Mark Millar Talks About Kick-Ass 2
Mark Millar recently spoke with SCI FI Wire about the adaptation of “Kick-Ass“, which follows a 16-year-old who decides to become a superhero, and revealed that the development for “Kick-Ass 2” is happening.
Millar is motivated by the fact that “Wanted” made tons of money and the prediction that the upcoming adaptation “Kick-Ass” will be just as successful.
Speaking about his upcoming projects, Millar says:
How hands on is he with the project:
“Oh, massively. The first film I did, Wanted, I just dropped by for a few meetings, talked to the guys about the script, dropped by the set to shake everyone’s hands and then went home. But with Kick-Ass, it’s been unbelievable. Matthew did the same thing with Neil Gaiman on Stardust, where basically Matthew and I spent weeks and weeks on the phone every day for a couple of hours while he was writing the screenplay. Then I would get out to his house, and we’d spend days blocking it all out and so on and changing stuff and nailing it down.
Then there was the casting process, where, every day, we were looking at actors and actresses, and that took weeks and weeks and weeks. We almost couldn’t find our lead, because there was nobody we liked, and then Aaron just came in at the last minute. I was involved in the costume design, set design and then just on set for, I don’t know, three days a week for the whole shoot. And now I’m involved with the editing. So Matthew has been brilliant. I got paid to be a producer on Wanted, and it wasn’t a great deal of work, but Matthew has actually had me really involved at each stage, which I appreciate a lot. It’s very satisfying to see it coming together the way you want to.”
