Ryan Reynolds to Reteam with Deadpool Writers for Sci-Fi Movie

Last week at this time, Ryan Reynolds and the creative team behind Deadpool were not the hottest properties in Hollywood, but times have changed. That's why news this week that Reynolds and Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have signed up to make a new sci-fi thriller is more than a minor event.

Reynolds will star in the yet-unnamed thriller about Martian aliens, and the project will be directed by Daniel Espinosa, who previously directed Reynolds in Safehouse. The film will be written by Wernick and Reese, who have previously written Zombieland and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and it will also star Rebecca Ferguson, who recently starred in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

The opening of Deadpool last weekend was surprisingly successful. The film earned $150 million over the long holiday weekend, and it set new records for films released in February, and for R-rated films in general. The film's success is redemption for Reynolds, whose previous turn as a superhero in Green Lantern was a much-ridiculed flop. A sequel to Deadpool written by Wernick and Reese has already been given the go-ahead by Fox, and the studio reportedly wants director Tim Miller and Reynolds to return for the sequel, as well.