Lauren Shulder Donner Talks Deadpool, Will Be Faithful R-Rated Comedy & Renyolds Still In

X-Men producer Lauren Shulder Donner also talked to Empire about their spin-off Deadpool. She confirms that they are currently looking for a director. Also the film is an R-rated comedy that will be a complete reboot and could take shots at the fan-hated version seen in Wolverine. This confirms previous statements made by Daredevil director David Slade that Fox was looking for comedy directors to make Deadpool. Lauren gives the impression that the studio is willing to wait for Ryan Reynolds and he's very involved with the film's script.

"We're looking for a director, yes. He’s very involved, Ryan. He’s working with the writers on the screenplay and it is as much as it is ours....mindful of Reynolds' ever-growing logjam of work, added that the film would shoot in the next year or so."

"We’re either going to pretend that didn’t happen or mock it, which he could. It’s insane, it’s definitely comedy, but it’s an R script, it’s really irreverent and violent. Right away, we’re out of the X-Men world...I'm tellin' ya, it's true to the comic. You’ll see all of them. You’ll see Wade Wilson, the good-looking Ryan Reynolds! You’ll see Deadpool in his costume and you’ll see the cancer-scarred face."

Showreel For Rumored Deadpool Director Adam Berg

Adam Berg has been rumored to be in talks to direct Deadpool for 20th Century Fox. While I was unfamiliar with his work besides the amazing carousel bank robbery commercial he did. MotionBlur has posted Berg's showreel and it's beyond stunning. It reminds me of a mix between David Fincher, Guy Ritchie and Ruben Fleischer. While I've been upset Fox wasn't able to lock in Robert Rodriguez, Berg seems like a decent choice visually. 


Adam Berg Showreel September 2010 from Motion Blur on Vimeo.