Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) has unveiled plans to direct a superhero movie set in his native Scotland. The comic book creator, who counts Wanted and Kick-Ass among his credits, told STV that his directorial debut will take inspiration from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 and Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting.

He said:

“I saw District 9, the South African alien movie. I thought that that was quite interesting to see something that people don’t associate with South Africa, which is alien invasions, to juxtapose two things and make something quite interesting and quite odd, and I thought wouldn’t it be cool to do a superhero movie in Scotland.

“Not a cheesy BBC Scotland comedy kind of thing, but to make it cool, as cool as X-Men 2 was or whatever. Not costumes and that kind of stuff, a 21st century Trainspotting kind of thing about people with superpowers and make it epic, make it big and grand in scope, try and do something that’s unexpected.”

Millar added that he hopes to start production in June or July and will make the film using local talent.

“We’re prepping it just now. We want to do it with an entirely new cast, people nobody have seen before, young people from Glasgow and Edinburgh and work with local teams. “Everyone that works on the movie we want to try and keep Scottish and just create a superhero movie with its own unique flavor.”

Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass movie, based on Millar’s comic book series hits theaters on April 16th.