As we know, David Slade will helm Daredevil for Fox Studios. But it would appear that he may have had the option to choose from a few other comic book properties. A recent article by Deadline seems to think Slade might have been the man to replace Darren Aronofsky on The Wolverine had he not opted for The Man Without Fear. And the following tweet suggests that he may also have flirted with Deadpool..
"Love DEADPOOL, was never engaged in the (quite fantastic) script, last I heard studio was looking at comedy directors. None of my business."
Now on one hand this seems to confirm that Fox are looking to get the wheels in motion and get the film into production. On the other Slade wouldn't exactly inspire confidence with this comment. But plenty of directors come from a comedy back ground and deliver the goods(look at John Favreau) and there is certainly quite a lot of comedic elements in the script so I'm going to remain optimistic until we get some names at least.
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