Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics announced today that they will bring comic book antihero Deadpool to the big screen on Feb. 12. 2016. Tim Miller is set to make his feature directorial debut with the long gestating project. Funny man Ryan Reynolds is expected to star.

Deadpool is a foulmouthed, sarcastic, mentally unstable mercenary with regenerative healing powers like Wolverine. The film adaptation is reportedly budgeted at $50 million, and expected to be rated a hard R. Reynolds credits leaked audition footage online as a reason for the film getting made.

Reynolds is coming off the failed comic flicks R.I.P.D. and The Green Lantern. In 2009, he played Deadpool in the shockingly terrible X-Men Origins: Wolverine. His best work can be seen in comic based sequel Blade: Trinity, the dramedy Adventureland, and the comedies Just Friends, Waiting, and The Change-Up.