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AICN Exclusive! Moriarty Knows Who’s Bringing Mark Millar’s KICK-ASS To The Bigscreen!

Sounds kick-ass by DirkD13"	Mar 20th, 2008 04:01:14 AM
I wouldn't mind being holed up with Jane Goldman, the flame haired minx.
WANTED will kick ass! by ShiftyEyedDog2	Mar 20th, 2008 04:07:55 AM
tell me that doesnt just look like great summer action fun!
For the lazy ass people.... by andrew1911uk	Mar 20th, 2008 04:08:09 AM
...like me who know nothing about graphic novels or (comics) and who are too busy living the high life to Wiki (ahem) would it be possible to summarise some of the more obscure references - e.g. what on earth it's about? I'm not saying I won't find out, but there's a whole lot of porn on those Interweb tube that I'm not looking at for every minute I spend looking up comic book references. Peace out.
Romita Jr. by Dogma_Jedi	Mar 20th, 2008 04:16:06 AM
Is freaking amazing. MIller as well. Love their work together.
Didn't they make whole changes to Wanted? by Xiphos	Mar 20th, 2008 04:49:44 AM
Like change everything from the graphic novel? I understand they would have to leave out the fact that the lead character was a rapist, but didn't they make the leads into heroes instead of villians?
Why bother when only 2 issues published? by lex romero	Mar 20th, 2008 05:24:01 AM
When you have a massive back catalogue of Thor comics to work with would Vaugn pick to work on a comic that only has 2 issues released? I don't want another one of Millar's comics changed just because Hollywood can't be bothered to let him finish the series.
andrew1911uk by comedian_x	Mar 20th, 2008 05:55:49 AM
You're too lazy to Wiki? You're already on the internet; that's half the battle right there. Complete the battle.
it's a comic about.... by RighteousBrother	Mar 20th, 2008 06:03:50 AM
a comic book geeky school kid who decides to become a vigilante type superhero. He doesn't have any powers but makes himself a costume, to go out and fight villains (muggers etc) the story is told in flashback and it looks like he gets himself mixed up with the local mob. It's set in the real world (so to speak) so there are no other super heros in it.
THOR delayed? by SpencerTrilby	Mar 20th, 2008 06:48:36 AM
that would piss me off. I know there are reportedly budget problems, and the studio is probably waiting for the BO return of Iron Man and Hulk to go full steam ahead... but Vaughn + iconic property + fantasy style movie was a must see for 2009. I haven't read KICKASS (I'm not really a Millar fan) but how about not blowing their wad like with WANTED and waiting for the books instead of greenlighting a film with no definite direction and a fewer fanbase? That sounds like moronic business decision. Are the first issues THAT good?
John Romita Jr. by Knuckleduster	Mar 20th, 2008 06:59:36 AM
Probably my favourite comic book artist. Always on top form and capable of doing anything. Amazing sense of scale. Would love to see what the guy could do behind a camera.
similiar title as Shoot 'Em Up? by Spandau Belly	Mar 20th, 2008 07:02:39 AM
I figured Shoot 'Em Up should be a trilogy with two more films called Kocked 'Em Down and Tear 'Em Apart, but then I saw Shoot 'Em Up and I definately don't want more.
Matthew Vaughn by Series7	Mar 20th, 2008 07:21:45 AM
Wow sounds awesome.... not. Though now I do want to pick up that series. Good description as to what its about.
Matthew Vaughn by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 20th, 2008 08:33:30 AM
Bland, insipid.
Why even bother adapting this? by Raymar	Mar 20th, 2008 08:47:04 AM
In the end they're just going to change wannabe superhero to a wannabe "assassin". Sorry, Mr. Vaughn, just venting...
there's only one issue out... by milla jovovich	Mar 20th, 2008 09:28:48 AM
and it wasn't even all that. Millar's a just ok writer an benefits hugely from editorial supervision. his best stuff has been the spider-man and wolverine series' he did a few years back, the latter with Romita jr. I wonder where Moriarty is getting this 'two issues are out' crap?
Fuck, do Thor first please!!!! by waggy	Mar 20th, 2008 09:31:00 AM
I'm sooooooooo fucking sick of Millar's asshole-take on superheroes (though admittedly it will seem "fresh" and "hip" to movie-goers). Wanted is probably the first time ever I've actually been glad that a movie has made HUGE departures from the comic.
As somone who HAS read Kick-Ass ... by Hercules	Mar 20th, 2008 09:39:15 AM
I can tell you the comic is very aptly named. This is fantastic fantastic pussy-juice calibre news. Now they need to let somebody as good as Vaughn adapt some of Millar's new Fantastic Four stories into a 3rd FF movie.
KICK-ASS kicks ass, really by soupcan58	Mar 20th, 2008 09:57:11 AM
I've read the book so far (and sadly, only one issue is out, the next isn't until next week) but I can see why this is getting a treatment! I love the way the story is going, and it feels quite true to life in a some spots. I think it's got a real shot at becoming something aweseome.
FF3? Are you kidding? I say REBOOT! by Movietool	Mar 20th, 2008 09:57:59 AM
And keep Millar away from it - he's a good writer, but he hates superheroes. Almost every story he writes shows his utter contempt for them. Get someone who actually LIKES superheroes and reboot a la HULK.
"Does this 'A' stand for France?" by Dingbatty	Mar 20th, 2008 10:01:38 AM
Millar is horrible. Please comic book world, send him away.
Millar's new FF comic gets a 'meh.' by milla jovovich	Mar 20th, 2008 10:16:20 AM
definitely NOT Hitch's best work. but hey, when is good ol' Herc not inappropriately hyperbolic?
JR jr. one of the best. by Diagnostic	Mar 20th, 2008 10:24:56 AM
Millar is to the Aughts, what Leifeild was to the Nineties.
I thought Adi Granov was the new Liefeld? by SpencerTrilby	Mar 20th, 2008 10:33:16 AM
overrated artist with a lifeless, antikinetic style who pushes back the release of every single issue he's working on.
Liefeld is the Liefeld of the 00s by waggy	Mar 20th, 2008 11:12:03 AM
Adi Granov is a very talented artist whose style doesn't particularly lend itself well to sequential storytelling. Millar can write great popcorn entertainment when he's reined in. When left to his own devices without censors is when his stuff goes off the rails in my opinion. Greg Land is probably the closest thing to a Rob Liefeld for the 21st century. All flash, disregard for anatomy and storytelling, and will look extremely dated in just a few years.
I'd say Greg Land is the new Liefeld by blindambition238	Mar 20th, 2008 11:13:27 AM
Except instead of being a hack who gets away with drawing horrendous figures with impossible anatomy, Land gets away with recycling the same tracings of pro wrestlers and pornstars in everything he works on.
read my mind waggy.... by blindambition238	Mar 20th, 2008 11:14:40 AM
along with the mind of everyone else who reads comics also i suppose.
Vaughn is about as committal as a stripper by YackBacker	Mar 20th, 2008 11:26:41 AM
MAKE THOR ASSHOLE!
You made a point here waggy by SpencerTrilby	Mar 20th, 2008 11:40:17 AM
Granov should stick to artworks and covers, where his stiffness can shine without pulling down the story - and the release date. As for Greg Land, I find his flaws pretty much the same as Granov's. But I don't wanna start an argument because first: I'm no exegete and second: exegete is already too big a word for me.
Liefeld is the Spawn of the Devil by Wacky Noodle	Mar 20th, 2008 11:41:17 AM
No one is as horrible as Liefeld. I don't understand those people who like his work. Blech. I refuse to buy anything with his name on it. Anyways, back to Kick Ass. Good stuff. Millar said it was being written like a screenplay so no wonder it's already optioned. Number one of the comic is sold out so get a copy now if you can.
What are you guys talking about? by Knuckleduster	Mar 20th, 2008 12:08:13 PM
No other artist alive can draw biceps as large and thighs as long as Rob Liefeld does (and that's just the females). Also, he's a master of making all the characters look exactly the same. Beat that, John Cassaday!
Remember when Romita Jr. used to suck?! by Brians Life	Mar 20th, 2008 12:31:16 PM
Seriously, I used to think that the apple had fallen WAY far from the tree with his older work...but in the last few years he's really cemented his OWN style and I'm loving his work now.
mory knos who’s bringin mark millar’s kick-ass to the screen! by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 20th, 2008 12:34:38 PM
and it aint him.
Millar's been on FF for a new york minute.. by AnakinsDiapers	Mar 20th, 2008 01:07:00 PM
..and herc want's his work on it adapted into a 3rd feature film? Kiss my ass. There's oh, 50 plus years of material left to mine, some of which are ground breaking classics. Check yourself herc.
KICK ASS has been good so far...hmmm... by Brians Life	Mar 20th, 2008 01:35:37 PM
I suppose comics are getting to be like novels, when some one gets wind that their is an intriguing idea out there it gets optioned. What interesting times we live in.
Why is Kick Ass interesting? by Animation	Mar 20th, 2008 01:48:41 PM
I went to Wikipedia and it says its about a guy who trains to be a martial arts superhero and gets his ass kicked. What is it that makes the series better than the description on the Wiki implies?
Brians Life by waggy	Mar 20th, 2008 01:49:42 PM
You're totally right. I have a friend who works in development at a production company and they're buying every comic they can get their hands on. I think it's cool how far things have come in that regard, but worry that a lot of bad movies are gonna get made because of all these comic projects being developed before anyone sees the book, ending in a collapse of the whole genre.
Kick Ass? Low standards. by droog	Mar 20th, 2008 01:53:24 PM
Come on... This book is fucking rubbish. More of Millar's clumsy pop-culture filled wish-fulfillment trash that would appeal to all the chimps who loved WANTED. There are countless other comics that would make more worthy movies than something that feels like it's already been done a dozen times.
The guy that did Stardust, huh? by Kid Z	Mar 20th, 2008 02:44:21 PM
... Yeah... that one really racked up at the box office, didn't it? At least Robert DeNiro moved further along in his quest to fund his retirement.
Kick-Ass isn't even OUT yet by pip1345	Mar 20th, 2008 03:02:40 PM
--Completely. How many issues have there been? Oh, wait, ONE? This could be the biggest fecal pile in history and we wouldn't know it because it's yet to be seen. Hercules, it's interesting that you get so caught up on Millar's hype-machine--probably the one thing Millar is unequivocally great at. But then again, isn't that what Aintitcool is? It's a lot of nerds getting caught up in the hype machine and eventually being severely disappointed. I'm not saying Kick-Ass WON'T be good, I'm just saying we don't know if it will be yet, so let's slow down (and by let US I mean let HERCULES and anyone else who gets caught up in this bullshit). Millar is very hit (Ultimates, Superman: Red Son) and miss (Civil War--he really missed that shit). He cares more about his own sales than he does the quality of his work. Additionally, he acts like his sales are proof that he is the greatest comic writer in the history of mankind. News flash: Jerry Bruckheimer is NOT the greatest filmmaker of all time. Neither is Millar. He is, on the other hand, in line to be the biggest, most pompous Scottish tool of all time.
Even though the box office tanked, STARDUST was a good film by SpyGuy	Mar 20th, 2008 03:09:13 PM
Vaughn showed some talent there, so if he can hone his storytelling a little more, this could be a decent flick. That said, though, how is the marketing department going to promote a title like this in the Bible Belt? Change it to "Kick-Butt"?
Just read issue 1 of kick-ass by DirkD13"	Mar 20th, 2008 03:23:12 PM
Let's just say, it ends quite savagely. I also begins quite savagely. The middle act is hilarious though.
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Lol by skywalkerfamily	Mar 20th, 2008 04:53:01 PM
Even the movie title sounds desperate.
Adapt Nextwave by lex romero	Mar 20th, 2008 05:59:51 PM
That's an awesome comic series.
KICK ASS II - EVEN MORE KICK ASS!! by skywalkerfamily	Mar 20th, 2008 06:10:33 PM

Suck-Ass by Blackguard	Mar 20th, 2008 06:50:44 PM
I read the first issue and it was awful. I think Marvel just doesn't want to lose Millar so they let him do whatever he wants. A comic about a kid playing superhero in the real world? It should have ENDED with the car crash. The end. It's just an excuse to print the F word 100 times. This book is lame. How about put out QUALITY work? Is every writer these days just trying to sell a screenplay in comic format?
Ass! by MrMysteryGuest	Mar 20th, 2008 11:56:30 PM

I thought it was promising.... by 23GreatWoundsAllGotInBattle	Mar 21st, 2008 02:51:28 AM
...but the guy who decides to make a movie on the basis of one issue has a cock in the center of his mind.
Blackguard... by poeticwarriorII	Mar 21st, 2008 10:50:04 AM
Yes... Yes they are. They've become self-important whores just like the morons running studios now.
Thanks.. by Blackguard	Mar 21st, 2008 11:39:32 AM
Now I know! ;) I think I'll be skipping San Diego Comic Con this year. It's become a media whore event. It's sad when the artist's alley becomes smaller every year. Does anyone remember what it is even ABOUT? (Hint- it's the third word)
Great Title Wasted by Funketeer	Mar 21st, 2008 01:11:24 PM
This should really be something more along the lines of DESTROY! rather than another realistic look at superheroes in the real world.
millar's AUTHORITY by cloudrider`	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:17:10 AM
if this millar's craze continue, sooner or later hollywood will have to do millar's run of the authority. and that's when there will be no need to make another superhero movie period. you cant go bigger, badder than the authority. nothing comes close.
Pretty soon we'll be making adaptations of things by Reel American Hero	Mar 24th, 2008 04:00:54 PM
That haven't even been written yet. So that the original medium will be seen by joe schmoe as the adaptation rather then the other way around. I can almost guarantee it will happen. Soon even.
Never could get why Stardust tanked by CrichtonAstronut	Mar 28th, 2008 03:25:27 PM
I thought it was one of the best and most entertaining movies of the year. Maybe it was the lack of star power, though it did have Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeifer, and Claire Danes, but I thought the relative unknowns, including the lead and his father and mother turned in the best performances of them all.

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