A new Kick-Ass spin-off film is now filming and it’s the second entry in the most confusing cinematic universe we’ve seen in a minute
Mar. 1, 2024When is a trilogy not a trilogy? Let us explain…
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Good news: a new movie set in the rebootedKick-Assuniverse is now filming. Bad news: you might need a PhD in cinematic universe-ology to unpack it all.
Let’s start with the basic facts: As perVariety, Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn is producing a movie titled The Stuntman about two brothers who become stuntmen. It’s set to be directed by Damien Walters.
“The trilogy will be School Fight, [The Stuntman], and then Kick-Ass, and they’re all connected,” Vaughn previously toldColliderof what he calls a “meta universe”, clearing up absolutely none of the confusion surrounding the projects.
“Kick-Ass changed people’s perception of what a superhero film is. We’re doing it again,” Vaughnpreviously saidduring a New York Comic Con panel (H/TEntertainment Weekly). “None of the other characters from the other Kick-Ass are in it, though we’d like to have them back after the reboot. I can’t really talk about it, but it’s fun!”
In terms of his upcoming projects, Vaughn told theInside Total Film podcastand GamesRadar+ that Kick-Ass needs to get moving soon because it’s “so of its time.”
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“So we have to make Kingsman 3 before Taron [Egerton] and Colin [Firth] are just too old. There is the reboot of Kick-Ass, which the idea is so of its time that we have to get on with it as well,” Vaughn said. “We would like to make the nextArgylleand then I have a musical which I’m prepping at the moment as well.”
So, yeah, let’s maybe [stern email voice] circle back on this one in a few months? By then, we might have some idea of what the shape of this Kick-Ass trilogy looks like.
Right now, it’s one unreleased film, one movie currently filming, then an actual Kick-Ass movie. We’ve seen less confusing plans for a cinematic universe or “connected” trilogy, we’ll be honest.
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