Matthew Vaughn Explains His Interest In DCEU Movie

While Matthew Vaughn‘s career has almost exclusively been blockbusters and tentpoles (“Kick-Ass,” two ‘Kingsman‘ movies, “X-Men: First Class“) he has always been cagey about sequels. This fall he talked about why he bailed out of making “X-Men: Days Of Future Past,” and though he his name has been linked to a followup to “Man Of Steel,” nothing has moved much beyond speculation. Still, Vaughn continues to sit around the DCEU campfire (he’s also been tossed around as a possibility for “Flashpoint), however, his reasons for poking around the superhero series may raise the ire of diehard fans who love all those pictures unequivocally.

“I do love the world of DC, and I’ve been talking to them at the moment about a few things,” Vaughn revealed to IGN UK Podcast.

“It’s more fun getting involved with franchises when they’re on the down, because then it’s easier to make a good film,” the director added. “So if I got involved with a few of the superhero films out there that have been disappointing, it’s going to be… if I do OK, it’ll probably be better.”

Yikes. So basically, Vaughn would rather be in a position where the bar has been lowered for him to succeed. It’s probably not the foot you want to put forward with fans, but in Vaughn’s defence, the DCEU has nowhere to go but up, and he can probably put himself in a pretty good position professionally if he can hit one out of the park. Indeed, that’s the mentality he had jumping into the X-Men universe.

“…when I did X-Men there was, you know, a pretty low bar — ‘X-Men 3,’ no offence, was not a fantastic piece of work,” he explained. “It’s much more fun saving and reinventing something — I’d be more intimidated trying to do a new ‘Guardians [of the Galaxy],’ for example.”

“If I was going to do Batman, there’s no point doing the Dark Knight, because it’s been done to perfection — if I was doing Batman, I’d go ‘Christ, let’s bring out the Adam West version,’ ” Vaughn continued. “I’m not interested in copying somebody else’s take on the genre.”

So, Vaughn wants to put his own mark on some material, in a universe where he can stand out from a pack of underwhelming movies. No doubt, if Vaughn does indeed find himself in the DCEU he’ll find a more diplomatic way to say their movies are not good. Listen to the full conversation below. [via Comic Book]