Archive for the ‘Kick-Ass’ Category
Lionsgate released a new Kick-Ass poster for the world to take in and examine. The bloodied face of Aaron Johnson should give audiences a hint that this is going to be a blood and splatter fest when it comes to kicking…er..um… ass.
It’s a day for video on the Good Ol’ Major Spoilers, and we’re adding another to the list with the trailer for Kick-Ass. The music and fast editing pushes the movie higher on my must see list, but I wonder how all the graphic violence is going to play out?
via Coming Soon
IGN has posted the character posters for the upcoming Mark Millar Kick-Ass movie, and they look pretty… well, Kick-Ass!
Dave Lizewski doesn’t have superpowers, isn’t particularly strong or smart, and isn’t extraordinary in any way… aside from his desire to be a hero. Donning a scuba suit, a ski mask, and a pair of clubs, Dave hits the underworld hard in his new persona of Kick-Ass. Though not as hard — at first anyway — as they hit him when he’s severely beaten and hospitalized as a result of his first street fight. No one said being a hero was going to be easy…
When all four of the posters are joined together, they do indeed spell out Kick-Ass, which should be interesting to see on the wall in the more conservative areas of the country. What am I saying, this movie probably won’t be picked up by those theater chains at all.
The movie is scheduled to open April 16, 2010.
Pencil in April 16, 2010 as a day you’re going to be busy. That’s the date Lionsgate is planning on releasing Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass movie adaptation.
Lionsgate acquired North American distrib rights to “Kick-Ass” shortly after Comic-Con. Pic, starring Nicolas Cage and Aaron Johnson, is based on the bestselling comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. Storyline revolves around a young boy who inspires a subculture of wannabe superheroes who have no powers.
I’m sure after the government takes all my money on the 15th, I’ll be ready to kick some ass of my own, so this looks like a perfect release (and possible viral marketing campaign) for the film.
Word out of H’wood this morning is that Lionsgate Entertainment has picked up the domestic distribution rights to Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass movie adaptation. The Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. movie adaptation is still on track for a 2010 release to theaters.
With the San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, some of the weird from Hollywood is starting to surge to the forefront, as we present another installment of the Rapid Roundup of Tinsel Town Rumors. Some might be true, some might be outright lies, but they are all entertaining… to someone… maybe not you… maybe that cute girl on the bus would be interested in your thoughts on the subject… or maybe not. I don’t think looking at her and saying, “So what do you think about Cameron Diaz and the Green Hornet?” will get a dialogue started.
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/Film got the scoop that Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass will make an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con, showing footage from the film.
The panel will take place on Thursday, July 23 towards the end of the day. Vaughn will be in attendance, along with some of the film’s cast members (to be announced later).
My bet is the footage will be pretty tame or else the panel will be a 17 and up affair.
Or – “It’s Good To Know That I’m Not The Worst Parent In The World…”
I would never let my kid wear a jacket with all that blood on it. We’d make sure that she got run through a car wash after murdering half a dozen mobsters…
Marvel is really making the buck off Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass series. Seems like the individual issues have gone back to print so many times that I’ve lost count.
Perhaps Marvel has lost count too, as it has announced the Umpteenth Printing Variants for the first four issues.
HitFix has some brand new issues from the upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass comic that he wrote for Marvel.
/Film has a few snaps of Aaron Johnson in costume as Dave Lizewski, the title character in the upcoming Kick Ass movie.
There are a few more over at the site.
Or – “Is Shock Value The Same As Just Plain Value?”
Kick-Ass is one of those books that has been something of a guilty pleasure for me. Each issue takes us through the full litany of curse-words, high school humiliation, some sexual topics, and a heapin’ helpin’ of swift and blinding violence. When last issue ended with or main character getting saved by what looked like a nine year old girl, I expected to be going on and on about the use of cute kids in jeopardy for cheap effect. ‘Course, when the girl murdered two people on panel in seconds, things kinda got turned on their head, but still, the point is this: There’s something unsettlingly liberating about it all…
Yesterday I posted the lead character in Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass series (Dave Lizewski) has been cast, and today, the news is official with Matthew Vaughn announcing Aaron Johnson will play the dweeb with a death wish.
Also cast in the flick are Lyndsy Fonseca as Dave’s love interest, and Nicolas Cage as a former cop who trains his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to bring down a druglord.
Vaughn and Marv Films partner Kris Thykier are really gathering the cast quickly as they plan for the fall shoot.
According to Breaking the Fourth Wall, the lead actor for the upcoming Kick-Ass movie has been cast, and will be an unknown actor no one has heard of. That’s really vague, meaning this story falls under the complete rumor category.
Matthew Vaughn has announced that even though the studios have passed on making the adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, Vaughn says he is going to raise the $30 million himself to get the film into production.
Chloe Moretz has already been cast in the film, but the Hollywood Reporter has Superbad’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse in negotiations to play The Red Mist, the angry teen son of a mobster who tries to find uncover Kick-Ass’ identity.
Vaughn first brought the project to Sony, which distributed his “Layer Cake,” but the studio balked at the violence, which he refused to tone down. Several other studios expressed interest but demanded that the protagonists’ ages be upped. Vaughn, who most recently co-wrote and directed the international hit “Stardust,” now is going it alone.
Even though Vaughn says he’s going it alone, unless he’s setting up his own distribution company, he’s going to find it difficult to get a hard R or potentially NC-17 rated film into theaters.
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