Mark Millar to Direct Unknown Superhero Movie

Evidently, Mark Millar was inspired to become a writer of comic books (a phrase I love typing due to my childhood love for CONDORMAN) after a meeting with Alan Moore.  The trajectories of their careers, particularly in how they view Hollywood adaptations, couldn’t be further from each other.  Those paths are about to become even further apart, as Millar has announced via his official forum that he will be directing a superhero movie next year.  What is it?  He’s not saying, but, from the amount of secrecy he conveys, it might be a big one.

Read for yourself:

Bet you didn’t see THAT coming, laddies and lassies!

But this is one of several big surprises planned for next year and you’ll hear a bit more about this in February when we start to release details. What is it? Who is it about? Well, that’s all a secret for now, but I learned a lot from Kick-Ass and love having the same creative freedom I have with comics when I work in cinema. I never want to be a studio bitch and go in there pitching for them to love me. The closest I came to this was a couple of calls regarding Superman, but pretty much none of my plans ever revealed as I didn’t like the idea of anyone nicking them.

Similarly, I don’t like the idea of asking for funding and justifying scenes with the money-men so I’m doing what Matthew Vaughn did with Kick-Ass and just making it outside the system with private investors. The financing is all secured and the movie stands or falls on how good I can make it, doing what Matthew did and just selling it once completed.

As you can imagine, I couldn’t be more excited. More as it happens, but this might just beat out War Heroes and American Jesus as my follow-ups to the Wanted and Kick-Ass movies. Have two other pictures about to go into development (and Wanted and Kick-Ass 2, of course), but I think you need to scare the Hell out of yourself every once in a while and something totally new like directing should do the trick.

The big question: Are you allowed to direct without wearing a baseball cap? Is it the modern version of the 70s BEARD?

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On second thought, this could be a nothing project that Millar is attempting to build up fans’ appetites with his secrecy.  In all honesty, this could be anything.  He has previously worked on Swamp Thing, The Flash, Judge Dredd, JLA, and Wolverine, all upcoming film properties that have no director attached.  Most notably, however, is the fact that his Ultimates take on The Avengers is being used by Zack Penn as the basis for the upcoming AVENGERS movie.  While I highly doubt Paramount would hand the reigns of this high-profile project to a first-time director, you never can tell.

What do you think?  What project is Mark Millar directing?  Is it something major or a smaller property?  Out of any superhero property, which one would you most like to see Millar take on?  Let us know by commenting below.