Irvine Welsh wants to tackle Doctor Strange.

The Trainspotting writer has said that Marvel Comics' Sorcerer Supreme is the comic book character he would most like to write, Digital Spy said.

"I've always been a fan and he's the last of the great Marvels to me who hasn't been given the big-screen treatment, so there isn't that preconception apart from comic fans," he told Spinoff.

"Doctor Strange fans were always stranger, for want of a better word, and this unique breed in comic fandom always appealed more to me. He's got infinite possibilities and his personal life is weirder and darker than usual and there's a lot I can do with that. There's a lot... I'd love to do with that."

Welsh said that he would "do a Grant Morrison and deconstruct the character".

Doctor Strange is one of the films that has been confirmed for Marvel Studios' Phase Three, which will launch after 2015's Avengers 2.

Welsh's Filth will shortly arrive on the big screen in a James McAvoy-starring adaptation.