Before making his directorial debut alongside Chad Stahelski on John Wick in 2014, David Leitch served as the action coordinator on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which introduced Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.
Shortly after Tim Miller dropped out, reports surfaced that he left because he couldn’t see eye to eye with Ryan Reynolds on the casting of Cable.
Less than a week after director Tim Miller parted ways with Deadpool 2 over creative differences, the studio is wasting no time in finding his replacement.
A new report surfaced today that claims John Wick co-director David Leitch has emerged as the front runner to replace the filmmaker, although the studio and the filmmaker wouldn’t respond to comment on the story.