Matthew Vaughn is fast competing with Zack Snyder to see who can churn out the most comic book adaptations in one career with news from Deadline with the Kick-Ass director has another project involving those defenders of good in the works.

Vaughan is still putting the final post-production touches to this summer’s prequel X-Men: First Class, but he’s claiming already that a major Hollywood studio is very keen to fully fund his next big project. It’s an adaptation of a yet-to-be-published comic book called The Golden Age and penned by our very own talk show host/awards presenter/all-round geek Wossy (aka Jonathan Ross).

The two are already close (Ross’ wife Jane Goldman has been a co-writer with Vaughan on many of his projects, included his newest) and the rather intriguing premise here (which focuses on a special retirement home where superheroes end up) sounds like it has the potential to be a huge amount of fun.

With a wish list made up of the likes of Hollywood giants Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, and Warren Beatty, this is one project which I’m sure Vaughan won’t mind running the risk of being labelled “that comic book guy” for the rest of his days.