Kick-Ass 3 is a “meta” reboot that’s part of a different trilogy

Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has been discussing the future of the franchise, revealing plans for a trilogy that will be “very, very meta.”

The Kick-Ass comic book was created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., and debuted in 2008 to critical acclaim for its skewering of the superhero genre, and huge numbers in terms of sales. Meaning a film inevitably followed.

Directed by Vaughn – from a script he wrote with Jane Goldman – Kick-Ass was released in 2010, and starred Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular hero, as well as the likes of Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, and Chloe Grace-Moretz. And the movie was a hit, grossing around three times its budget.

A sequel followed in 2013, one that was written and directed by Jeff Wadlow, added Jim Carrey to the mix, and grossed approximately twice its budget. But a third movie is yet to see the light of day, even though Vaughn has spent years trying to make Kick-Ass 3 happen. It sounds like all that is about to change, however…

Kick-Ass 3 is a “meta” reboot that’s part of a different trilogy

In a new interview, Matthew Vaughn reveals that a brand-new Kick-Ass trilogy is happening, with one of the movies already in the can. That film – the first instalment – is titled School Fight, and has been directed by stunt coordinator-turned-director Damien Walters.

“We’re halfway through it,” Vaughn tells Collider of the new Kick-Ass trilogy. “There’s a very, very, dare I say it – and it’s gonna be a cliche coming out of this head of mine – it is a very, very meta universe. It is what, you know, Kick Ass was reinventing and creating a R-rated superhero and no one was really doing it. This is taking that whole concept to a worthy… not even a sequel, because I think it’s just a whole new way of doing Kick Ass, which couldn’t be more Kick Ass.”

Elaborating on the plan, Vaughn says: “The trilogy will be School Fight, this movie – let’s call it ‘Vram’ for the time being – and then Kick-Ass, and they’re all connected.” 

As for when we might see the movies, Vaughn says he hopes School Fight might debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024, or Sundance 2025 – as he puts it “this year, next year, if you know what I mean.”

Before then, Vaughn has action-adventure-comedy Argylle hitting screens on February 2, 2024, which features the likes of Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, and Bryan Cranston.