"Kick-Ass" director Matthew Vaughn already has one comic book movie in the works, and his name's been dropped in connection with a potential adaptation of "American Jesus," as well as being attached to "Thor" well before Kenneth Branagh joined the project.

So, since it's pretty safe to say Vaughn knows his comics fare, we had to ask him whether there's a dream project out there that he's dying to bring from comics to the big screen—other than "Kick-Ass," of course.

"[I'd] love to do 'The Avengers,'" Vaughn told MTV News. "And Superman... I think it would be great to reinvent Superman." Read more...

Earlier today I posted a breakdown of the footage from the "Kick-Ass" panel and the first look it provided at the father-daughter vigilantes played by Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz. While the footage certainly looked great, there's still some question about when we'll actually be able to see "Kick-Ass" in theaters.

Director Matthew Vaughn had some interesting news on that aspect of the project, too.

During the Q&A portion of the panel that followed the video, the director said he expects "Kick-Ass" to hit theaters in the 1st quarter of 2010. According to Vaughn, the film is 90-percent completed, with the music providing the only lingering issue. Read more...

Given Matthew Vaughn's recent comments on "Kick-Ass" and Mark Millar's own film success with "Wanted," it's quite apparent that the director and the comic book writer have a good thing going on between them. It's so good, in fact, that Millar and Vaughn are said to be teaming up for "American Jesus" based on Millar's Image Comics series.

But is Vaughn really helming another Millar property? Not necessarily, said the director.

"I'm not [attached], actually," Vaughn told MTV News. "I've been talking to Mark, helping him with it, but people sort of read between the lines with that." Read more...

"Kick-Ass" fans, don't be fooled by the images of Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl circulating around the 'Net -- the father-daughter vigilante team of Nicolas Cage and Moretz will indeed dispense brutal justice while wearing their costumes from the comic.

In an interview with MTV News, "Kick-Ass" director Matthew Vaughn said promotional images of the film's pre-teen vigilante sporting a schoolgirl outfit and gun don't actually depict her costume for the film, and like her "Kick-Ass" co-stars Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, she'll have a costume modeled after her comic book counterpart.

"That's not her costume. No one's seen her costume yet," Vaughn told MTV News of the various images that have appeared online. "That's just part of a plan to take some people out. That's her alter ego." Read more...

Director Matthew Vaughn will bring his big-screen adaptation of "Kick-Ass" to San Diego this month, and along with joining members of the cast on the "Kick-Ass" Comic-Con panel, he'll also debut the first footage from the much-anticipated film.

In an interview with MTV News, Vaughn shared some details about exactly what fans can look forward to seeing during Thursday's "Kick-Ass" presentation.

"There will be at least four scenes from the first act," he explained, "then a minute's montage of what's going to happen in the next two acts. ... They're all good scenes. Not the best scenes in the movie, but they set up what the film is about." Read more...

In one of the least surprising movie confirmations for comic book readers this week, director Matthew Vaughn says that adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Kick-Ass" will have an R rating. He also expressed his desire to see the largely independently produced film get a Comic-Con premiere as he readies the ultra-violent superhero tale to be shopped around to studios for distribution.

"Yes," Vaughn told Ain't It Cool News when asked if the film would receive an "R" rating. "Although we've got no sex in it." Read more...

For a film without a release date and a comic without a strict publishing schedule, Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Kick-Ass" continues to intrigue fans of over-the-top crime fighting. Now, as both projects proceed toward their respective conclusions, Romita has started to open up regarding how the source material and the adaptation will likely diverge.

In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Romita offered an update on his current comic book progress stating that he was almost done with issue #7 and into issue #8 -- the series' final issue. That being the case, Romita said he's well aware that what he draws might not match up perfectly with director Matthew Vaughn's ending for the film. Read more...

By Josh Wigler

It's one of those "good news, bad news" type of days for "Wanted" writer Mark Millar. Hot on the heels of his report that his "Superman" movie trilogy is "not happening" comes word that another of Millar's comic books will get the big-screen treatment.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mark Millar will reunite with "Kick-Ass" director Matthew Vaughn for "American Jesus," based on Millar's comic book property of the same name. Vaughn is reportedly looking to this film as his next directing vehicle to start this summer. Read more...

As one of the biggest stars of the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Kick-Ass," Nicolas Cage is as good a barometer as any for the health of the project. As the film continues post-production work, Cage's marked enthusiasm could be good news for fans of the "real-world" superhero title.

Cage, who plays Damon “Big Daddy” Macready, cop and vigilante father of the sword-wielding pre-teen "Hit Girl" (played by Chloe Moretz), told MTV News he was in good company on the set of the film.

"I liked working with Chloe. I thought she was really cool and excellent," said Cage who noted their characters' unique form of bonding via brutal dispatching of criminals. "That's a really twisted relationship." Read more...

Actor Mark Strong, who plays mob boss Frank D'Amico in the upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book series "Kick-Ass," had quite a bit to say about the Matthew Vaughn-helmed project in an interview with FirstShowing -- including some details about the ultraviolent story's print future.

In the interview, Strong addressed reports that Vaughn's decision to self-finance "Kick-Ass" was a product of studios balking at the level of violence in the story. According to Strong, his conversations with Vaughn indicated that the level of violence in "Kick-Ass" was never an issue, and the decision to self-finance the project was based on creative preference more than any other factors. Read more...