In regards to Kick-Ass we’ve been getting rather character specific and clip thus far, like this fantastic look at Chloe Moretz’s in action as Hit-Girl, and a spotlight on Nic Cage’s Big Daddy, among sneak peeks which has vaulted Kick-Ass, a Matthew Vaughn adaptation of the comic book series of the same name, to the movie I most want to see this year. I can say that the rather choice promotion of the film itself has done this, as prior to while I was certainly familiar with the comic book property, I was not reading it. This latest trailer – debuting from Yahoo – offers a wider view of the film’s plot.
Among the other already released promotion material that has made Kick-Ass must see are a series of connected character promo posters, some more posters including that of the titular character (aka Dave Lizewski) played by Aaron Johnson. Joining Johnson, Cage and Moretz is Christopher Mintz-Plasse (who recently got a promo poster of his own as Red Mist!).
The comic book series is written by Mark Millar with art provided by John Romita Jr, and the aforementioned Vaughn is bringing his pedigree as both the director and producer of Layer Cake, the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, and producing Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Kick-Ass is just a few months away, with a scheduled April 16th release date.
