
Jon Grady is ecstatic when his team achieves what they’ve been working toward
for years: a device that can reflect gravity. Their research will revolutionize
the field of physics–the crowning achievement of a career. Grady expects
widespread acclaim for his entire team. The Nobel. Instead, his lab is locked
down by a shadowy organization whose mission is to prevent at all costs the
social upheaval sudden technological advances bring. This Bureau of Technology
Control uses the advanced technologies they have harvested over the decades to
fulfill their mission.
They are living in
our future.
Presented with the
opportunity to join the BTC and improve his own technology in secret, Grady
balks, and is instead thrown into a nightmarish high-tech prison built to hold
rebellious geniuses like himself. With so many great intellects confined
together, can Grady and his fellow prisoners conceive of a way to usher
humanity out of its artificial dark age?
And when they do, is
it possible to defeat an enemy that wields a technological advantage half a
century in the making?"
For now, Deadpool 2
is still set to open in theaters on January 12, 2018, but that could change depending
on whether Reynolds and Fox are able to find a suitable new director in time.
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