Kick-Ass Kick-Ass news! Well, sort of.
Mark Millar spoke out this week about why we've not seen a sequel to the cracking British superhero movie as of yet. He told the LATimes, "The thing about the first movie is that it kind of exploded all our careers. People forget, but this was a $28m indie movie made in the UK. It grossed $100m at theatres and made the same again and more on DVD and Blu-ray and got amazing reviews. So everybody involved suddenly got hired for a million different things, and re-forming the band again would be impossible". He continues, "Hopefully, we can use the same actors if and when we do a sequel, but getting Matthew to direct or Jane to write a movie at this budget would be very difficult because they’re superstars now and they have projects of their own. I’d imagine, if this happens any time soon, that Matthew will produce and possibly co-write, like George Lucas did with The Empire Strikes Back, and hire a new director".
All very negative, isn't it? Well, Mark does finish with this tidbit, "I obviously know more than I can say, but I think people will be pretty happy with the conversations we’ve been having".
Mark Millar spoke out this week about why we've not seen a sequel to the cracking British superhero movie as of yet. He told the LATimes, "The thing about the first movie is that it kind of exploded all our careers. People forget, but this was a $28m indie movie made in the UK. It grossed $100m at theatres and made the same again and more on DVD and Blu-ray and got amazing reviews. So everybody involved suddenly got hired for a million different things, and re-forming the band again would be impossible". He continues, "Hopefully, we can use the same actors if and when we do a sequel, but getting Matthew to direct or Jane to write a movie at this budget would be very difficult because they’re superstars now and they have projects of their own. I’d imagine, if this happens any time soon, that Matthew will produce and possibly co-write, like George Lucas did with The Empire Strikes Back, and hire a new director".
All very negative, isn't it? Well, Mark does finish with this tidbit, "I obviously know more than I can say, but I think people will be pretty happy with the conversations we’ve been having".
Stay tuned for more news on Kick-Ass 2!
