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"Tim Miller is to direct Warren Ellis&amp;#039;s Gravel. The director of the opening sequence in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will helm an adaptation of the Avatar Press franchise for Legendary Pictures, reports Deadline. Gravel centres around the titular grizzled SAS combat magician who employs magic to combat supernatural threats to Britain.  Ellis is attached as executive producer, with Rick Alexander and Legendary producing. Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell are working on the screenplay. Miller was tapped last year to direct X-Men Origins: Deadpool for Fox. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Deadpool&amp;#039; must be R-rated, says Ryan Reynolds &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Gravel&amp;#039; returns to Avatar Press Miller is the co-founder and owner of CG animation specialists Blur Studio. Legendary acquired the rights to Gravel in 2009. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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