Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has wanted to return to his ‘Kick-Ass’ series for years. We recently saw the spy comedy ‘Argylle’ in the cinema. Now Vaughn finally keeps his promise – and not only that: One of the new “Kick-Ass” movies has already been filmed! A second is currently in production and it has long been planned that this will be the third announced a reboot of “Kick-Ass.” come.
The whole thing sounds a bit wild, especially considering that the “Kick-Ass” reboot isn’t a new trilogy , but just finish it. Moreover, it is not yet entirely clear whether Vaughn will direct this third part of the new trilogy himself. This is not the case with the first two films, as can be seen from an article on appears.
“The Stuntman”: already part 2 of the new “Kick-Ass” trilogy!
The industry newspaper exclusively reports that Matthew Vaughn is currently is in the middle of production on ‘The Stuntman’, the next installment in his ‘Kick-Ass’ universe. Vaughn produces, but Damien Walters is in the director’s chair. The film is about two brothers who become stuntmen – something Damien Walters is very familiar with, after all, he worked as a stuntman himself for many years, for example on ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’, ‘The Old Guard’ and ‘Jurassic “World – A new era”. He gained his first directing experience as second unit director on “Argylle”.
‘The Stuntman’ has been in the works for several months and a premiere is possible this year at the Toronto Film Festival in late summer or at the Sundance Festival in early 2025. But ‘The Stuntman’ is the second part of Vaughn’s new ‘Kick-Ass’ series, as the filmmaker himself says. Part 1 has been filming for a while, but hasn’t been published yet…
“School Fight”: Part 1 is done, but still secret…
This The first film in the trilogy is called ‘School Fight’, which was also directed by Damien Walters and produced by Vaughn. There was a lot of noise at the 2022 London Action Film Festival first material announced but then never released. It’s about a teenager who gets into a fight with a classmate because they’re both in love with the same person.
In an interview with Matthew Vaughn also explained it a few weeks ago when he talked about the trilogy of ‘School Fight’, another film (he didn’t title it at the time ‘The Stuntman’) and then the latest reboot of ‘Kick-Ass’, he is already half done with his script for the reboot.
“Kick-Ass” reboot as third part – then also by Damien Walters?
Considering that Damien Walters directed the first two films, it’s quite possible that he will also direct part 3, with Vaughn pulling the strings behind the production as producer and writer. But first we’ll have to wait and see when we’ll actually see the completed “School Fight” – and how exactly this new trilogy, which seems somewhat strange at the moment, will be tied together in content and result in a new “Kick-Ass” edition.