The LA Times just broke an exclusive story claiming that 20th Century Fox has officially signed VFX worker Tim Miller to direct 'Deadpool'. This wont be Tim's first time working on an X-Men film, he previously did work for 2 other films in the X-Men franchise. 'Deadpool' will be Miller's directorial debut.
Tim Miller has done visual work on 'Scott Pilgrim vs the World', 'X-Men', 'Daredevil', and X-2.
The X-Men spinoff is set to star Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, with a script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and Lauren Shuler Donner producing.