Matthew Vaughn, who directed the firstKick-Assmovie back in 2010, has revealed that there are now plans to reboot the series, with his production company Marv back at the helm. There’s no word yet on when these movies will release, how similar they will be to the previous movies, or who will star, but nonetheless, it’s enough to get comic book fans excited.
Kick-Asswas Matthew Vaughn’s big break back in 2010 which kick-started his career in the superhero movie industry. The success ofKick-Asslanded him his job as the director ofX-Men: First Class, and writer ofX-Men: Days of Future Past.Matthew Vaughnthen went on to work on his currently most memorable projects,Kingsman: The Secret ServiceandKingsman: The Golden Circle. Now, eight years later, Vaughn has revealed he’s going back to work on the series that kickstarted his whole career, and this time he will hopefully get it right.
After the success of the firstKick-Ass, Vaughn was planning on expanding the movie into an entire franchise. Unfortunately,Kick-Ass 2was not met with the same open arms as its predecessor, which could be because of the fact that superhero movie parodies were yet to be in full swing, or because Vaughn didn’t even direct this one. Whatever the reason, theKick-Asssequel became something of a sore spot for most of the people involved. Actress Chloë Grace Moretz seemingly no longer wanted anything to do with the franchise, which left the announcedHit-Girlspin-off completely in the dust. During the years after, Vaughn revealed that they still had plans for the future of the franchise, but they pretty much had no way to successfully implement them.
Vaughn’s second chance isn’t just a chance for him to get it right, but it’s also a chance for him to explore further into Mark Millar’s comics. In his interview with Empire, Vaughn revealed that he would be interested in having the movie star Patience Lee, who is a female, African American vigilante that takes up the Kick-Ass mantle. Lee is a single mother who has become one of the comics' most popular characters in recent years, so it would be great to see Vaughn bring her onto the big screen.
Thor: Ragnarokactress Tessa Thompson has previously expressed interest in playing Patience Lee in aKick-Assmovie. It’s possible that Vaughn will consider her for the role, especially.given Thompson’s comic book movie history. Thompson is becoming more and more popular in Hollywood every year, so by the time that theKick-Assreboot does come along, she should hopefully have enough star power to take the lead in her own superhero movie.
For the time being, all we really have about theKick-Ass and Hit-Girlreboot is the confirmation that it will happen, as revealed in Vaughn’s interview withEmpire. Even the possibility of Patience Lee being the main character is pure speculation. Regardless, the future looks bright for fans ofKick-Ass, both the comics and the movies.
