It was with a heavy heart that I realized that I wasn't going to be able to hit up the San Diego Convention this year. I guess Baltimore will have to do. One of the reasons I wanted to go to SD was that I knew there would be a buttload of material on the upcoming Matthew Vaughn helmed Kick-Ass. For those that don't know, Kick-Ass is the extremely violent indie comic from superstar writer, Mark Millar, about a regular kid who takes on the superhero persona of Kick-Ass and starts cleaning up the city streets. He has no powers or nothin', and he ain't exactly Charles Atlas, so the results tend to not go as planned. Along the way he runs into a number of other costumed heroes inspired by his actions, including a sword wielding little girl and her psychotic father.
The comic has been a smash hit, and the shots we've been getting from on set look awesome, especially the re-creation of Kick-Ass's suit. Well, now it's been revealed that the first actual footage of the movie will be premiering during the Kick-Ass panel at SD Con on July 23rd. Dammit! Looks like I'll have to follow this on G4, no doubt hosted by that annoying Kevin Pereira.
Anyway, Matthew Vaughn was nice enough to release another photo, this time showing Hit Girl ready to bust a cap in someone's arse. Check it out.
No release date has been set. Kick-Ass stars Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, and the triumphant return of
Yancy Butler.
