By Mike Lee •
January 30, 2012 •
Last year, many were worried how Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class would end up given that there was no time in the editing room, the re-shoots were cutting it close, and there were hardly any promotions leading up to the release date. But it seemed to have paid off as X-Men: First Class was…[ more ]
By Mike Lee •
December 2, 2011 •
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn make quite the pair. The two have worked together on projects such as Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class and Stardust. But she is going solo for her next writing gig. According to Deadline, Goldman is in negotiations to write the script for the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar…[ more ]
By Mike Lee •
October 21, 2011 •
Although Matthew Vaughn won’t be directing Kick-Ass 2 any time soon, assuming the project even falls though, it won’t stop him from reuniting with Kick-Ass creators Mark Millar. The X-Men: First Class director has lined up two projects with Millar. The first is called The Secret Service, a creation between Millar and artist Dave Gibbons,…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
August 22, 2010 •
Bryan Singer, producer of X-Men: The First Class, dropped a line to AICN to share some notes and much needed plot details of the upcoming Matthew Vaughn-directed prequel. Currently, to this point, all we know about the film is that is will feature the story of how young Dr. Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr discover…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
August 16, 2010 •
Jason Flemyng has officially signed on for Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming superhero film X-Men: First Class, according to Empire. The British actor will portray Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler, in the X-Men universe. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s article.
“Matthew showed me my costume just the other day. Now I swore I’d never be in heavy…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
June 27, 2010 •
Well the choice is in and whether or not he has chosen wisely is something time will tell but Michael Fassbender has accepted the offer to play Erik Lencher/Magneto and the role opposite already cast James McAvoy, who will be playing Charles Xavier.
Showbiz 411, the site that broke the original story, is reporting that Fassbender has…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
June 21, 2010 •
One of the most surprise films made in 2007, Stardust, based on the story written by acclaimed comic book writer and artist Neil Gaiman which launched the career of director Matthew Vaughn here in the states, is finally making its way onto Blu-ray this September 7, 2010.
The film has a hi-def rendering on HD-DVD but…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
May 12, 2010 •
We reported last week that Matthew Vaughn was officially confirmed to direct X-Men: First Class and now it seems he’s bringing along the co-writer of his last two films, Jane Goldman to re-script the movie.
I find this interesting because there has been a lot of screenwriters attached to penning this film. Josh Schwartz was the…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
May 4, 2010 •
Earlier this week we picked up on a story over the weekend revolving around the X-Men: First Class and who the possible director of the film could be. Earlier reports revolved around Matthew Vaughan but then that shifted to others. Now not only is Vaughn official on the helming position but also Fox has greenlit…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
April 12, 2010 •
Matthew Vaughn is sort of a hot commodity these days after his immensely successful direction of Stardust and now all of the buzz surrounding his film Kick-Ass!
So what will he do next? well much has been made about that too. It was rumored that he might direct Bloodshot but that was sort nixed by his pal, Mark…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 15, 2010 •
Matthew Vaughan who has become adept at adapting comic book, graphic novels into films starting with an excellent film in Stardust and now the long awaited much anticipated Kick-Ass! At some point Vaughn was throwing around another Neil Gaiman creation to develop in Sandman. Apparently that project is still something he is hung up on.
MTV…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
February 19, 2010 •
MySpace just made the second Red Band trailer available to watch but we have it courtesy of our pals at TrailerAddict.
Kick Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 8, 2010 •
I am going to start designating Friday as movie trailer day because it seems like every Friday now we are loaded up with bad-ass new movie trailers. Today already having my inner fanboy shaken at its core with uncontainable excitement after the leaked A-Team trailer, this second Kick-Ass! trailer is nothing short of fun and…[ more ]