He may not have gotten to make his Batman movie in the end, but now it seems that Darren Aronofsky has his sights on another DC hero anyway.

The mother! director was pressed on superhero movies and which one he would like to make if he got the chance. His answer? The Man of Steel.

"I mean, you know, Superman would always be interesting," he told CinePop. "But they're already deep into reinventing him, so that's not going to happen for a long time."

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Aronofsky did also tease what sort of direction he would take a superhero movie, giving us a flavour of what his Superman movie would be like.

"Well I would always hope to do something unique," he added. "That's kind of my goal."

"I think with those films, you have to be very careful, because they are about communicating with as big of an audience as you possibly can.

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"Audiences who goes to see those films expect a certain type of movie. But I guess a lot of the great superhero titles are done, people have used them up. So now it's kinda characters that aren't as interesting. But you never know. We'll see what comes my way."

It was rumoured that Aronofsky was in contention to direct 2013's Man of Steel, though the gig went to Zack Snyder in the end.

Still, we're intrigued to see what his version would look like – especially as it sounds like he was ahead of the curve with his never-made Batman project many years ago.

mother! is in cinemas now.

From: Digital Spy