British director Matthew Vaughn has finished his adaptation of Scottish writer Mark Millar's comic book series "Kick-Ass" and has been looking for a studio to distribute the film.Vaughn financed the movie himself when studios were worried about the script's graphic, bloody content and demanded changes. Industry figures put the cost of the film at $30million, while Millar himself said it was $65m.
Following rave reaction to a screening of test footage at San Diego Comic-Con, three studios - Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal - are now interested in the film.
It will be interesting to hear what happens now regarding any editing or rating issues but hopefully Vaughn's vision makes it to the screen intact.
"Kick-Ass" is based on an ongoing series published by Marvel Comics imprint Icon and tells of lonely high school student Dave Lizewski, played by Aaron Johnson, who is inspired by his comic books to try being a real-life superhero.
Initially inept, he soon builds a reputation and discovers he has started a trend for costumed crimefighters when he encounters a vigilante called Big-Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his sword-wielding young daughter called Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) who want to take down a drug baron.
The comic and the film are edgy and shocking, with Hit-Girl slicing and dicing opponents in a stream of obscenities and profanities.
It's all brutal but tongue-in-cheek and we'll get chance to see it on the big screen sometime in 2010, providing Vaughn retains final cut and the film doesn't end up sanitized.
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Sources: The Geek Files, Risky Biz Blog
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I want to see this so bad. I love the comic, and seeing it as a live-action film would just be icing on the cake.
I have a feeling if it goes to Lionsgate, we'll see the movie with the violence and swearing all intact. But if it goes to one of the big name studios, there will probably be some cuts. Universal might try to snatch it up, because I think they also released Millar's other comic-turned-movie, "Wanted". And look how big a coup that ended up for them.
I can definitely see Lionsgate living in what makes the comic so fun (after all, they made "Punisher: Warzone").
I hope the film stays intact if one of the larger studios picks it up. Luckily "Wanted" was kept rated R and still had a good amount of violence and language (though the plot got all mixed around).
We'll have to wait and see who gets the rights to the film.
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