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Exclusive: Kick-Ass Footage To Premiere at Comic-Con; New Photo Revealed
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
San Diego Comic-Con International will be announcing the full panel line up for this year’s convention next week, but we’re able to reveal that the first footage from Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Kick-Ass will premiere at the convention. The panel will take place on Thursday, July 23 towards the end of the day. Vaughn will be in attendance, along with some of the film’s cast members (to be announced later). This is the biggest non-studio produced comic book movie of all time, and I can’t wait to see some of the footage.
As a bit of a tease, Vaughn has provided us with this exclusive never-before-seen photo from Kick-Ass, which features Chloe Moretz as Mindy Macready aka the ruthless 11-year-old vigilante named Hit Girl.
Mark Millar Pushing Through Kick-Ass 2 And More
Posted on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Most of the key cast members in Mark Millar and Matthew Vaughn’s too-young-to-drink superhero saga Kick-Ass are currently going through those formative years where a sudden Harry Potter-style growth spurt could end up maturing them dramatically almost over night. As such, any sequel to the movie would need to be put on the fast track and, according to Sci Fi Wire’s new interview with Millar, that’s indeed what is happening. As well as the sequel, Millar also mentioned the planned adaptations of War Heroes and American Jesus. Details after the break.
New Photo: Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick-Ass
Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a photo (see the previous photo after the jump) of Chloe Moretz as Mindy aka Hit Girl in Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, but it’s definitely a better look at the character in action. The new photo comes courtesy of the new issue of Empire Magazine , guest edited by Steven Spielberg.
As you can see by the comic book to film comparison above, it appears that the character’s outfit has changed in the translation (that is of course unless this photo is of the character out of costume, which is very possible). In the film Chloe plays a pre-teen assassin who’s been trained by her father Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), seen below.
Photo: Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist in Kick-Ass
Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
AICN has the first official photo of Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist in Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book series Kick-Ass. Head on over to AICN for the full photo, which accompanies a report chronicling their recent visit to the London movie set.
/Film reader Roque R sends over the first official photos from Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick Ass. Newsarama scored the first photos that feature Aaron Johnson as high school student Dave Lizewski aka Kick-Ass.
Plot Synopsis (beware of possible comic book spoilers): Dave Lizewski is a kid growing up in a rundown suburb of America, he isn’t a gamer, he isn’t a jock, he isn’t a mathlete, he’s just a regular kid. When he is not hanging out at the local comic store with his friends Todd and Marty, he is fantasising about his school teacher and Katie Deauxma, the class hottie. The only thing that is unusual about Dave is that about a year ago his Mother died. But somehow through this blend of normality, teenage angst and irritation at being continually mugged, Dave makes the decision to become a superhero’ KICK ASS! Dave’s first foray into being a Superhero results in him being stabbed and run over. When Dave recovers he realises he can’t walk away from being a hero, and when he successfully steps in on a mugging he brings himself to the attention of the US media and Frank D’Amico could this be the guy who knicked his coke? As Dave gets sucked into the dark world of vigilante crime fighting he gains a sidekick named ‘Red Mist’.
/Film reader Christopher M send over two new photos from the set of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick Ass. The photos feature our best glimpse yet at Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski aka the title character Kick-Ass, and our first real look at Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist.
Set Photos: A Better Look at Kick-Ass in Costume
Posted on Monday, October 6th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
/Film reader Christopher M sent over some new photos from the Toronto set of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass. Above we get a much better look at the title character’s costume. And no, that isn’t Aaron Johnson, who plays Dave Lizewski in the film adaptation. It’s one of Aaron’s stunt doubles. And the photos below show Aaron in the costume, but from a ways back.
Kick-Ass Set Videos Reveal Costumed Superheroes
Posted on Monday, October 6th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
A bunch of new Kick-Ass set videos have popped up on YouTube, giving us our first real look at the characters dressed in superhero gear. The scene involved Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) and the Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) riding along in Mist’s custom red sports car through Downtown Toronto (near the Toronto Eaton Centre) at night. I’ve included the most interesting/revealing video of the bunch below. And by revealing, I mean only slightly.
You can watch the rest of the videos on YouTube. Thanks to /Film reader Joe H for the tip.
High Res: Kick-Ass Set Photos - Red Mist’s Car
Posted on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Janetliz got a much better photo of the taxi cab that gets crushed in the opening sequence of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass. As you can see, the license plate also acts as the film’s title card. Read our original report here.
Pigpen333 took a couple photos of the Red Mist’s car.
Built by Galpin Auto Sports in Los Angeles, the Red Mist has a supercharged Saleen motor that puts out 630 horse power, and includes “WAY too many other mods than can be discussed.”
/Film reader Dan B sent in a photo from the Toronto set of Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass.
“Coming back from a Jays game happen to catch what appeared to be 2nd Unit for Kick-Ass. Didn’t see Matthew Vaughn on site. They seemed to be shooting the opening shots of the movie. The camera starts off facing the wrecked taxi and ends up on a close up of the license plate that reads ‘Kick-Ass’ Here are the shots taken with my Iphone.”
And here are some screenshots of the panels of the scene from the comic book:
Clark Duke to Kick Ass in Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass!
Posted on Monday, September 15th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson
With buzz climbing for his performance in the October comedy, Sex Drive, actor Clark Duke has landed a role in Matthew Vaughn’s violent comic book flick Kick-Ass. Ever since we laughed our asses off at Duke being repeatedly mistaken for a girl on the web series, Clark and Michael, we’ve hoped to see him stake a claim in cool features, so this is great news. And yeah, based on the trailers, Sex Drive looks friggin’ meh, but supposedly it delivers. Duke will play Marty, a good friend to the film’s titular character, a teenage would-be superhero, and Marty’s described on the movie’s official character list via Moviehole as…
About 17, a chubby Caucasian high school student who loves comic books. He is Dave’s funny best friend. Together with Dave and Todd, he loves to go to comic book stores, and checks out the latest issues, while talking about school, girls, the futility of teenaged life, and the exciting adventures of Myspace insta-celebrity Kickass. He never suspects that Kickass is in fact Dave Lizewski — and neither would you if you knew Dave.
Perfect. For our recent casting report on Vaughn’s $70 million indie film. click here. Duke had a bit part in Superbad, so this will be his second film co-starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse aka McLovin, who plays the teen antagonist Red Mist. The comics’ creator, Mark Millar, has gone on the record as saying something like “I bet you all my balls that Kick-Ass will be the best movie of 2009.” And even though Millar talks more shit than Reggie Miller and even though Nic Cage bums us out, this movie should definitely live up to its title. And yeah, expect more headlines like the one above. Clark Duke, invest.
First Look: Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass; Millar Talks Day 1 and 2
Posted on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Production on Kick-Ass has begun and Mark Millar has written a blog about the first two days of filming. Here are a couple excerpts:
“This is already about 350 times better than I could ever have expected.”
“I lucked out with Wanted and Timur and James and Angelina. But nothing– I mean nothing– can prepare you for Nic and Chloe as Big Daddy and Hit-Girl. As I said to Nic after the first scene was shot on Saturday morning, this is a movie about comic-book guys MADE by comic-book guys. We are absolutely in our comfort zone here and doing something really special. Cage’s eyes just gleamed. He said it’s the most excited he’s been by a role in a long time.”
“The first scene shot on the movie was the first scene I wrote on the comic (now the opening to issue six) and it’s Hit-Girl in her secret identity, wearing a Hello Kitty T-shirt and a kevlar vest as her Dad pumps round after round into her chest so she knows how a bullet feels. I loved the scene in the comic, I loved the scene in the screenplay, but Nic just took it to a whole new level with his delivery, the genuinely mental glee and beautiful comic timing as we see this little kid in pink clothes and a pink hat blasted back into mud in an abandoned factory.”
“Chloe Moretz is going to be a superstar after this picture.” … “I have already nicknamed her Han Solo because she’s going to be the one every kid wants to be when they see this thing as an illegal download.”
You can read Millar’s full blog posting on MillarWorld.tv and more set photos on BadandUgly.
