Incredibly significant as that contribution was, however, the fantastic box office numbers mean that particular skill won’t be as significant when it comes to making Deadpool 2.
The first Merc With The Mouth movie is now the most successful title in the X-Men franchise, and while the sequel won’t change things much scale-wise, the studio will surely be giving the production all the money it needs to be a success.
Absolutely none of this is meant to diminish Tim Miller’s contributions on the first Deadpool, as the movie probably couldn’t have been made and exist in the form that it does without his particular expertise.
Coming from the world of visual effects as the founder of Blur Studio, the director’s background meant that the small production was able to push its budget far further than most filmmakers would have been able to do, and that clearly turned out to be massively important (in terms of the quality visuals in the film, but also just in 20th Century Fox giving the project the green light).