'Kick-Ass 3' Won't Feature Chloe Grace Moretz's Hit-Girl (If It Ever Gets Made)
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz, who played Hit-Girl in the first two Kick-Ass movies, says she won't return to reprise the role.
Read MoreActress Chloe Grace Moretz, who played Hit-Girl in the first two Kick-Ass movies, says she won't return to reprise the role.
Read MoreThe cast of the comedy sequel has just gained a fantastic addition with Chloe Moretz joining Neighbors 2. In addition, the official title has been revealed.
Read MoreFans are always asking about more Kick-Ass movies and director Matthew Vaughn has just teased a possible Kick-Ass prequel and sequel. But, there's a catch.
Read MoreBryan Singer has to recast two iconic X-Men roles and he now has a short list. Here, read the short list for X-Men Apocalypse Cyclops and Jean Grey Casting.
Read MoreTrue to his word, Steven Soderbergh has retired from the movies for now. But it's the last part of that phrase -- "from the movies" -- that's important, because outside of the movies he's remained as busy as ever. First, he transitioned into TV with the HBO film Behind the Candelabra. Then he jumped to…
Read MoreThe rumor mill continues to churn, as one actor is reported to have read for a part, and another denies that she has. After the jump: Ben Kingsley may also have read for Episode VII ... while Chloë Moretz insists she has not Pinewood Shepperton wants to expand further J.J. Abrams isn't abandoning Trekkies Star…
Read MoreIf there was one upside to the first Kick-Ass 2 trailer being a bit underwhelming, it's that the marketing has had nowhere to go but up. The film's looked better and better with each successive trailer, and the one that hit at Comic-Con was the most badass (or kick-ass, if you want to go there)…
Read MoreIn the previous trailers for Kick-Ass 2, something seemed to be missing. This is most certainly a sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s film, sure. All the characters are there; the story is a continuation of the first chapter; and new heroes and villains are introduced. Yet something felt off. Writer/director Jeff Wadlow came into San Diego…
Read MoreChloë Grace Moretz has never been one to shy away from edgy roles, starting with her breakthrough turn as violent, foul-mouthed Hit-Girl in 2010's Kick-Ass. Even so, her latest gig is bound to raise some eyebrows. The 16-year-old actress will play a young prostitute in The Equalizer, Antoine Fuqua's big-screen adaptation of the '80s TV…
Read MoreA couple generations after Brian de Palma first brought it to the big screen, Stephen King's Carrie is getting a new cinematic interpretation this fall by director Kimberly Peirce. The first teaser trailer hit all the way back last year, and we've had plenty of blood-soaked posters since then, but now we finally have a…
Read MoreThat third Atlas Shrugged you didn't ask for is on the way. Also after the jump: Who wants to be an extra in Captain America? Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks up Red 2 and Jack Ryan Here's what Al Pacino will look like in Despicable Me 2 Check out another new Star Trek Into Darkness image Kick-Ass 2 reveals some kick-ass…
Read MoreThe first Kick-Ass featured but a handful of costumed heroes and villains, but Kick-Ass 2 will introduce us to a whole lot more. The Jeff Wadlow-directed sequel sees Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) joining forces with the do-gooder team Justice Forever, while Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) refashions himself The Mother Fucker and…
Read MoreToday's Sequel Bits is stuffed to the brim with images, quotes, tweets, and more. After the jump: Would Bryan Singer ever direct a Star Trek movie? Damon Lindelof explains all the secrecy about the villain Seth Grahame-Smith gets cracking on Beetlejuice 2 Steven Seagal's out, Jackie Chan's in for Expendables 3 Willow and Roger Rabbit sequels offer…
Read MoreRemakes of decades-old films are a common sight at the multiplex these days, but even by those standards Identity Films and Flat Penny Films are reaching pretty far back. The two companies have just acquired the rights to Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union, which was adapted into a…
Read MoreOver a decade after it kicked into gear with X-Men and Spider-Man, the superhero movie trend shows no signs of flagging. Costumed heroes will keep going strong in 2013 with several more high-profile releases, including Man of Steel, Kick-Ass 2, The Wolverine, and Thor: The Dark World. While we've haven't seen trailers for most of them…
Read MoreIf you were perhaps looking for a companion piece to The Flowers of War, in which a big western star (Christian Bale) played in a film about Chinese history, then Back to 1942 might be it. Here Adrien Brody and Tim Robbins are two men caught up in social and political upheaval in China's Henan…
Read MoreThe red-band trailer for Peter Farrelly's Movie 43 leaned hard on the shock factor of seeing big Hollywood stars revel in foul language and filthy jokes, but the poor green-band trailer is stuck trying to sell the exact same product by only hinting at what the NSFW version could actually show. Is Anna Faris asking…
Read MoreMGM and Screen Gems just debuted footage from Kimberly Peirce's new film version of Stephen King's debut novel Carrie at the New York Comic Con over this past weekend, but isn't wasting any time getting something online. While fans often have to wait months (or more) before seeing trailers that play at the San Diego…
Read MoreJust because we've already seen and loved the original Carrie, Robocop, and Evil Dead doesn't mean we can't be curious about the remakes. Today we have teaser posters and footage descriptions for Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead and Kimberly Peirce's Carrie, thanks to the Sony panel at New York Comic-Con, and a peek at Alex Murphy's…
Read MoreWhereas the first movie concentrated on a small group of costumed vigilantes, Kick-Ass 2 widens the scope to bring in new allies for both the heroes and the villains. The latest additions to the good guy side are Morris Chestnut (Boyz n the Hood), who'll be helping out Chloë Moretz's Hit-Girl, and Robert Emms (War Horse), who'll…
Read MoreGiven that Brian De Palma's 1976 Carrie is revered as a classic of horror cinema, it's tough to avoid thinking of Kimberly Peirce's new version of Carrie as a remake. But strictly speaking, it's not a rehash of De Palma's version but rather a fresh interpretation of Stephen King's original 1974 novel. And Peirce and…
Read MoreToday's Sequel Bits is bursting with plot details -- for Kick-Ass 2, Cloudy 2, and Curse of Chucky. There's even a tidbit of info about what we might or might not see in Beetlejuice 2. After the jump: Kick-Ass 2's plot involves mean girls and identity crises Set videos reveal A Good Day to Die…
Read MoreWith a few exceptions, the idea of remaking a classic horror film has proven to be one that faces many pitfalls. And when the original in question is Brian De Palma's version of the Stephen King story Carrie, a film crafted with impressive style and quite a lot of moxie, there might be more pitfalls…
Read MoreWith Carrie's June 1 start date just around the corner, director Kimberly Peirce is adding the final touches to her cast. Leads Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore have been locked in since this spring, but it's only in the past couple of weeks that the production has been staffing up on supporting players. Chronicle star…
Read MoreKick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow had really better hope those talks with star Chloë Grace Moretz go well. In volume 2 of the comic book series by Mark Millar that inspired the movie, Moretz's Hit-Girl character is somewhat sidelined because (this is a possible spoiler) she ultimately gives up her superhero persona. But Wadlow said over the weekend that he…
Read MoreAfter years of talk, Kick-Ass 2 finally made some real progress earlier this month as Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down) signed on to write and direct, and it's now on track to shoot this year for a 2013 release date. At a Kapow! Comic Convention event, Wadlow spoke out about the sequel, even addressing the little matter of…
Read MoreEarlier this week, Kick-Ass co-creator John Romita Jr. said he believed Kick Ass 2 would start filming this summer aimed at a spring 2013 release. It's the kind of thing we've been hearing for years, ever since the release of Matthew Vaughn's fantastic 2010 adaptation of the comic by Romita Jr. and Mark Millar. This…
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