For the many who don’t know, Rob Liefeld is a huge name in the comic book world. He was one of the original artists to leave behind Marvel and form Image with the likes of Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, and others. He’s not only a ridiculously interesting artist, he’s also a creative force who is the visionary behind New Mutants characters Deadpool and Cable, as well as Image’s Youngblood. He was part of the early resistance and his impact is part of the reason comic-to-film is as large as it is today. A little under a year ago, it was reported that he was working on a 7-figure deal directly with Netflix to bring many of his other creations to life. Only, he’s tweeted that the deal actually fell apart when they reached an impasse last summer.

I get questions about @netflix all the time. After being at an impasse this summer, I took Extreme elsewhere for a better deal and fit. There is no Netflix deal. More soon enough.

— robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) January 23, 2019

The streaming giant was working on a deal with Liefeld for his Extreme Universe characters, with the intent being a Marvel-style series of movies existing in a shared universe, THR had written 11 months ago. Liefeld’s Extreme Universe characters debuted in the early 1990s when the creator left Marvel after his fan-favorite New Mutants and X-Force runs, where the central characters of Fox’s Deadpool movies — including the second film’s Cable and Domino — debuted. Concepts and characters in the Extreme package included superhero teams Brigade and Bloodstrike, as well as solo characters such as Lethal, Cybrid, and Kaboom.