Lionsgate Pays to 'Kick-Ass'
Filed under: Deals, Lionsgate Films, Distribution
The buzz is strong on Kick-Ass, and Lionsgate listened, much to the delight of fans of the comic book and the trailer that's been making people giggle at their desks. Variety is calling the deal "mini-major," which is good news for the studio that's been subsisting on Tyler Perry and Saw flicks for the past few years.Based on the comic by Mark Millar, the esteemed scribe behind the graphic novels for Wanted and other fan faves, Kick-Ass is directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski, a high school superhero wanna-be who gets mixed up with a drug lord (Mark Strong), the ex-cop that's after him (Nicolas Cage) and his pre-teen daughter Hit Girl, and the superhero Red Mist, played by everyone's favorite McLovin', Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Read up on how this movie shall, in fact, live up to its name with help from Todd Gilchrist's San Diego Comic-Con report. "What was more amazing was that almost all of the clips weren't merely surprising, filthy, and kind of all-around inappropriate, but that they were hugely entertaining, in that way you react to when you're watching something that feels familiar and brand-new at the exact same time."
It sounds insane and awesome and I'd like to see it ASAP!
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8-17-2009 @ 1:42PM
weetiger said...
At last someone mention's Mark Strong in relation to the movie!
He's listed 2nd on imdb's title page and yet Variety's press release skipped over him in favor of Christopher Mintz-Plasse. I won't be seeing this for him or even for Nicolas Cage. I'll be seeing it for the reteaming of Matthew Vaughn and Mark Strong in yet another in a long line of the latter's three dimensional and impeccably nuanced villains.
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8-17-2009 @ 6:35PM
emersondartagnan said...
Couldn't agree more. Mark Strong is a force to be reckoned with and is on my personal list of actor's who deserve more fame alongside Sam Rockwell.
8-17-2009 @ 3:42PM
mezzaninex said...
Thank god this got picked up, it's one of my most anticipated movies.
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8-17-2009 @ 8:22PM
Matthew said...
Variety refers to Lionsgate itself as a 'mini-major.' I don't believe that was a reference to the potential impact of the deal between LG and Kickass.
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8-26-2009 @ 8:07PM
Hughman Bein said...
Behold! This is the way that comic book movies need to be done! Director and creator working separate of a pushy studio and using a grass roots fan-base to prove the movie doesn't have to be marketed to hollywood specs!
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11-05-2009 @ 8:37PM
Mullen said...
Kick ass movie posters on IGN http://bit.ly/4yBXUJ
@hughman bein you'll be happy
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11-06-2009 @ 5:03PM
jons said...
cool posters. i like the fact that they actually put the characters names on the posters instead of the boring actors names
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11-11-2009 @ 4:56PM
lana said...
Cant wait to see this movie, the kick-ass web site looks cool- http://bit.ly/2zV1aV
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