At the time, Vaughn said of adapting Superman: “I think that’s the one thing not to do with Superman, trying to do the serious The Dark Knight version.
Warner Bros. is seemingly hoping Vaughn will hopefully work his magic on their DC franchise, the director being sort out to helm Man of Steel 2, the second solo-Superman film.
Following the disastrous X-Men: The Last Stand and equally bad X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Matthew Vaughn – of Kick-Ass and Layer Cake fame – directed X-Men: First Class and wrote X-Men: Days of Future Past, thus bringing the Fox series back on course.
Vaughn previously pitched a Superhero film to Warner Bros. back in 2010, written by himself and Kick-Ass collaborator Mark Millar, but was rejected in favour of Zack Snyder and David S.