Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has revealed that he would “love” to make a film based on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman epic comic books series. Vaughn was discussing his approach to making Kick-Ass – a film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s popular comic – when he was quizzed about his dream project.

He told CBR:

“You know what, I would love to do Sandman, but I think it’s stuck in development hell. But that could be, like, a Lord of the Rings, just a huge movie.”

Vaughn, who came close to directing the third X-Men film, admitted that he currently struggles to read more conventional superhero comics.

He said:

“It’s funny, my taste in comics, I was talking to Mark about it, I sort of go in and out about what I like and don’t like. At the moment, I can’t read Spider-Man. Maybe I’ve just gotten too old for it. I don’t know what it is.”

Kick-Ass is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate on April 16, 2010.