'Kick-Ass 2' to start filming next year

The creator of the Kick-Ass comic has confirmed that a sequel will begin filming in 2011. Mark Millar - who is currently penning a sequel to his Kick-Ass comic, about an ordinary boy who decides he's a crime-fighting superhero - told CLiNT, a new comic anthology he is launching, that he is readying his "sequel to the hit Kick-Ass movie in the first issue of the comic. Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall has been scheduled for production in 2011 for a 2012 cinema release".

Millar had previously discussed plans for a proposed sequel last month: "The second one, the sequel, is what if people tried to be bad guys as a reaction to the superheroes. And it's just that simple.

"It's just the idea of - the same way these guys were contacting each other on Facebook and everything and, you know, trying out superhero costumes - what if bad kids starting doing this?"

Yet fans' favourite Hit Girl - played by Chloe Moretz - is not certain to return, with Millar adding he has plans for the character, but he is "not sure when that'll be, it might not even be the second one. In my head, I've got some ideas how it could go".

It is unclear if stars such as Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz will return for the sequel.

In the past, Millar tends to announce the sequels/movies of his work a bit prematurely in order to drum up interest. He also tried it with Superman, but it didn't work.

Hanzo - from what I understand Vaughn made the film and financed it himself with his buddies - he then sold it to Lionsgate for $25M (assuming he covered his investment and made some profit as did Millar) - Lionsgate then distributed it and made the $43.5M - so if anyone lost $$ it was them. For Vaughn/Millar it may well be worth it to do the same deal down the line for a sequel (hell Lionsgate could have made a small profit as well so they may be pushing this too).

Something to be said about films that do not cost much and make a modest profit...less reward but less risk...better than $200 M Terminator films that banckrupt production companies!

Something to be said about films that do not cost much and make a modest profit...less reward but less risk...better than $200 M Terminator films that banckrupt production companies!

Plus, we're not yet including what they take in from DVD/Blu-ray sales.

I agree. There's a late buzz about Kick-Ass, like the first Austin Powers movie, and it wouldn't surprise me if video sales are better than what the movie itself took in.

If I were an investor, I'd wait to see how it did on DVD. Personally, I think it'll become a big hit there as people see that the ad campaign didn't accurately show what the money was really like.

What was the money really like?

'Kick-Ass 2' may happen with different team, says creator

Mark Millar, the co-creator of comic book Kick-Ass and exec producer of the hit movie of the same name, has expressed doubts that its sequel will be made with the same team. Speaking to HeroComplex about the chances of having all the same players from the first film returning, Millar said:


While Kick-Ass opened poorly, both in the US and the UK, it went on to gross $98 million (£63 million) from an estimated $30 million (£19.3 million) budget. It is also fared decisively better on home entertainment sales, which greatly improves its sequel chances.

Millar cast major doubt on a return for the first film's director Matthew Vaughn. The comic book writer believes Vaughn may step aside from directing and hand the megaphone duties to another.

In the interview he stated, "I'd imagine that Matthew will produce and possibly co-write, like George Lucas did with The Empire Strikes Back, and hire a new director."

The other issue with a possible sequel is the age of the hero protagonists. As time moves on the actors, including Chloe Moretz and Aaron Johnson, will be less and less able to fit the high school personas. But Millar offered a word of hope on the sequel status saying, "I think people will be pretty happy with the conversations we’ve been having."

Kick-Ass 2 has no planned release date or shooting schedule.

I disagree, the changes were lame and killed some of the cool elements.