In my years of writing about film and comics I’ve learned that one should never listen to a comic book creator when he/she insists that his/her work will be made into a movie. In particular, Scottish writer Mark Millar has had a tendency to claim that nearly everything he has written is in some sort of stage of production of film adaptation, although so far only Wanted and Kick-Ass have made it to the big screen.
So while I’m not convinced that this news is accurate, it’s worth mentioning that Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Millar has claimed Kick-Ass 2 will shoot this summer, with two other adaptations of Millar works, American Jesus (a so-called “sequel to the Bible”) and the as-yet-unreleased Secret Service, which Millar describes as “a neddy JAMES BOND.”
It’s worth noting that Kick-Ass 2 hasn’t been completed yet (there is one issue left in the mini-series), but similarly the Kick-Ass film adaptation went into production before that mini-series concluded. Still, Jane Goldman (co-writer of the original) and Matthew Vaughn (co-writer director of the original) have both indicated that they don’t plan on returning for the sequel in prior interviews, so whoever is involved in the sequel will have to get a team together quickly to shoot this summer. Vaughn is busy at the moment working on a sequel to X-Men: First Class.
The original Kick-Ass was a modest hit but was a big hit with the comic book crowd. I’d love to see more of Millar’s works adapted for the screen, but I’ll believe it when I see a teaser.
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