"Layer Cake" Vaughn Ready To "Kick-Ass"...

Director Matthew "Layer Cake" Vaughn will helm an adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book series "Kick-Ass", with actors Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz joining the production.

Premise of "Kick-Ass" revolves around mild-mannered student 'Dave Lizewski', who reinvents himself as a superhero named 'Kick-Ass'.

Mintz-Plasse will play the 'Red Mist', an angry teen who tries to uncover the Kick-Ass' real life identity.

Moretz will be play a vicious 11-year-old criminal.

Vaughn will finance the film independently, producing with his Marv Films partner Kris Thykier...