Millar is in for a ‘Kick Ass’ movie

“Wanted,” based on a Mark Millar comic book is about to hit theaters on June 27th and now Millar is getting ready to see another one of his works on the big screen. The series is entitled “Kick-Ass,” which is rumored to be co-written and directed by Matthew Vaughn(Stardust).

“I’m working as a producer on [Kick-Ass] as well, so I’ve been involved for about eight months, believe it or not,” Millar told ComicBookResources. “The comic didn’t come out until February, but we made the deal on the movie back in December. The script was finished six months ago, and it starts filming on location in New York in August. So it’s moving really fast.”

In terms of the talent involved, Millar played coy, but did note that all the pieces had fallen into place to make the movie. “The casting’s all been done, and everything’s all in line now with that. There’s two big names attached, which I can’t mention so we can get on the cover of ‘Variety.’ And now we’ve got everyone. The kids who show up at the end of issue #3 – we just cast the girl, and that was a really tricky one because we needed to find someone who could do martial arts stuff. So the whole movie’s ready to role.“