Mark Millar to Direct His Own Secret Superhero Movie


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The comic book work of Millar has done very well on film, and now, the “Wanted” and “Kick-Ass” scribe is planning to make his debut as a director.

Over at Millar’s official website, the writer revealed that he’ll be directing his very own superhero movie for the big screen. While he wouldn’t reveal the title or storyline for the new film, Millar said that he’d approach the original project much the same as director Matthew Vaughn approached “Kick-Ass”—in other words, without the backing of a big studio.

“I’m doing what Matthew Vaughn did with Kick-Ass and just making it outside the system with private investors,” said Millar. “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.”

Millar’s is already overloaded with projects for 2010. In addition to “Wanted 2” and a possible “Kick-Ass 2″ should the first film be well-received, Millar also has two other comic books—”War Heroes” and “American Jesus”—that could make the leap to film. Not to mention that, the writer recently teased a new comic book project with “Civil War” and “Old Man Logan” collaborator Steve McNiven.

While it certainly sounds like one daunting task after the other, Millar said that trying new things is an important step for a creator such as himself.

“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,” he said.

According to Millar, official details on this mysterious project could be revealed as soon as February of next year.


Jason Moore
Written by Jason Moore

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