Kick-Ass Sequel Title and Final Poster

Published by Jeff Leins on: December 18th, 2009

Outside of than the frenzy surrounding Avatar right now, the geek world is talking about Kick-Ass, an R-rated superhero comedy due out April 16, 2010.  The reviews are in from Harry Knowles’ Butt-Numb-a-Thon and they’re extremely favorable, full of explicitives where praise should go because apparently it needs the extra emphasis only “holy f*cking sh*t” can provide.

Director Matthew Vaughn produced the movie independently before bringing it to a pleased crowd at Comic-Con in July, which started a bidding war over the distribution rights. Lionsgate landed them, and the studio stands to make a “sh*tload” more than the $50 million budget in April.

Which, of course, spells sequel. Comic book creator Mark Millar has already promised a Kick-Ass 2, but now he’s discussing it further while the heat is on. In an interview with Comic Book Resources (via Slashfilm), Millar talked about the tie-in book “Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie” and said it was the most fun he’s ever had on a project.

As for the follow-up comic, Millar answered, “The working title is ‘Balls to the Wall,’ and we’re thinking about launching [the second volume] round about San Diego time, right around August. But to avoid delays, we’d like to stockpile a few issues, I think.”

Lionsgate has premiered the final character poster for Kick-Ass at IGN featuring Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz), an 11-year-old assassin. In case you missed the others: the Kick-Ass poster, Red Mist and Big Daddy one sheets, and the fourth is below:

Official Plot Synopsis: A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen. KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.

His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.