aintitcool.com - 7/13/2009
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Modesty does not exist in KICK-ASS' dojo. It's all right there on the cover of the first issue: "The Greatest Superhero Book of All Time Is Finally Here!" So why should anything change now that it's a film? Though director Matthew Vaughn isn't boasting that he's made "The Greatest ...
slashfilm.com - 7/13/2009
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slashfilm.com —
Matthew Vaughn sat down with AICN for a
30-minute pre-Comic-Con interview about his upcoming comic book adaptation...
of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass . It’s a very interesting interview, and I pulled a couple of excerpts for you to check out: ...
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Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass Described As “Teenage Tarantino”
splashpage.mtv.com - 7/17/2009
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Director Matthew Vaughn will bring his big-screen adaptation
of " Kick-Ass " to San Diego this month,...
and along with joining members of the cast on the "Kick-Ass" Comic-Con panel , he'll also debut the first footage from the much-anticipated film. In ...
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Blog Archive » EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vaughn Reveals ...
filmofilia.com - 7/14/2009
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Today we have a four new pics from
the upcoming “ Kick-Ass ” film, based on Mark...
Millar’s and John Morita Jr’s comic book. The Marvel Comics’ Icon imprint book centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski ( Aaron Johnson ) who decides to become a ...
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Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass Described As “Teenage Tarantino”
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... Read the full interview transcript on AintItCool.com. Vaughn says that if everything goes well at Comic-Con, they will hopefully have a distributor to release the film “the first quarter of next year during spring break.” ...
Matthew Vaughn Interview is Kick-Ass
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... , but a recent interview with Mr. Beaks over at AICN has us pumped all the more. The way it is described, this is a story with very realistic characters and consequences, but in a highly stylized form. What if Spider-man were real is the quote from this interview I keep coming back to. Death Wish and Magnum Force are name-checked. And, yes, Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays the villain in this. It's gonna be nuts. I strongly recommend you do two things. ...
Updates from Matthew Vaughn on ‘Kick-Ass’
We Are Movie Geeks —
... So boys and girls, how does that sound? More excited now, because I literally just let out a little valley girl squeal manly death metal growl. If that is not enough for you, be sure to head over to AICN to read the entire transcript. ...
Boosting Johnson-Lennon
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Boosting Johnson-Lennon In a just-posted discussion with Ain't It Cool's Mr. Beaks , Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has shared an observation about Aaron Johnson 's performance as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy , which Vaughn has seen. Vaughn : I nearly postponed the movie for a year because I couldn't find Dave Lizewski [the lead character in Kick-Ass ]. I just couldn't find Kick-Ass. It was a Friday morning, and I said to the guys, ;We're going back to London tonight, and we're postponing the movie until we figure out who's playing Dave.' Then Johnson ...
‘Kick-Ass’ Director Talks Pretty Violence and Pigtailed Hit Girls
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... teased with the possibility with a Kick Ass sequel even before the first film has a release date:
“I don’t want to tempt fate. But Mark (Millar) and I over a couple of beers came up with one of the funniest, coolest idea for a sequel that we would only be able to get away with if the film does well. We’d sort of dial it up to eleven, shall we say.”
For the full transcript of the interview, you can head over to AICN.
It really sounds like Vaughn has put his all into ...
First Look: Aaron Johnson As John Lennon In 'Nowhere Boy'
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... has that charisma where you believe every word he says. He can also stand in front of the camera and say nothing, but you still want to watch him. He's fun. The actor I think he'll become is Robert Downey Jr.. He's very similar to him." Word has it the film, which also stars Kristen Scott Thomas and Thomas Sangster, is likely to see a late-'09/early-2010 release. [HollywoodElsewhere/AICN] ...
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moviecarpet.com 8/11/2009 — Weeks after he brought “Kick-Ass” to Comic Con, Matthew Vaughn’s live-action adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic book is getting some solid studio interest.
After the film’s, well, kick ass debut at Comic Con, studios Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal are now itching to ...
Vince Vaughn talks OLD SCHOOL 2
collider.com 9/23/2009 —
Ever since “Old School” became a hit back in 2003, there have been whispers of the cast reuniting and doing a sequel. Unfortunately, the more time that passes, the less of a chance it’s ever going to happen.
But even though the ...