Four New Kick-Ass Character Posters
Lionsgate has premiered four new character posters for Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book “Kick-Ass.”
Kick Ass plot: A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings “Kick-Ass” to the big screen. “Kick-Ass” tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There¹s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes, including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage).
Lionsgate Acquires Kick-Ass
Last week it was reported that the Comic-Con presentation of Mark Millar’s creator-owned title “Kick-Ass” had generated a ton of interest, and that several studios are all in the running to bid on the picture.
Lionsgate announced that it has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to “Kick-Ass”, the anticipated action-comedy from writer/director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust). Based on the groundbreaking, best-selling comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., “Kick-Ass” stars Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz. The screenplay is written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. The producers are Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Tarquin Pack and Kris Thykier; Millar and Romita Jr. are co-producers.
Three Studios Want To Distribute Kick-Ass
Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal are competing to buy Mark Millar’s creator-owned title “Kick-Ass” after Comic-Con presentation of comic-book adaptation has generated a ton of interest.
Director Matthew Vaughan (Stardust) financed independently after some studios found the project’s violence too graphic and some of its dialogue too profanity-laced.
Sony were initially onboard, but Vaughn split with the studio over creative differences; they wanted to turn the character of Hit Girl (who is 11-years-old in the comic) into a teenager, for example.
Four Kick-Ass Clips From Comic Con Leaked!
Check out these four clips from movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book “Kick-Ass” shown at Comic Con 2009 featuring Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Big Daddy in bloody action. This looks amazing and funny but certanly not for kids!
Kick-Ass follows a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson). Lizewski decides to become a superhero, even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys, with real weapons. Nicolas Cage plays a former cop who tries to bring down a drug lord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.
Kick-Ass Poster
Thanks to AICN, we now have a Comic-Con poster, drawn by John Romita Jr., for the upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book “Kick-Ass.”
Kick-Ass follows a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson). Lizewski decides to become a superhero, even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys, with real weapons. Nicolas Cage plays a former cop who tries to bring down a drug lord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.
DIirector Matthew Vaughn (Stardust) tells AICN that “Kick-Ass” is “definitely the best movie I’ve ever made”.
The film was test screened and
“The test scores… I’m not even going to tell you what they were because you wouldn’t believe me. They were just phenomenal. And two of the things that were singled out for praise was that it was unique – it was like nothing anyone had seen before – and that it was fun.”
He adds that one viewer described it as ‘teenage Tarantino’.
Four New Kick-Ass Pics
Today we have a four new pics from the upcoming “Kick-Ass” film, based on Mark Millar’s and John Romita Jr’s comic book.
The Marvel Comics’ Icon imprint book centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.
Lyndsy Fonseca plays the object of the teen’s infatuation who believes Dave is gay. Nicolas Cage is a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.
“Kick-Ass” is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake).
Kick-Ass Pic and Details On Comic-Con Debut
Today we have a new pic from “Kick-Ass,” which features 11-year-old super-assassin named Mindy Macready/Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz).
Also, /Film is reporting that the new Matthew Vaughn film will be premiering brand new footage from the film at the 2009 Comic Con (San Diego). The “Kick-Ass” panel will take place on Thursday, July 23rd towards the end of the day. The full schedule for Comic-Con will be out next week.
“Kick-Ass” is a Mark Millar comic about a dorky high school student, named Dave Lizewski, who decides to become a superhero. The only problem is he has no defining ability or even coordination. A few problems arise when Dave encounters bad guys who can fight and have weapons.
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.”
Hit Girl In Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass First Look
Here’s our first look at Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl/Mindy Macready from director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass,” based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic book.
Aaron Johnson (Dave Lizewski) plays title character, an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. Lizewski decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.
Nicolas Cage (Damon Macready) is a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his 11 year-old daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.
11 year-old super-assassin movie is out in late 2009.
Read more about Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” at EmpireOnline
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Three New Kick-Ass Photos
Kick-Ass photo
HitFix.com has debuted three new images from the upcoming comic-book adaptation “Kick-Ass.” One of the photos is the first official look at Nicolas Cage.
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.
The film is based on the Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. graphic novel, directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake) and stars Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clark Duke and Chloe Moretz. John Romita Jr will get his directorial debut by directing an animated flashback sequence in the film.
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