BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Monday, August 17, 2009

Lionsgate Bends Over For "Kick-Ass"...

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Lionsgate has grabbed the new action comedy feature "Kick-Ass", securing domestic rights to director Matthew "Layer Cake" Vaughn’s latest film based on the 2008 Marvel comics by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.

Premise follows comic book-obsessed teenager 'Dave Lizewski', who lives alone with his father and decides to become a superhero despite a lack of superpowers.

Cast includes actors Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.

Vaughn’s Marv Films and Brad Pitt’s Plan B produced/financed the film, now set for a wide 2010 theatrical release....