No longer a rumour exclusively confined to the Twittersphere, Uni has officially slammed down the green button on “Kick-Ass 2″, the sequel to the popular 2010 superhero satire.
Lionsgate distributed the original.
Jeff Wadlow, director of cheesy biffo flick “Never Back Down” (and, at one stage, the now-cancelled “Point Break : Indo”), will take over helming duties from Matthew Vaughan.
(Gulp…)
The film would see Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse reprising their roles, with filming due to begin in August or September (getting two different start dates from sources running the story).
(Phew; at least they’ll be back)
Wadlow, who directed the dire “Cry Wolf” for Universal a few years back, got the directing job because, well, Vaughn asked him to. With Vaughn slammed with “X-Men : First Class 2″ duties, Wadlow offered to direct Vaughn’s script for the sequel to the not-very-kid-friendly actioner.Not sure how that relationship was formed but nice score for the B-movie man.
The first act of the sequel will apparently fix on Moretz’s ‘Hit-Girl’ character, in events depicted in the Vaughn-penned comic-book “Hit-Girl”, says THR.
”Kick-Ass” is a brilliant film; lots of fun, lots of action, lots of laugh, and some way-cool death sequences! (And it’s like so cool that these kids can kill heaps of people and be able to carry on their normal lives at the same time!No?)
If you didn’t see it, Imagine Quentin Tarantino doing a Marvel comic book movie and you almost get the idea of what to expect with the Jane Goldman-penned ”Kick-Ass” – effectively, it’s a bloody, bad-ass action film that’s littered with as much humour and pop-culture references as it is discarded limbs and oversized weaponry. And yeah, I really like it.
Performance-wise the movie solely belongs to up-and-comer Chloe Moretz. This girl is amazing. She’s a hoot to watch as an 11-year-old assassin – just try and stop from cheering and yahooing as the pint-sized caped wonder slices and dices her way through a room of nasty gangsters. It’s gold!
Vaughn will be missed though. His direction is vivacious, pacey, and choca-bloc with more than a few moments that’ll inevitably become highly-watched and oft-referenced cinematic moments. In fact, one of the first film’s only downfalls is a slightly languorous first-half – Vaughn saves up all the goodies for the film’s last half-hour so proceedings do tend to drag a bit in that first couple of reels. But still, he’s in a different league to Wadlow.
I’m excited for the sequel… but at the same time, concerned.
“Kick-Ass 2″ would likely come out about this time next year.
