Kick-Ass 2 Information

Kick-Ass 2 is an upcoming 2013 British-American superhero action comedy film based on the comic book of the same name and Hit-Girl, both by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and is a sequel to the 2010 film Kick-Ass. The film was written and directed by Jeff Wadlow and co-produced by Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first film.

Plot

Inspired by Kick-Ass and the events of the first film, other people don masks and begin to fight crime. One of these, Col. Stars and Stripes, forms a team and asks Kick-Ass to join them. Meanwhile, Hit-Girl's choice to "retire" and try to have a normal life as a schoolgirl backfire when Red Mist is reborn as The Mother Fucker and plans to create a super-villain army to exact revenge on Kick-Ass for his father's death.The superheroes face threats from their allies and get thrown into prison for wearing a mask.

Cast

• Aaron Johnson as David Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico / The Mother Fucker
• Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl
• Jim Carrey as Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes
• Donald Faison as Doctor Gravity
• Robert Emms as Insect Man
• Lindy Booth as Night Bitch
• Daniel Kaluuya as Black Death
• Clark Duke as Marty Eisenberg / Battle Guy
• Augustus Prew as Todd Haynes / Ass-Kicker
• Olga Kurkulina as Mother Russia
• Andy Nyman as The Tumor
• John Leguizamo as Javier
• Enzo Cilenti as Javier's sidekick
• Morris Chestnut as Sergeant Marcus Williams
• Yancy Butler as Angie D'Amico
• Lyndsy Fonseca as Katie Deauxma
• Claudia Lee as Brooke
• Tanya Fear as Harlow
• Ella Purnell as Dolce

Cameos

• Mark Millar
• John Romita, Jr.
• Chuck Liddell

Production

In May 2012, it was reported that a sequel would be distributed by Universal Studios, and that Matthew Vaughn had chosen Jeff Wadlow, who also wrote the script, to direct the sequel. Later that month, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloë Grace Moretz entered negotiations to reprise their roles as Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, respectively.

In July 2012, Christopher Mintz-Plasse confirmed that he would return as Chris D'Amico who becomes the supervillain The Mother Fucker. That same month, it was announced that John Leguizamo would play a character named Javier, one of The Mother Fucker's bodyguards.

In August 2012, it was reported that Donald Faison would play the superhero Doctor Gravity. Also that month, Yancy Butler was set to reprise her role as Angie D'Amico, Lyndsy Fonseca stated that she would return as Katie Deauxma in a smaller role, Robert Emms was cast as the former police officer turned superhero Insect Man, Morris Chestnut was confirmed to replace Omari Hardwick as Hit-Girl's guardian Marcus Williams, Lindy Booth was confirmed to play Night Bitch, a superhero seeking to avenge the murder of her sister, Andy Nyman was announced to play one of the villains named The Tumor, and Claudia Lee joined the cast as Brooke, the leader of a gang of school bullies.

In September 2012, Jim Carrey was cast in the role of Colonel Stars and Stripes, leader of a superhero group Justice Forever. Also in September, Enzo Cilenti was confirmed to appear in the film as Javier's sidekick. It was confirmed that bodybuilder Olga Kurkulina would portray the villainess Mother Russia. It was revealed that Clark Duke would reprise his role as Marty Eisenberg, who becomes the superhero Battle Guy, and that Augustus Prew would take over the role of Todd Haynes from Evan Peters, who becomes the superhero Ass-Kicker.

Principal photography began on 7 September 2012 in Mississauga, Canada. Once filming in Mississauga wrapped in late September, the cast and crew continued shooting in London, England. Filming concluded on 23 November 2012.

Controversy

On 24 June 2013, Jim Carrey in his Twitter account withdrew support for the film on account of the violence in the film and the Sandy Hook massacre. Carrey tweeted "I did Kick-Ass a month before Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence. My apologies to others involved with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart."

Mark Millar replied in his official forum, saying "Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin," and compared it to films by Quentin Tarantino, Sam Peckinpah, Chan-wook Park and Martin Scorsese. Millar insisted the film concentrated on the consequences of violence rather than the violence itself.

In an interview for The Sun, Chloë Grace Moretz says that "It's a movie. If you are going to believe and be affected by an action film, you shouldn't go to see Pocahontas because you are going to think you are a Disney princess. If you are that easily swayed, you might see The Silence of the Lambs and think you are a serial killer. It's a movie and it's fake, and I've known that since I was a kid... I don't want to run around trying to kill people and cuss. If anything, these movies teach you what not to do."

See also

• Vigilante film