Tag: Aaron Johnson

Kick-Ass Meets Colonel Stars In The First Official ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Still!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Sure, you’ve already seen plenty of  sneaky set photos and candid video from the shoot of Kick-Ass 2. Does that make this shot any less cool? I don’t think so!

 

Via the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, the first official still image from the film has been revealed. It features our titular hero (fashionably portrayed by the lovely Aaron Johnson), chatting it up with ex-mafia-cum-vigilante Colonel Stars.

 

Check out the image below, and lets us know what you think! Kick-Ass 2 hits theatres on June 28th.

 

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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 (Chloe 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.

Aaron Johnson Frontrunner For Human Lead In Legendary’s ‘Godzilla’

by Shawn Madden

Legendary Pictures have set their sights on Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass) for the lead role in Gareth Edward’s Godzilla. According to Deadline, the offer is now on his table and it’s up to the actor if he chooses to accept the role or not.

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The British actor is currently said to be waiting on the revised script before he makes a final decision whether or not he will take the role.

Godzilla is set to crush and destroy theaters May 16th, 2014 in 3D

Source: Deadline

John Leguizamo Joins The Cast Of ‘KICK-ASS 2’!

by Shawn Madden

Deadline is reporting that John Leguizamo (Spawn, Summer Of Sam) is the first new cast member to sign on to the upcoming sequel to Mathew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass. Leguizamo will be playing Javier,one of the bodyguards assigned to protect Red Mist (now calling himself “Motherfucker”, leader of “The Toxic Mega-cunts) who will be played by the returning Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Nicholas Cage will all be reprising their roles in the movie as well.

Will ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Be Rated R? “Oh, yeah!”

by Shawn Madden

Collider recently sat down with Aaron Johnson to discuss ‘Kick-Ass 2’ the sequel one of the best comic films of 2010.

The film tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave Lizewski, who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself “Kick-Ass”. Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy, a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the drug lord Frank D’Amico, has trained his eleven-year-old daughter to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.

When asked about the sequel Johnson went on to say “It’s pretty much set to go, this Fall.  I think now Chloe [Grace Moretz] and Chris [Mintz-Plasse] are on board.  I’m certainly set up to do it.  Jeff Wadlow is to direct.  Yeah, I think it’s going to happen.”

Johnson went on to say that he has read the script and on the R-rating of the film “Oh, yeah!  It keeps the standard, from the first film.”

He didn’t seem surprised that they were making a sequel to this film and seemed quite confident that it would live up to the expectations we may have after seeing the first. “Yeah, and I think that’s why Matthew Vaughn has got his name all over this one, as well.  The only way he was ever going to make a sequel was if it could be anywhere close to the first one, and keep that class and that quality, and just maintain something original and new and refreshing.  And this script delivers all of that, right now.  I’m excited to get back in the suit.”

I’m really hoping this one goes into production soon. This was one of the truly fun comic-book movies to see come to life and even though we have a new director and i’d have loved for Matthew Vaughn to return…i’m still excited to see how this turns out.