Media franchise
Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass
is a
media franchise
based on the adventures of superheroes
of the
same name
, created by
Mark Millar
and
John Romita Jr.
. Set in the
Millarworld
, it began in 2008 with
Marvel
's
Kick-Ass ? The Dave Lizewski Years
, followed by the
anthology
Millarworld Annual
from 2016 to 2017, two
stand-alone sequel series
,
Kick-Ass ? The New Girl
and
Hit-Girl
, from 2018 to 2020, and two
crossover
series,
Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl
and
Big Game
, in 2020 and 2023. In the series,
Hit-Girl
is a young vigilante (later a
Kingsman
agent) going around the world stopping crime in violent ways, while
Kick-Ass
has had three people take the mantle, a hero (
Dave Lizewski
), a sidekick (
Paul McQue
), and a villain (Patience Lee).
Kick-Ass
, co-written and directed by
Matthew Vaughn
and also co-written by
Jane Goldman
, was released in March 2010. The film stars
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
and
Chloe Grace Moretz
. A sequel to this film,
Kick-Ass 2
, written and directed by
Jeff Wadlow
, was released in August 2013. Adaptations of the films have been published, and numerous
Kick-Ass
video games have been released since 2010. In January 2024,
Matthew Vaughn
revealed that a new trilogy of
Kick-Ass
films are in the works, and that the first in this trilogy, titled
School Fight
and directed by
Damien Walters
, had secretly been greenlit, cast, and had completed filming.
[1]
Overview
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Created by
Mark Millar
and
John Romita Jr.
, the
Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass
franchise is set in Millar's
shared universe
, the
Millarworld
, first established at the conclusion of
Book Four
of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, which makes reference to the events of
Wanted
,
Nemesis
,
Kingsman
,
Superior
and
MPH
, with
Jupiter's Legacy
and
Supercrooks
existing as
fiction within the franchise
,
[2]
leading into the crossover miniseries
Big Game
, released in 2023 following extensive
development hell
.
Comic series
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Kick-Ass ? The Dave Lizewski Years
(2008?2014)
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The
Kick-Ass
franchise began in 2008 with
Book One
of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, originally published as
Kick-Ass
. Books Two, Three, and Four, originally respectively published as
Hit-Girl
,
Kick-Ass 2
and
Kick-Ass 3
, followed 2010?2014. The original series was rebranded as
The Dave Lizewski Years
following the release of
stand-alone sequel series
The New Girl
and
Hit-Girl
in 2018,
[a]
and heavily edited to remove scenes of violence and swearing, and all mention of
Dave Lizewski
's identity as Kick-Ass being revealed to the world in the third volume, a plot point
ignored
in the fourth volume. The series follows Dave (initially a teenager) as he sets out to become a
real-life superhero
over the course of several years as Kick-Ass, who joins forces with existing vigilante
Hit-Girl
to take on the
New York Mafia
, their actions bringing an influx of
supervillains
and
heroes
into the world.
Millarworld Annual
(2016?2017)
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In 2016 and 2019,
Mark Millar
published the
Millarworld Annual
, an
anthology
annual
consisting of
one-shot specials
containing winning entries from the online contest for up-and-coming creators held by Millar in 2015 and 2016), whose stories would be published within the
canon
of the
Millarworld
. The 2016 annual
Millarworld Annual 2016
would contain the stories
Kick-Ass: Blindsided
(written by Ricardo Mo, and illustrated by Ifesinachi Orkiekwe) and
Hit-Girl: Mindy's ABCs
(written by Mark Abnett, and illustrated by Ozgur Yildirim),
[3]
while the 2017 annual
Millarworld New Talent Annual 2017
would contain the story
Kick-Ass: Trick or Cheat
(written by Emma Sayle, and illustrated by Edgy Ziane).
[4]
Kick-Ass ? The New Girl
(2018?2019)
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As of February 14, 2018, a new
Kick-Ass
series from
Image Comics
, titled
Kick-Ass ? The New Girl
, went into publication, featuring an adult female protagonist named Patience Lee, an
Afghanistan war veteran
and single mother who dons the Kick-Ass costume and mantle to clear her family's financial debts by initially robbing high-profile criminals, eventually becoming a
crime boss
and taking over the former crime bosses' territories as the
supervillain
Kick-Ass.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Hit-Girl
(2018?2020)
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On February 21, 2018, the first issue of a
Hit-Girl
series from Image Comics was published, with a successive change of writers and artists for each story arc;
Frank Quitely
,
Eduardo Risso
,
Rafael Albuquerque
,
Kevin Smith
,
Daniel Way
and
Pete Milligan
named as the authors involved for each arc, from
Season One
:
Hit-Girl In Colombia
,
Canada
, and
Rome
, and
Season Two
:
Hollywood
,
Hong Kong
, and
India
. The title sees Mindy McCready leaving America to carry on her fight for justice on a worldwide scale, depicting events mentioned in the epilogue of Book Four of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, serving as a sequel to the main events of the series.
[8]
[9]
Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl
(2020?2021)
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Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl
, a five-issue series depicting the first confrontation between Hit-Girl and Patience Lee, went into publication on November 11, 2020, serving as the fourth and final volumes of
Kick-Ass ? The New Girl
and the seventh and final volume of
Hit-Girl
.
[10]
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Crossover
(2020?present)
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An adult Hit-Girl first appears in the sixth issue of the
Image Comics
crossover
series
Crossover
after being dragged into another reality by "The Event," partaking in an endless battle between residents of the
Marvel
,
DC
, and
Image Universes
(amongst characters from many other properties by Image Comics,
Dark Horse Comics
,
Skybound Entertainment
and
Boom! Studios
, including
The Wicked + The Divine
and
I Hate Fairyland
), saving Otto and Ellie before jumping into another battle.
[12]
Big Game
(2023)
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In this miniseries, set fifteen years after the events of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, a now-27-year-old Mindy and 31-year-old Dave separately go up against the Fraternity of Super-Criminals led by Wesley Gibson, with Mindy teaming up with
Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
and joining his spy organisation Kingsman, and Dave being granted real superpowers by
the Magic Order
and becoming the superhero Codename: America, joining the superhero team The Ambassadors.
Film series
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Films
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Kick-Ass
(2010)
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The first film,
Kick-Ass
(2010), is set over the course of two years. Using his love for comics as inspiration, teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to reinvent himself as a superhero?despite a complete lack of special powers. Dave dons a costume, dubs himself "Kick-Ass," and gets to work fighting crime. He joins forces with the father/daughter vigilante team of Big Daddy and Hit Girl, then befriends another fledgling crime-fighter called Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), but a scheming mobster soon puts their alliance to the test.
[13]
The rights to a film version of
Kick-Ass
were sold before the first issue of the comic book of the same name was initially published.
[14]
Developed in parallel by
Mark Millar
and
Matthew Vaughn
, the film's script, developed by Vaughn and
Jane Goldman
, took a different story direction, to reach many of the same conclusions, described by Millar as a "
chick flick
", with Goldman doing "construction work" and the "interior designing" and Vaughn serving as the story's "architect".
[15]
[16]
Vaughn said that, "We wrote the script and the comic at the same time so it was a very sort of collaborative, organic process. I met [Millar] at the premiere of
Stardust
. We got on really well. I knew who he was and what he had done but I didn't know him. He pitched me the idea. I said, 'That's great!' He then wrote a synopsis. I went, 'That's great, let's go do it now! You write the comic, I'll write the script.
'
"
[17]
[18]
In April 2010,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (as Aaron Johnson)
,
Chloe Grace Moretz
and
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
were announced to have been respectively cast as Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl and Red Mist, having been cast in 2008; Mintz-Plasse said of the creators of the film that in the lead-up to the film's release they were wondering whether a distributor would pick up the movie. On the set Vaughn jokingly referred to
Kick-Ass
as something that was going to be "the most expensive home movie I ever made". Due to the subsequent popularity of the
Kick-Ass
film, elements of the film were incorporated into the series in Books Two and Three of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, with Marcus Williams, created for the film, introduced as Hit-Girl's step-father, and the relationship between Katie and Lizewski, and Kick-Ass and Red Mist being much calmer, as Millar had aligned the characters with their movie counterparts, explained in-universe as both characters having overhauled their sense of self following separate
pilgrimages
.
[19]
Filming locations during the
principal photography
stage of development included
Hamilton, Ontario
, Canada; Dip 'N' Sip Donuts on
Kingston Road
in
Toronto
,
[20]
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
,
[21]
and "many Toronto landmarks that play cameos";
[20]
and various locations in the United Kingdom, including
Elstree Studios
.
[22]
Kick-Ass 2
(2013)
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The second film,
Kick-Ass 2
(2013) is set over the course of one year. Adapting Books Two and Three of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, the film follows Dave (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), aka Kick-Ass, and Mindy (Chloe Grace Moretz), aka Hit Girl, are trying to live as normal teenagers and briefly form a crime-fighting team. After Mindy is busted and forced to retire as Hit Girl, Dave joins a group of amateur superheroes led by Col. Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), a reformed mobster. Just as Dave and company start to make a real difference on the streets, the villain formerly known as Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) rears his head yet again.
[23]
Near the release of
Kick-Ass
,
Mark Millar
and
Matthew Vaughn
stated that a
sequel
would be possible if the first film was to perform well at the box office, and Vaughn expressed interest in directing the sequel.
[24]
[25]
On May 8, 2012, it was reported that a
sequel
would be distributed by
Universal Studios
, and that
Matthew Vaughn
, at the time occupied with directing
Kingsman: The Secret Service
, had chosen
Jeff Wadlow
, who also wrote the script, to direct the sequel, titled
Kick-Ass 2
.
[26]
Later that month,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
and
Chloe Grace Moretz
entered negotiations to reprise their roles as Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, respectively.
[27]
Chad Gomez Creasey and
Dara Resnik Creasey
performed uncredited work on Wadlow's script to make Hit-Girl more feminine and less crass in light of Moretz's older age.
[28]
In July 2012,
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
confirmed that he would return as Chris D'Amico who becomes the supervillain The Motherfucker.
[29]
Mintz-Plasse expressed relief that scenes depicting
sexual assault
from the comic book would not be included in the film and went on to compare the gang violence in the story to the film
The Warriors
.
[29]
That same month, it was announced that
John Leguizamo
would play a character named Javier, one of The Motherfucker's bodyguards.
[30]
In August 2012, it was reported that
Donald Faison
would play the superhero Doctor Gravity.
[31]
Also that month,
Yancy Butler
was set to reprise her role as Angie D'Amico,
[32]
Lyndsy Fonseca
stated that she would return as Katie Deauxma in a smaller role,
[33]
[34]
Robert Emms
was cast as the former police officer turned superhero Insect Man,
[35]
Morris Chestnut
was confirmed to replace
Omari Hardwick
as Hit-Girl's guardian Marcus Williams,
[36]
Lindy Booth
was confirmed to play Night Bitch, a superhero seeking to avenge the murder of her sister,
[37]
Andy Nyman
was announced to play one of the villains named The Tumor,
[38]
and
Claudia Lee
joined the cast as Brooke, the leader of a gang of school bullies.
[39]
In September 2012,
Jim Carrey
was cast in the role of Colonel Stars and Stripes, former gangster,
born again Christian
, and leader of superhero group Justice Forever.
[40]
Also in September,
Enzo Cilenti
was confirmed to appear in the film.
[41]
It was confirmed that bodybuilder
Olga Kurkulina
would portray the villainess Mother Russia.
[42]
It was revealed that
Clark Duke
would reprise his role as Marty Eisenberg, who becomes the superhero Battle Guy,
[43]
and that
Augustus Prew
would take over the role of Todd Haynes, who becomes the superhero Ass-Kicker, from
Evan Peters
.
[44]
Principal photography
began on September 7, 2012 in
Mississauga
,
Ontario
, Canada. Once filming in Mississauga wrapped in late September, the cast and crew continued shooting in
London
,
England
, at
Ashmole Academy
.
[45]
Filming concluded on November 23, 2012.
[46]
School Fight
(2024)
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In April 2012, while
Kick-Ass 2
was still in pre-production, Mark Millar stated that a third film was also planned.
[47]
In June 2013, however, he revealed that it was not confirmed and would be dependent on how successful the second film was.
[48]
Later the same month he further elaborated that if it went ahead, the third film would be the final installment: "
Kick-Ass 3
is going to be the last one... I told Universal this and they asked me, ‘What does that mean?’ I said, ‘It means that this is where it all ends.’ They said, ‘Do they all die at the end?’ I said, ‘Maybe’ ? because this is a realistic superhero story... if someone doesn't have a bullet proof vest like Superman, and doesn't have Batman's millions, then eventually he is going to turn around the wrong corner and get his head kicked in or get shot in the face. So Kick-Ass needs to reflect that. There has to be something dramatic at the end; he cannot do this for the rest of his life."
[49]
Moretz expressed interested in exploring a darker story for Hit-Girl, stating: "I want to see something we haven't seen yet. Now we've seen who Mindy is, now we've seen who Hit-Girl is, I think we need to meld the characters together and have Mindy become Hit-Girl and Hit-Girl become Mindy. Maybe her natural hair has a streak of purple in it, maybe she really does go kind of crazy and go a bit darker since she lost her father." She also added, "I would only do the third one if it was logical. It needs to be a good script and a director, probably Matthew (Vaughn). The third film needs to fully wrap up the series and has to be a good note to end on."
[50]
In August 2013, Millar stated that the film is "in the pipeline".
[51]
In May 2014, Taylor-Johnson stated he too would be interested in a third film.
[52]
In the same month, Christopher Mintz-Plasse expressed doubt that a third film would happen, due to the second installment's disappointing box office performance.
[53]
In June 2014, Moretz also expressed doubts in a third film, with the actress citing second film's lower box office gross as the key obstacle to the third chapter being produced; while suggesting that
file sharing
was a factor: "The hard thing is if fans want a third movie, they’ve got to go buy the ticket to go see the movie. It was like the second most pirated movie of the year, so if you want a movie to be made into a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth, go buy a ticket. Don't pirate it."
[54]
In August 2014, Moretz reiterated her previous statements and said "sadly, I think I'm done with [Hit-Girl]".
[55]
In February 2015, Matthew Vaughn expressed optimism for a
Hit-Girl
prequel, stating he believed he could also bring back the starring cast.
[56]
[57]
In June of the same year, Vaughn stated that he is working on the Hit-Girl film, with plans to make
Kick-Ass 3
afterwards.
[58]
In June 2018, the filmmaker confirmed the film to still be in development, in addition expressing interest in a sequel film with Chloe Grace Moretz reprising her role.
[59]
In January 2018, Mark Millar said that he'd like to see
Tessa Thompson
portray the Patience Lee incarnation of the character in a prospective third
Kick-Ass
film; while Thompson stated that she was "highly interested" in the role.
[60]
[61]
In June 2018, Matthew Vaughn announced his new film production company
Marv Studios
, under which banner he will produce
Kick-Ass 3
, followed by a
reboot
of the
Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass
series.
[59]
In December 2021, Vaughn revealed he intended to develop a reboot once the rights reverted to him in two years.
[62]
By October 2023, the filmmaker stated that the reboot would include new characters while he also intends to include stars of the first two movies in a later installment as well.
[63]
In January 2024, Vaughn revealed that a third installment which is intended to be the first of a new trilogy was in development. Titled
School Fight
and directed by
Damien Walters
, Vaughn noted that it had already completed filming.
[1]
The filmmaker later noted that the trilogy of new films share continuity, and that it is his intention of taking other creative roles and allowing his second-unit team to take on a more prominent role in filmmaking.
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The Stuntman
(2025)
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In January 2024, Matthew Vaughn announced that the second film in his upcoming trilogy would be developed under the working-title of
Vram
.
[1]
[64]
In February 2024, Vaughn revealed that the second film in the trilogy would be titled
The Stuntman
, and was currently in production, with Damien Walters returning to direct.
Principal photography
began in October 2023 in
Hampshire
. The film is aiming to be released at the
Toronto International Film Festival
in 2024 or at the
Sundance Film Festival
in 2025.
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Future
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In January 2024, upon revealing the existence of an upcoming trilogy of new
Kick-Ass
films and the secretly-filmed third installment titled
School Fight
, Matthew Vaughn also announced that the next projects would be developed under the working-titles of
Vram
, and another also tentatively entitled
Kick-Ass
.
[1]
Vaughn stated in February of the same year, that though he has been involved with the filmmaking process of the trilogy, he has intended to allow his second-unit team to serve as the primary filmmakers. Confirming that
Vram
is near completion, he stated that once principal photography has wrapped,
School Fight
will be released.
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Cast and crew
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Main cast
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List indicator(s)
- This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.
- A
D
indicates an appearance in (a) scene(s) not included in the theatrical version of the film.
- A
Y
indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.
- A
C
indicates a
cameo appearance
.
- A
V
indicates a voice-only role.
- An
A
indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
Crew
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Occupation
|
Film
|
Kick-Ass
(2010)
|
Kick-Ass 2
|
School Fight
|
The Stuntman
|
Kick-Ass
(upcoming)
|
Director of photography
|
Ben Davis
|
Tim Maurice Jones
|
Nathan Claridge
|
Ben Davis
|
TBA
|
Editor(s)
|
Jon Harris
Pietro Scalia
Eddie Hamilton
|
Eddie Hamilton
|
|
TBA
|
TBA
|
Composer(s)
|
|
|
Steve Davis
|
TBA
|
TBA
|
Music
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Reception
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Box office performance
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Film
|
Release date
|
Box office gross
|
Box office ranking
|
Production budget
|
Ref.
|
United States
|
Outside United States
|
North America
|
Other territories
|
Worldwide
|
All time
North America
|
All time
worldwide
|
Kick-Ass
|
April 16, 2010
(
2010-04-16
)
|
March 26, 2010
(
2010-03-26
)
|
$48,071,303
|
$48,117,600
|
$96,188,903
|
1,783
|
1,008
|
$28?30 million
|
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|
Kick-Ass 2
|
August 16, 2013
(
2013-08-16
)
|
August 14, 2013
(
2013-08-14
)
|
$28,795,985
|
$32,000,000
|
$60,795,985
|
2,805
|
1,612
|
$28 million
|
[71]
|
Total
|
$
76,867,288
|
$
80,117,600
|
$
156,984,888
|
|
$56?58 million
|
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|
Critical and public response
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Video games
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In April 2010, it was confirmed that
Kick-Ass
would have a tie-in game to accompany its release, and that it would be a
beat 'em up combat
video game
, released on
iOS
and
PlayStation Network (PSN)
developed and published by
Frozen Codebase
(published by WHA Entertainment for the PSN version).
[76]
The iOS version of the game was released on April 17, 2010, but had since been pulled from the Apple App Market. The PlayStation Network version of the game was released on April 29, 2010 in North America and May 5, 2010 in Europe.
[77]
On August 14, 2014, Freedom Factory Studios released a
beat 'em up
sequel,
Kick-Ass 2: The Game,
based on the movie
Kick-Ass 2
.
[78]
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Merchandise
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Funko
released Pop! Wacky Wobbler
bobblehead
figures of Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl and Red Mist in 2011.
[80]
Notes
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- ^
In newer collected editions of the first volume of the series, the books
Kick-Ass
,
Hit-Girl
,
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall
and
Kick-Ass 3
were renamed as Books One, Two, Three and Four of
The Dave Lizewski Years
, so-as to differentiate the former series from the new 2018
Kick-Ass
and
Hit-Girl
series.
- ^
Spelled
McCready
in the comic series
- ^
Surname is
Genovese
in the comic series
- ^
Spelled
McCready
in the comic series
- ^
Named
John "Johnny" Genovese
in the comic series
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