Director, Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) is reportedly gearing up to direct the comic book adaptation of Valiant‘s Bloodshot as his next film. Vaughan is supposedly writing, alongside Jane Goldman who wrote both Stardust and Kick-Ass for him, and fully financing the film himself.

While there doesn’t seem to be anything too far fetched about that story, if you ask Mark Millar “It’s totally insane.” Millar posted a message on his official website denying the rumor originally written as an exclusive by “Pinche Taco” over at LatinoReview.

Millar said,

…where the guy claims Vaughn is doing a Valiant book called Bloodshot next and not working with me on the Leinil Francis Yu project we’re launching in September. It’s totally insane. I remember Vaughn being offered this months back, but he turned it down along with a number of other projects he was offered and is starting work on the screenplay for the Leinil project in the next couple of weeks. We talked about it on the phone this morning.

I honestly don’t know where to begin with this piece. Kick-Ass tracking badly? It’s tracking massive. Nemesis having terrible reviews? See main thread for all the great reviews. Nobody producers coming forward for the Nemesis movie? We’ve got Marc Foster, Sam Raimi’s company, Chuck Roven, Marv Productions, WB and others all wanting to talk months before the book is even out and I’m meeting with a director the week after next, closing in on a decision we’ll announce by the end of next month. This is just bonkers stuff and I honestly worry about this guy. It’s a shame that someone you’ve never met is so consumed with hate that he says CAA only keep me on to stop me able to sign with anyone else. Or that Vaughn, who’s a close friend I have three movies planned with, is fed up with my antics, etc. The strangest one, however, is how awful Wanted was and how much it strayed from my original book, the only thing it kept being the “retarded loom thingy” :)

Lord, give me strength!

What’s nice is that we’ll announce what we’re doing in the next couple of months and Drew, the exec at Fox who invited me to write X-Men, can easily confirm. I guess this is just one of those unfortunate things that happen when things are going good. The downside of things going well is that some people become obsessive and weird and this guy, whoever he is, I genuinely just wish well and hope he gets over it. Strange times indeed, but good times and being in the comics industry since age nineteen has given me quite a thick hide when it comes to the more eccentric side of the business.

Latino guys, I like your site. I have checked it out for years, but it’s a disgrace that you’re letting this guy peddle this stuff out there. Uncool.

MM

So confident in the fact that this story could be easily discredited… Millar is questioning whether or not he should get “legal” over the matter.

It’s tricky though as the Bleeding Cools and those kind of sites pick this stuff up and lend credence to a guy just inventing stories. Before you know it, it’s established fact. So I dunno. Should I get legal? It’s easy enough to prove this is all invention as I’ve named names and can get those people to verify.

Thoughts?
MM