DEADPOOL Director Tim Miller Still Hopes To Helm His "Home Alone Meets Aliens" X-MEN Movie

DEADPOOL Director Tim Miller Still Hopes To Helm His "Home Alone Meets Aliens" X-MEN Movie

Deadpool director Timm Miller has shared some details on the X-Men movie he was hoping to helm prior to Disney/Marvel's acquition of 20th Century Fox...

By MarkCassidy - May 31, 2025 04:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool

We had heard that Deadpool director Tim Miller was in the process of developing an X-Men movie prior to Disney/Marvel's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and the filmmaker has now shared some intriguing details about which comic book storyline his project would have taken inspiration from.

While speaking to THR about the new season of Netflix’s Love Death + Robots, Miller revealed that he wants to return to feature directing, and hopes to get the opportunity to work on an X-Men movie based on issue #143. He has also reached out to Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige to gauge interest.

“I think that the 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 said. “The X-Men are my favorite characters. I wrote [Marvel boss] 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.’ I had an X-Men movie in development at Fox when the merger happened, which would have been awesome. [It was based on] X-Men 143, which was Home Alone meets Alien.”

Miller isn't putting all of his eggs in the Marvel basket, however, and has also thrown his hat in the ring to helm an Authority movie for DC Studios (should they ever get around to making it).

“But if DC ever gets around to doing The Authority, that’s my favorite comic ever — it’s the Justice League if they killed people. I think there’s a lot of room left [in the genre], a lot of different stories to tell.”

Released back in 1981, Chris Claremont's X-Men #143 was a standalone Christmas tale featuring Kitty Pryde alone in the X-Mansion and forced to fend off an attack from the N’Garai demon. You may recall reports that Fox was planning some kind of solo Shadowcat movie (her close friend Illyana Rasputin was also said to feature) prior to the merger, and it seems the rumors were accurate.

Marvel is said to be planning numerous X-Men-related projects as we head towards the Mutant Saga, so Miller might just get his wish - although this particular story might be better suited to a Disney+ Special Presentation than a theaterical release.

What do you think? Would you like to see Miller's idea come to fruition? Frop us a comment down below.

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MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 5/31/2025, 4:03 PM
This could have been good.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/31/2025, 4:05 PM

Just like a sheet forgotten on the clothesline flapping in the wind.

ClintthaManster
ClintthaManster - 5/31/2025, 4:18 PM
I'd watch this.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/31/2025, 4:24 PM
@ClintthaManster - same
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/31/2025, 5:30 PM
@ClintthaManster - I feel like this would work best as a D+ Christmas Special. Not a theatrical release movie.

I love this story. Its classic. But I cant see this being worth making a full movie of it. It would not do well.
ClintthaManster
ClintthaManster - 6/1/2025, 6:56 AM
@CorndogBurglar - That's a very good point. It would work nicely a year or two into the x-men's presence in the MCU
gambgel
gambgel - 5/31/2025, 4:21 PM
Thats not what he said.

He says he would like to do X-Men. that other project was just the one he was developing for Fox. Im pretty sure he would be open to different type of X-Men movies too, if Feige asked him.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/31/2025, 4:25 PM
Tim Miller>Jake Schreier
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 11:29 PM
@McMurdo - … did you see Terminator: Dark Fate?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/1/2025, 2:36 PM
@Rpendo - yep it was awful. But his Deadpool was far more compelling than Thunderbolts and I think he'd make a more interesting x film than Schreier.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/31/2025, 4:37 PM
This article needs clarification
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/31/2025, 4:56 PM
He did well with Deadpool when they had very modest budgets, so we are aware of his passion for the IP so I'd like to see more from him there if Feige is willing to let him enter the Mutant sandbox.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/31/2025, 4:57 PM
Off-topic: Hope Van Dyne's actress plays coy about whether or not she's in Avengers: Doomsday.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/31/2025, 5:01 PM
That sounds cool , I would have been interested in seeing that!!.

I hope Feige does give Miller a shot to play in the X-Men sandbox in the future.
KingZero
KingZero - 5/31/2025, 5:09 PM
Festive Special Presentation please. I'd love to get to the stage with X-Men where you could have these kind of one off stories. When they announced X-Men Origins: Wolverine, they were also talking about Magneto and that could have been fantastic. I think a lot of it got repurposed for First Class which was pretty good, but what could have been... And perhaps still could be. Storm obviously has potential, although Legion already showcased Shadow King pretty well.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/31/2025, 5:59 PM
@KingZero - a Special Prssentation with this premise would be ideal
mountainman
mountainman - 5/31/2025, 9:16 PM
@KingZero - They incorporated some of the ideas of X-Men Origins: Magneto into First Class.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/31/2025, 6:11 PM
Sounds boring as hell...Leave that for a X-Men 97 episode or something
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/31/2025, 8:07 PM
X-Men # 143 - The LAST regular collaboration of the classic creative team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin.

End of an era.

ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 6/1/2025, 5:49 AM
@Nomis929 - John Byrne is my all time favorite comic book artist (excluding a few panels such as scarlet witches children), and Terry Austin's inks put Byrnes work on another level.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/31/2025, 9:19 PM
Speaking of Tim Miller, I would love an update on the Best Served Cold adaptation starring Rebecca Ferguson.

We need a First Law screen adaptation.

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