Joe Carnahan (Smokin Aces, The A-Team) is rumoured to be the director helming the X-Force project that will be set up by the upcoming Deadpool 2. Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow was previously attached to the project as a writer, but that was back in 2013, and now it looks like Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds is co-writing, specifically asking for Carnahan. The Deadpool 2 script supervisor Rhett Reese said this to film site Collider last month regarding setting up the X-Force universe:
"There is a responsibility we have to the X-Force universe, and I do think we will not disappoint the fans going into Deadpool 2 and then setting up X-Force and beyond...Its purpose is not to set up X-Force. It will likely set up X-Force, but the drive of the movie won't be our eyes on Movie 3."
"We never want to let the tail wag the dog. We want to tell the best Deadpool story we can. But I do think we have a responsibility to think about a larger universe in the way that Marvel does and start to put pieces in place. Some of these movies feel overstuffed and almost choking with the need to set up eighteen different things that pay off down the road, and we want to avoid that responsibility to the extent that it hurts us. We want to hint at things, we want to plan some characters, and we want to make some nods, but we're very, very cognizant about making sure that Deadpool is above all a Deadpool movie."
Another rumour seems to agree that Carnahan is attached to the project: "A source close to the film tells ComicBook.com that Joe Carnahan, known best for his work on The Grey, has been tapped to direct the X-Force movie. Carnahan will also write the film, with Deadpool star and executive producer Ryan Reynolds. The source says work has already begun between the two on the film."