The creator of Netflix’s Daredevil will write and direct Deadpool spinoff X-Force
20th Century Fox has tapped the creator of Netflix’s Daredevil, and The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard to write and direct X-Force, a spinoff film about a team of superheroes led by Deadpool and Cable, according to a report from Deadline.
Deadline describes the superhero team as a “Black Ops force of down and dirty mutant warriors,” who are more violent than their gentler X-Men counterparts. The team will be headlined by Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool, Josh Brolin’s Cable, and Zazie Beetz’ Domino, who’s set to be introduced in next June’s Deadpool sequel.
Fox already has a packed schedule when it comes to its X-Men franchise: X-Men: New Mutants is coming from The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone next April; Deadpool 2 hits theaters in...