Warner Bros and Vaughn have since parted ways, though the director said “It’d be hard to say no” if they offered him the chance to direct a Superman film.
Matthew Vaughn has confirmed that plans for Man of Steel 2 – a sequel to the Henry Cavill-starring superhero film directed by Zack Snyder – have been ditched by Warner Bros. Speaking to Polygon, the Kingsman and Kick-Ass director revealed that himself and comic book author Mark Miller pitched a Superman trilogy to the studio in 2008.
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A few years later, though, and Vaughn was attached to write and direct the sequel to Man of Steel, with the director intending on lifting ideas from the previous pitch.