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/film found a pretty interesting story in the British rag "Daily Record" where "Wanted" creator and screenwriter Mark Millar is quoted as saying he's still involved in the "Superman Returns" sequel. Check out the quote:

“Since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to reinvent Superman for the 21st century,” said Millar. “I’ve been planning this my entire life. I’ve got my director and producer set up, and it’ll be 2011. This is how far ahead you have to think. The Superman brand is toxic after that last movie lost [a good chunk of change], but in 2011 we’re hoping to restart it. Sadly I can’t say who the director is, but we may make it official by Christmas.”

As the folks at /film point out in their post, Bryan Singer is pretty much attached as the director of the next Superman film, which is called, for now, "Superman: The Man of Steel." But is this the same film Millar is talking about? Millar added a few nondescript details to his comment in the "Daily Record" on his own website's message board:

“PS: That Superman news is interesting, isn’t it? In the interests of clarity (because I’m sure this will be picked up somewhere) a very well known American action director heard about my love of Superman, approached my and asked me to team up with he and his producer to make a pitch for this. We’ve been talking for several weeks now and, if this is going to happen, we’ll know by Christmas. He has huge pull at WB so fingers crossed. But this is nothing more than a huge US name pulling me into his fold and making me part of a package.”

So, basically, we don't know. But don't be shocked to find out Millar is attached to a lot of big movies coming up (if not "Superman" as well) as his star has risen considerably thanks to "Wanted."