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Nicolas Cage Boards Vaughn's Kick-Ass

August 22, 2008

Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca are set to star in Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of the violent Mark Millar comic book, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr., the Marvel Comics' Icon imprint book centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.

Johnson plays title character, while Fonseca plays the object of the teen's infatuation who believes Dave is gay. Cage is a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse is also in the cast.

A fall shoot in London and Toronto is planned.

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COMMENTS (23)

Posted by:

WCB

August 22, 2008

Man! Nicholas Cage is in everything these days.

Posted by:

Rik27

August 22, 2008

He's Gonna Be Next Years Jude Law

Posted by:

Kevin

August 22, 2008

Wow, did anyone else notice that report might have just ruined the next issue or two of the comic? Cage's character hasn't been introduced yet, and I'm sure his weapon of a daughter was the cliffhanger of the last issue.

Posted by:

pete_austin

August 22, 2008

Yeah Kevin you're right, that sucks.. Unless they're going a different way to it like they did with the Wanted movie.

Either way, casting Nicholas Cage just gave me a reason not to go watch this one and stick to the comic.

Also, I love the way that they pick a really goodlooking actor to play the "high school dweeb". All hail Hollywood and it's perfect casting choices..

Posted by:

August 22, 2008

FOR ****S SAKE
why is he in everything
for the last 2 years theres been a new nic cage film every 3 months
cant stand him

Posted by:

Jarrod

August 22, 2008

whats cage gonna go when they run out of botox and underaged asian women? Hopefully stop making movies like he should have done a long time ago. Ghost Rider was robbed of an oscar after all.

Posted by:

Hughezy

August 22, 2008

there goes my interest in this film

Posted by:

dj4our

August 22, 2008

crap

Posted by:

Harrison Ford

August 22, 2008

Those kids in the movie were much younger than these actors, why the hell can't those dumb studio execs just stick to the story line. Wanted was CRAP!!

Posted by:

Mr Cinema

August 22, 2008

The "lethal weapon" is going to be eight f#@king years old?!