Mark Millar Talks Kick-Ass and Sequel

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Mark Millar Talks Kick-Ass and Sequel

June 10, 2009

SCI FI Wire talked to Mark Millar about his involvement in the Matthew Vaughn-directed Kick-Ass adaptation and he addressed a possible sequel. Here's a clip:

Wanted made $350 million. So that was the thing that opened the doors. I didn't expect that. For some reason I just assumed, "Oh, yeah, this will come out and do OK. If I get another movie at some point, wonderful." But what happened very quickly was that several of the titles got picked up to be made into movies. Kick-Ass. War Heroes. I'm doing American Jesus. Kick-Ass 2 is already being plotted out. We're planning it, because all the actors are quite young and we have to make it relatively quickly. So we'll definitely do that inside the next 18 to 24 months.

You can read the full interview here.

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Posted by: Spider-Dom on June 10, 2009 at 11:08:20

Great news for a great series!

Posted by: Moorish on June 10, 2009 at 11:21:54

Mark Millar = SELF PROMOTION JUNKIE

All his characters speak with the same voice and are equally shallow/boring.

Posted by: Matt - El on June 10, 2009 at 11:33:44

Millar, how about you finish the damn comic before you work on a movie sequel! Thanks

Posted by: GutsNSluts on June 10, 2009 at 11:39:20

I'm having lower and lower expectations for this. Did you see Fogel as Red MIst!?!?!? He looks like a emo douche. why change up disguises and costumes!?!? And Red Mist was a big dude. Just goes to show Hollywood can't keep anything the same. i.e. WANTED!!!

Posted by: Old Greg on June 10, 2009 at 11:46:39

I think this movie is gonna be tight! Matthew Vaughn is a great director and I think he'll make it work regardless of everything else. I mean, the guy has Stardust and Layer Cake under his belt!

Posted by: SmokinBandit on June 10, 2009 at 12:16:48

Great comic series, but I really dont want to see the movie untill i've finished the comics...which arent even done..so I might not even see the ovie untill it goes to DVD..but a sequal, does that mean that they are planning to leave it at a cliff-hanger ending..?

It'll be a good movie im sure, I do wish they hadnt given the Kick-Ass costume a mouth piece but I can get over that. It jsut looks funny in all the photos i've seen of him.

But all in all, the comics are great, and I like Mark Millar, hes an allright director, and the comics style is very movie like. So it should be a good movie.

Posted by: Enrico on June 10, 2009 at 12:39:55

What´s the release date for this movie??

Posted by: Dr. Loomis' Trenchcoat on June 10, 2009 at 12:51:53

Mark Millar: Shameless self promotion since the 90's.

Posted by: joe on June 10, 2009 at 13:00:59

the comics arent a mini series. they were suppossed to be but they are so popular now that they are a full fledge series now.

thast like saying they shouldn't have made spiderman till the comics are done.

Posted by: ti on June 10, 2009 at 13:06:01

Quality Mark, not quantity

Posted by: john the butler on June 10, 2009 at 13:10:04

where the **** is a trailer!!!!

when is the release date!!!!

dag nabbit!!!

Posted by: anthony on June 10, 2009 at 13:44:55

yea for real where is the trailer when is it suppost to come out

Posted by: teleprompter on June 10, 2009 at 15:08:13

Issue #7 was due on shelves June 3rd. Didn't ship from the distributor from what I'm told. I read somewhere there is a movie preview book set to release before they finish the current story arc. I'm slowly losing interest in this book due to long delays in the publishing schedule. There is a hard cover GN compilation set for release July 29, 2009. I'd be surprised if they meet that deadline.

Posted by: Josh on June 10, 2009 at 15:12:52

I'm gonna skip on this and all his other movies as well.

Posted by: VoltronShakespeare on June 10, 2009 at 15:13:53

BOOOOOO! Finish the comic first, you greedy Scott!

Posted by: Red hot Texas style on June 10, 2009 at 15:25:33

Fair do's to the fella- he is a Barnum of comics- able to talk up nothing as a counteraction to bad press in an instant.
Kick Ass is certainly snake oil- or has proven to be beyond issue one (which was ripped off a better preview indie comic I got in Texas in 03)- but he knows hyping it will lead execs to believe people love it and are dying for the film (still unbought, see?)
Shame he's turned into this guy who plugs and shills the life out of stuff that might have been good had he just concentrated on that instead of rushing-
Wanted, as a comic was excellent, and the Ultimates outstanding. Think he's shot the bolt, now
but

Posted by: Red hot Texas style on June 10, 2009 at 15:31:48

Those asking about release dates and the like-
when I said 'unbought'- no distributor or studio's been willing to attach itself yet-
it was funded as a vanity project by millionaire investor friends of Matthew Vaughn, who bought Millar's shill after being introduced by Jonathan Ross's wife (who co-wrote the script for StarDust. Vaughn's got such a rep for walking out of projects at the last minute, he's in a bit of director's jail, so has to self-fund at the moment.
Unless Millar gets his forums to carry on shilling this 'til execs listen, it'll be straight to dvd at best.

Posted by: Fanboiii on June 10, 2009 at 16:17:58

Wanted was just an average action movie to me. I'm not a real fan of Mark Miller until he proves himself on film. His Ultimates series was good in comics, but he hasn't done well on film yet.

Wanted turned in a profit, but that's mostly because of Angelina Jolie.

Posted by: gwiereng on June 10, 2009 at 19:07:44

Something's not right when the major motion pictures get made almost as often as the individual comic issues.

Posted by: DAG on June 10, 2009 at 20:07:32

Mark Millar is a great writer but ever since he started doing movie stuff, he's forgotten about comics and his fans. You don't make a movie based on a storyline of a comic that hasn't even come out yet. I'm going to find out what happens at the end of the story by watching the movie instead of reading it first.
The Superman trilogy sounds terrible, I don't want to see a whole about his life on Krypton.

Posted by: Toastjammer on June 10, 2009 at 22:11:32

So Millar is pushing the sequel to a movie that's an adaption of a comic that's several months late already?

Millar has a ton of comics he needs to finish before he should be talking/thinking about movies. But then, Millar seems like he'd rather cash a check then make his fans happy. Guess he doesn't realize what side of his bread's got the butter on it.

Good luck, you money-grubbing hack! Hope all your fans don't turn on you as you go on to show the comic industry as little respect as possible!

Posted by: Boston Blur on June 11, 2009 at 08:43:32

It pisses me off that the comic is not even finished and I know more about what is going to happen because of movie casting updates. I loved his work on Ultimates but seriously dude focus on one thing at a time.

Posted by: Nico on June 11, 2009 at 09:12:28

Kick-Ass was good for an issue. My thoughts after that:

"Wait, they're calling him 'Kick-ass?' Isn't that an adjective?"

"Why are girls flashing him? Is this Millar's attempt at making girls want to read the book, too? How realistic."

"Where's all this blood coming from? Shouldn't they all be dead by now?"

"A toddler can cut through a grown man's skull with nothing but a sword? Physics is fun!"

Posted by: Ian on June 11, 2009 at 17:11:59

Where the **** is issue 3 of War Heroes .. slack Millar .. get me all excited you tease.

Posted by: Dave on June 11, 2009 at 21:18:29

Millar may self promote, but in 40 years of reading comics, "Ultimates" is the best read panel for panel I have seen--and the "Wanted" was pretty good--I'm no "kick Ass" fan, too damn silly and manipulative, but I would pay serious cash to see hom in control of a Superman Trilogy--I mean, what the f*** is Warner's doing sitting on the greatest franchise in super-hero history while the great age of comic movies passes them by?? Each major player (Superman, Batman, Spidey, X-Men) should be running 3 year trilogy stories, filmed all at once, like LOTR--I mean, they are CRAZY not to.

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