British director Matthew Vaughn has an
enviable, if yet small body of work has a director. After the underrated Layer
Cake, and Stardust, Vaughn entered the zeitgeist with his adaptation of Mark
Millar, and John Romita Jr.'s Kick-Ass, which led to X-Men: First Class, and
the more recent Kingsman: The Secret Service.
While promoting the latter, Vaughn
was asked if there were any plans for a new installment in the Kick-Ass
franchise.
"Do you know what's going
to be next if I do it... we've finished plotting it. What we have to do is,
we've got to do the FIRST CLASS to the KICK-ASS world. We lost a few fans on
Kick-Ass 2. It wasn't as loved as one would've hoped. So we have this idea for
a Hit Girl prequel. It's a really strong, really simple prequel where I think
we can regain the love and the passion. If that happens, I'm pretty sure I can
persuade Aaron and Chloe to come back and finish the story of Kick-Ass with
Kick-Ass 3".
As the directed stated
Kick-Ass 2 not only alienated many fans but also suffered from being one of the
most pirated movies of the year it came out. This was reflected on the film's
box-office numbers, as it made $60 million on a $28 million production budget,
which wouldn't be terrible if not for the fact that the first film grossed over
$90 million.
Vaughn also revealed that this
isn't a pipedream, as progress on the Hit-Girl prequel is being made.
"Mark and I have already
plotted Hit Girl. We have to get the script done next. It's so far out there,
you have no idea."
Finally, the director said
that like Kick-Ass 2 he won't direct Kick-Ass 3 if it gets greenlit, however he
revealed that he spoke with The Raid, and Raid 2 director abut possibly taking
the helm.
"No, I wouldn't direct. We spoke about it to Gareth Evans a couple of years ago.
I'd get someone like that, a really bold, clever director. Most of it is set in the far east."
Six months or so ago, Chloe
Grace Moretz revealed that she was done with Hit-Girl, and with Aaron
Taylor-Johnson busy with the Marvel experience it's hard to imagine anyone from
the original cast returning.
What do you think?
Source - JoBlo
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