Directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn, Argylle is a spy action comedy film that revolves around spy novelist Elly Conway, whose real life and the fictional world she created collide when an actual spy comes to her and tells her that her life is in danger. In the mid-credits scene of Argylle (Spoilers warning for those who haven’t watched the film yet), it is stated that the prequel, Argylle: Book One — The Movie, will come out soon. If you are wondering when that might be, this is what we have discovered.
Here’s all the Argylle: Book One — The Movie release date information we know so far, and all the details on when it is coming out.
Is there an Argylle: Book One — The Movie release date?
Argylle: Book One — The Movie does not have an official release date, but it will likely be announced in the future.
As of early February 2024, the prequel or the second Argylle film hasn’t been officially confirmed, though the mid-credits scene indicates that it might happen. Set 20 years before the events of the film, the scene connects Argylle to Vaughn’s Kingsman movies. The text, “Argylle: Book One — The Movie — Coming Soon,” also appears on the scene.
It was reported in July 2021 that Argylle was part of a planned trilogy. In October 2023, during an interview with Josh Horowitz, Vaughn effectively confirmed that there would be more Argylle films and hinted at the connection between Argylle and the Kingsman films. He also mentioned a third yet-to-be-revealed franchise would potentially be part of the Kingsman universe.
Argylle premiered at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on January 24, 2024, before it was released in the US theaters on February 2, 2024. The film has garnered a 35% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. During an interview with the Inside Total Film podcast and GamesRadar+, Vaughn sounded reservedly hopeful about the prospective sequels. “Well, you know, don’t count your chickens before the eggs blah, blah, blah,” the filmmaker said. “I touch wood when I say this – there’s a universe that we could be doing in this film but people have to like the first one.”
The filmmaker continued, “This has been a very enjoyable experience and one that I’d love to continue playing in, and I know the actors would love to continue. So that is up to the public, if they give us a thumbs up, we will give them another one. If they give us a thumbs down, we will just, you know, imagine what it would have been like.”
Vaughn offered some hints about what the plots might be of the second and third films. “Book one is about: how did Argylle become a spy? That will be the next film,” he told Total Film. “And then Argylle 2 is – I don’t want to give it all away, but there’s the young Argylle, and that becomes Henry, because Henry loves the idea of doing a proper Argylle movie as well.”
As Vaughn says, if Argylle becomes commercially successful, it will likely get a sequel. ComingSoon will provide an update if and when Argylle: Book One — The Movie officially goes into production.
The cast includes Bryce Dallas Howard as Agent Rachel Kylle / Elly Conway, Sam Rockwell as Aidan, Bryan Cranston as Ritter, Catherine O’Hara as Ruth Conway, Henry Cavill as Agent Aubrey Argylle, Louis Partridge as young Argylle, Sofia Boutella as Saba Al-Badr / The Keeper, Dua Lipa as LaGrange, Ariana DeBose as Keira, John Cena as Wyatt, Samuel L. Jackson as Alfred Solomon, and more.
Where is Argylle: Book One — The Movie coming out?
Argylle: Book One — The Movie could come out in theaters.
This is because Argylle, which has a budget of $200 million, was released theatrically. The second film, if it does get made, will likely be an equally big tent-pole film.
The official synopsis for Argylle reads:
“When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway’s fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aiden, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway’s fictional world and her real one begins to blur.”
