With the film adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Kick-Ass" only a few weeks away and reports flying around about his next potential project, a new rumor has director Matthew Vaughn adapting an unexpected comic book property.
According to Latino Review Vaughn is planning an adaptation of "Bloodshot," based on the Valiant Comic book series of the same name. Originally created in 1994 by Kevin VanHook and artist Don Perlin, "Bloodshot" followed a former mob enforcer who's betrayed and killed, then resurrected as a modern-day Frankenstein with nanite-infused blood that allowed him to heal from almost any injury.
[UPDATE: Empire indicates that while a script is indeed being written, "Bloodshot" is by no means certain of being Vaughn's next film — and the rumor is exactly that, nothing more.]
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