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Comic-Con: Watch New Kick-Ass 2 Video

Universal turned Kick-Ass 2 loose on fans at today’s San Diego Comic-Con to give them their first look at the balls-to the-walls sequel. Director Jeff Wadlow and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Donald Faison, Lindy Booth and John Leguizamo were in attendance to present exclusive, new footage. The comic book’s creators Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. were also on hand, and Chloe Grace Moretz made an appearance via satellite from Boston where she’s filming The Equalizer.

Jim Carrey Distances Himself From Kick-Ass 2

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Millar's Secret Service Films This Summer

20th Century Fox has reportedly closed a deal to distribute Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn‘s next film, The Secret Service.

Deadline reports that the movie will begin filming in August for a November 14, 2014 bow.

Vaughn and Jane Goldman co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of Mark Millar‘s comic of the same name, which follows a veteran secret agent and his younger protege.

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Kick-Ass 2 Delayed

Universal has announced that this summer’s superhero sequel Kick-Ass 2 has been pushed back from June 28 to August 16.

Written and directed by Jeff Wadlow and based on the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., the movie stars the first film’s Aaron Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, as well as newcomers Jim CarreyMorris Chestnut, John Leguizamo and Donald Faison.

With the date change in place, the studio has also bumped up its action flick 2 Guns from August 16 to August 2. That one stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Additionally, Uni announced that Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges’ R.I.P.D will now be released in 3D on July 19.

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Is Mark Millar Going to Kill Kick-Ass?

With Kick-Ass returning to screens this summer in the appropriately titled Kick-Ass 2, it seems that character co-creator Mark Millar has been discussing his plans for a third instalment.

BEWARE OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD

Speaking to SFX, Millar revealed that the third story will be the last one, which isn’t great news for Kick-Ass himself.

As Millar explains, “I told Universal

this and they asked me, ‘What does that mean?’ I said, ‘It means that this is where it all ends.’ They said, ‘Do they all die at the end?’ I said, ‘Maybe’ – because this is a realistic superhero story.

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FF Reboot: Stuff You've Never Seen Before

It sounds like Chronicle director Josh Trank and Fox’s superhero-movie overseer Mark Millar have been hard at work prepping for Fantastic Four Reborn.

In a recent interview with SciFi Now, Millar discussed how excited he is for Trank’s fresh spin on the franchise. “From what I’ve seen and from talking to

,” Millar began, “he and I have had dinner a couple of times and we talk quite regularly as well — he’s contemporarising it. I think he’s just making it work for the screen — he’s a great storyteller.

“Chronicle, if you think about it, was similar to Fantastic Four in that it was a bunch of people who were transformed into something more than human — that turned out almost his calling card to come and do something like Fantastic Four,” he said.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies