KICK-ASS Review Thread (Spoiler)

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Aug 7 Trailer:

So the trailer from Comic Con has now leaked. It's kinda shot on an angle, but you can see it fine. The trailer, shall we say, would be classified red-band. But as a trailer for a movie called Kick Ass!, it's Bad Ass!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE TRAILER

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Comic Con Footage Leaked!!

Hurry - they may take it down soon. NOW REMOVED




Update July 24

So most of the blogs I read say that Kick-Ass stole the show on Thursday (and Avatar was presenting that day too)

Here's some news that came out. Looks like it'll be released for early 2010:

Comic-Con: 'Kick-Ass' Expected To Hit Theaters In Early 2010, Says Director

Earlier today I posted a breakdown of the footage from the "Kick-Ass" panel and the first look it provided at the father-daughter vigilantes played by Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz. While the footage certainly looked great, there's still some question about when we'll actually be able to see "Kick-Ass" in theaters.

Director Matthew Vaughn had some interesting news on that aspect of the project, too.

During the Q&A portion of the panel that followed the video, the director said he expects "Kick-Ass" to hit theaters in the 1st quarter of 2010. According to Vaughn, the film is 90-percent completed, with the music providing the only lingering issue.

"Everything that we put in it makes it dated right away," explained Vaughn.

When "Kick-Ass" does finally make it to theaters, however, comic book writer Mark Millar teased that we could be seeing more of its cast down the road.

"I always had the idea of it being a trilogy," said Millar.

You can check out a video blog of the presentation given at Comicon here:

Yesterday, 24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar screened in Hall H (which, yes, was very good), but it seems like everyone left the convention center talking about something else entirely — Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass. At the very VERY end of the night (at nearly 3am — if we look tired, it’s for good reason), I recorded a video blog with Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley, sharing our thoughts about the footage screened at the panel. Quigley, who isn’t one to be hyperbolic, said that this film has the potential to be a geek classic, and I agree. Watch the video blog embedded after the jump for our full thoughts.

Original Post:


Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca are set to star in Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of the violent Mark Millar comic book, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr., the Marvel Comics' Icon imprint book centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.

Johnson plays title character, while Fonseca plays the object of the teen's infatuation who believes Dave is gay. Cage is a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse is also in the cast.


18-year-old British actor Aaron Johnson has been cast as the title character, Dave Lizewski, a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who attempts to become a real-life superhero. The catch is that he has no powers or any of the stereotypical reasons for choosing to fight crime.


21-year-old Lyndsy Fonseca will play high school hottie and Dave’s crush Katie Deauxma, who thinks he is gay.


Nicolas Cage has been cast as a former cop named Big Daddy who is also trying to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter to be “a lethal weapon” .


Chloe Moretz is Hit Girl, the ferocious, potty-mouthed 11-year-old daughter of Big Daddy (Cage). She is described as a “four foot killing machine” with “a ninja sword”.


Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from Superbad) is in talks to play the Red Mist, an angry teenage son of a mobster who is out to uncover Kick-Ass’ true identity.