Deadpool 2 is officially happening so get your brown pants ready

This time it’s official: Deadpool 2 is definitely happening, with actor Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller returning to the fold, Fox co-chairman Stacey Snider said at CinemaCon.

This time it’s official: Deadpool 2 is definitely happening, with actor Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller returning to the fold, Fox co-chairman Stacey Snider said at CinemaCon, the annual meeting here of theatre owners and studios.

The entire Deadpool team is returning for the sequel.

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Fox said that the entire creative team behind the superhero blockbuster will be back, with original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick handling script duties, reports variety.com.

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Deadpool which was grossed $757.3 million globally, making it the highest-grossing R-rated film ever worldwide.

Read: Maximum effort: Deadpool becomes the biggest R-rated movie, like, ever

Deadpool was Miller’s feature film directorial debut. He is also an animator and visual effects specialist.

Check out this opening credits sequence from David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo directed by Miller:

Fox also unveiled footage from the latest Ice Age sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse and Independence Day: Resurgence.

Read: Deadpool’s maximum effort pays off: Is now the biggest X-Men movie ever

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