Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has been discussing the future of the franchise, revealing plans for a trilogy that will be “very, very meta.”
The Kick-Ass comic book was created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., and debuted in 2008 to critical acclaim for its skewering of the superhero genre, and huge numbers in terms of sales. Meaning a film inevitably followed.
Kick-Ass 3 is a “meta” reboot that’s part of a different trilogy
In a new interview, Matthew Vaughn reveals that a brand-new Kick-Ass trilogy is happening, with one of the movies already in the can. That film – the first instalment – is titled School Fight, and has been directed by stunt coordinator-turned-director Damien Walters.
“We’re halfway through it,” Vaughn tellsColliderof the new Kick-Ass trilogy. “There’s a very, very, dare I say it – and it’s gonna be a cliche coming out of this head of mine – it is a very, very meta universe. It is what, you know, Kick Ass was reinventing and creating a R-rated superhero and no one was really doing it. This is taking that whole concept to a worthy… not even a sequel, because I think it’s just a whole new way of doing Kick Ass, which couldn’t be more Kick Ass.”
Elaborating on the plan, Vaughn says: “The trilogy will be School Fight, this movie – let’s call it ‘Vram’ for the time being – and then Kick-Ass, and they’re all connected.”
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