By Simon Miraudo August 20, 2013 With its second instalment, the Kick-Ass saga has officially been stripped of its satirical bite. No biggie. So long as Chloë Grace Moretz‘s murderous Mindy Macready – aka Hit Girl – remains in the limelight, I’ll take little umbrage with the bastardisation of the comics upon which these movies […]
Continue readingJim Carrey “cannot support that level of violence” in Kick-Ass 2
Jim Carrey has publicly distanced himself from his upcoming movie Kick-Ass 2, Tweeting his inability to “support that level of violence” following the shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school. “I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence… my apologies to others involve with the film. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Kick-Ass 2 (Red Band)
The original Kick-Ass was a clever, subversive riff on superhero stories, but the recently released trailer for the upcoming sequel seems to signal the series’ slide into generic action territory despite some offbeat touches. Director of the original film, Matthew Vaughn, moved on to rebooting the X-Men franchise, handing the Kick-Ass reigns to Jeff Wadlow, […]
Continue readingJim Carrey wanted for Kick-Ass 2
With production on Kick-Ass 2 officially under way (we can’t believe it either!), Universal Pictures are eager to recruit mega-fan Jim Carrey. According to Deadline, Universal want Carrey to play The Colonel in the DIY superhero flick. The character brings together a group of crime-fighters, Nick Fury style, to take down evil forces. Considering he comes from the mind of comic […]
Continue readingAaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Nicolas Cage in talks for Kick-Ass 2
We’ve trained ourselves to not believe a word that comes out of Kick-Ass author Mark Millar’s mouth, so you can imagine our surprise when Deadline revealed a sequel to his 2010 superhero flick was indeed in the works. Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz are currently finalising deals with Universal Pictures to appear in the second instalment as […]
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