Tag: Kick-Ass 2

Lindy Booth In Talks To Join Cast Of ‘KICK-ASS 2’

by Shawn Madden

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Lindy Booth (Dawn Of The Dead) is set to join the cast of KICK-ASS 2. She is talks to take on the role of ‘Night Bitch’, a character who does not have a large role in the comic series, but is one of the characters inspired by Kick-Ass to be come hero. The character claims that the main drive behind what she does was the murder of her sister, who was found in a dumpster. Oh, those comic book bad guys do love dumping bodies in the dumpsters and alleys. That one is for sure.

The actress previously has worked with Jeff Wadlow on the thriller, Cry Wolf.  You know…the one that had Bon Jovi in it. Wait, you haven’t seen that? It’s okay I wouldn’t have expected you to. She definitely looks the part and wouldn’t be a bad addition to the already pretty damn impressive cast. But as per usual…sound off with your thoughts below.

Jim Carrey In Talks To Join Cast Of ‘KICK-ASS 2’!

by Shawn Madden

This is definitely not the news I expected to be reporting today but I am glad that I am. Deadline reports that Jim Carrey is in talks with Universal to join the cast of Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass 2. They have apparently offered the actor the role of ‘The Colonel’.

The character is called The Colonel, and he helps galvanize the team of misfit super heroes assembled to fight evil.

If you haven’t read the comic series I will let you know that it’s safe to assume that they are referring to ‘Colonel Stars’. This character is an ex-Mafia member turned vigilante who forms “Justice Forever”  with his brother ‘Lieutenant Stripes’. I am kind of wondering if we will get the scene where The Colonel allows his dog to eat the gentials of a bad guy or they’ll cut that one out. While no deal has been made yet I think I should point out that Carrey was a huge fan of Vaughn’s original KICK-ASS film and even appeared on Conan O’Brien in a Kick-Ass costume. I think this would be a great addition to an already pretty damn impressively funny cast. So, fingers crossed that he takes the deal here.

‘KICK-ASS 2’ Gets A Release Date AND Two New Cast Members!

by Shawn Madden

Earlier today Universal Pictures announced that KICK-ASS 2, the sequel to the 2010 superhero comedy, will be hitting theaters on June 28, 2013!

In addition to this, Deadline reports that two more actors have joined writer/director Jeff Wadlow’s film. The two actors being Morris Chestnut (American Horror Story) and Robert Emms (War Horse). Chestnut will play Hit-Girl’s stepfather Marcus Williams, replacing Omari Hardwick from the first film. Robert Emms has landed the role of Insect-Man, a police officer turned member of the superhero team Justice Forever.

Production is set to begin next month on the film, which will adapt both Millar and Romita’s Kick-Ass 2 and the Hit-Girl spinoff. It will be produced by Matthew Vaughn, who is unable to direct because of his commitment to X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

With all the new cast members that have been announced these few past few weeks this movie definitely has potential to be one hell of a fun movie.

Donald Faison In Negotiations To Join Cast Of ‘KICK-ASS 2’

by Shawn Madden

Reports are coming in that Donald Faison (Scrubs) is in negotiations to join the cast of Kick-Ass 2 as the gravity pole wielding Dr. Gravity, one of the members of “Justice Forever” who fights alongside Kick-Ass in volume two.  The sequel begins shooting this September, and Faison will be joining returning cast members Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Nicolas Cage as well as new addition John Leguizamo. The sequel is currently looking at a 2014 release.

Honestly, this movie sounds like it’s going to be alot of fun based on the cast alone.

Source: Deadline

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.

Kick Ass 2 Talks Have Begun: Plans For Production to Start in August

by Shane O'Hare

In other sequel news, Universal have announced that they are in talks to create a “Kick Ass 2”, probably based in large part to the just finished sequel mini-series of the same name.

Most likely in an attempt to ride the press tsunami that is Avengers, discussions to start production on Kick Ass 2 in August were said to have started. Kick Ass 1 director Matt Vaughn is unavailable to direct this go around due to commitments to X-Men: First Class 2, so the studio has asked script author Jeff Wadlow to give it a spin. Hopefully there will not be any fucking jetpacks… leave those to The Rocketeer.

The deal is rumored to be pretty close to being wrapped up.

This news begs the question “why all the 2’s”? Do you think that the comic-movie genre needs more sequels to expand their universe or do you feel that more first run stories need to be fleshed out in film. Will we ever see Spider-<an or Wolverine sharing the screen with Iron Man? Probably not. Can’t we work on making these happen instead of sequels to movies we didn’t want to see the first time (as the box office proved)?