First Official Still From KICK-ASS 2

Here’s the full version of image of Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey) with his guard dog Sophia, talking to Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Yep, below is the first official pic from Kick-Ass 2 as seen in the pages of Entertainment Weekly and scanned by Popculturology.

A follow-up to the 2010 film is being directed by Jeff Wadlow and also stars Chloë Grace Moretz who is back as Hit Girl, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mis, with Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Lindy Booth, Yancy Butler and Donald Faison also joining the cast and a cameo from Nicolas Cage rumored.

Based on the adaptation of the Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. comic, the action-comedy sequel Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters on August 16th, 2013.

Click through for a bigger version of the Colonel in Kick Ass 2: Balls to the Wall below – Carrey got an awful lot of the praise!

Here’s an extended synopsis:

Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation.

When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.

Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.