San Diego Comic Con is a hellish time for the entertainment industry, especially for directors, whose involvement in projects is often announced or teased or otherwise revealed. It’s the biggest time of the year for movie and TV announcements, and Collider was excited to join the fun at our “Directors on Directors” panel, hosted in Hall H and featuring some of the films — and especially action and sci-fi — most iconic directors. Present at the panel were Chad Stahelski, director of the four John Wick films; Andrew Stanton, director of John Carter, as well as animated classics such as Finding Nemo and WALL-E; and Tim Miller, director of Deadpool, as well as Terminator: Dark Fate.
Along with some exciting news from Stahelski, one of the panel’s most exciting highlights was Miller, who hasn’t directed a film since 2019’s Dark Fate, announcing that his newest project, a film called The Goon, will be released directly to Netflix. The film, which Miller said is based on Eric Powell’s comic book, which is published by Dark Horse, has been stuck in development hell for several years.
Before making his directorial debut with Deadpool in 2016, Miller himself served as creative supervisor and director on several projects including Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Thor: The Dark World. He directed several short films before joining the Merc with a Mouth to bring one of Marvel’s most iconic heroes to the screen, and worked in the visual effects of several video games, including Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect 2 , both of which earned him nominations at the Visual Effects Association Awards in 2010 and 2011.
Miller has also produced the two financially successful Sonic the Hedgehog films, as well as creating the Netflix series Love, Death + Robots, of which he has written two episodes and directed two more . The science fiction anthology series earned the director a Primetime Emmy Award in 2019 to critical acclaim, taking home the award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. The series was nominated for the same award at this year’s Emmy Awards, as well as being nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half Hour) and Animation.
