Does DEADPOOL Appeal to Robert Rodriguez?

The Playlist has the latest developments on DEADPOOL:

Robert Rodriguez has been offered to direct DEADPOOL by 20th Century Fox, tipped to us by the latest issue of Production Weekly and confirmed to us by a source very close to the project. It is something he is considering, but that’s it at the moment. But perhaps more tellingly, it clearly indicates that Fox is happy with how the PREDATORS and MACHETE/ Troublemaker relationship is going so far and this is also indicated by the fact this is the second project in five months they have offered the Austin-based filmmaker (they also offered him the PLANET OF THE APES reboot and he passed, but they also offered it to at least three other filmmakers too, which illustrates the randomness of an offer story — none of those directors took the gig).

Will Ryan Reynolds be returning to the role?

Presumably yes, if they’re putting out offers. ZOMBIELAND writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick penned the DEADPOOL script. The fast-moving Rodriguez shoots SPY KIDS 4: ARMAGEDDON this summer (to be released on August 19, 2011), and then has the Nimrod Antal-helmed PREDATORS in theaters on July 9 and MACHETE on September 3.

An offer’s just that – an offer. We’ll keep you posted if and when Rodriguez signs on the dotted line.