Kingsman: The Secret Service 2: Matthew Vaughn reveals how Colin Firth might return

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JESS DENHAM  Author Biography
Thursday 30 April 2015



Hit spy movie Kingsman: The Secret Service is heading for a sequel but whether or not its lead star will be returning remains in doubt.

Colin Firth starred as a gentlemanly yet kickass agent in Matthew Vaughn's fast-paced adventure earlier this year, alongside Taron Egerton as his promising street kid protégé Eggsy.

It has now emerged that a follow-up is in the pipeline with the cast yet to be confirmed, The Wrap reports.

Look away now if you are yet to see the first film, but those of you who have will know that Firth's character Harry Hart is killed, a plot detail that clearly poses some problems.

“A lot of people are very upset that Colin might not be in the sequel,” Vaughn told USA Today. “But I'm coming up with ideas at the moment. If people buy tickets in America I've got a feeling we'll figure out a way for having Colin back.

“The opening of Kingsman 2 will have a sauna and the sauna door opens and out comes Colin. It was all a dream!”

READ MORE HERE: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kingsman-the-secret-service-2-matthew-vaughn-reveals-how-colin-firth-might-return-10215280.html

Colin Firth Could Return For The KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Sequel (SPOILERS)

COMIC BOOK MOVIE
By Mark Cassidy - 2/16/2015



Matthew Vaughn's deliriously entertaining adaptation of Mark Millar's comic is currently performing very well at the Box Office so a sequel is likely. Will Colin Firth's character be back? Click on to find out what the director has to say about that, but beware of major SPOILERS.

Seriously, if you haven't seen the movie yet you are advised not to read any further... okay?

Last chance!

So, after an insane action sequence inside a church sees Colin Firth's Harry Hart dispatch pretty much an entire congregation of religious fanatics (in the most violent ways possible), the disorientated Kingsman agent wanders outside only to be shot in the head by Samuel L. Jackson's hemophobic villain, Valentine. It's a shocker no doubt, but is Hart really dead?

During an interview with USA Today director Matthew Vaughn hints that Firth, at least, might be returning for the planned sequel. “A lot of people are very upset that Colin might not be in the sequel but I’m coming up with ideas at the moment," he revealed. "If people buy tickets in America, I’ve got a feeling we’ll figure out a way for having Colin back.” Now he only said Colin, not Harry, so is it possible we could see Firth in a different role?


READ MORE HERE: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/markcassidycbm/news/?a=115362

Colin Firth looks dapper in Saville Row suit as he is joined by his beautiful wife Livia at Kingsman: The Secret Service world premiere

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By NOLA OJOMU FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:15 EST, 14 January 2015 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 14 January 2015



He plays a gentleman spy who is never seen in anything less than a perfectly tailored suit in his new film, Kingsman:The Secret Service.

And Colin Firth proved that he is just a dapper out of character as he made a stylish arrive to the world premiere of the spy film in London on Wednesday evening.

The actor was joined by his beautiful wife Livia as they walked the red carpet together alongside the film’s other stars.

The bespoke Kingsman suit was made by Martin Nicholls in London, the tailor who produced all of the suits for the film.

Produced from New Zealand wool, the cloth itself is a very British affair, wholly manufactured in Yorkshire.

Meanwhile, his wife restyled her black Emilia Wickstead suit with large Chopard hoop earrings and a gold Kayu clutch.

She added height to her attire with metallic gold Roger Viver heels as she wore her brunette locks in a sleek straight style and highlight her features with minimal make-up.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer was on hand to show her support for her director husband, Matthew Vaughn, as she added the event in casual layered ensemble.

READ MORE ABOUT THE PREMIERE (& MORE PICTURES OF EVERYONE) HERE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2910461/Colin-Firth-looks-dapper-Saville-Row-suit-joined-beautiful-wife-Livia-Kingsman-Secret-Service-world-premiere.html

COLIN FIRTH KILLS, THRILLS IN 'KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE' TRAILER AND POSTERS

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 11:04
Written by  iamrogue

"You like spy movies?" Samuel L. Jackson asks in a new trailer for Kingsman: The Secret Service.

"Now days they're all a little serious for my taste," answers Colin Firth.  "Give me a far-fetched theatrical plot any day."

With that, this international trailer announces Kingsman's intentions in no uncertain terms.

Remember Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn's smirking, self-consciously outrageous, willfully provocative riff on superhero movie convention?  Well, Kingsman finds the director once again teaming with co-writer Jane Goldman to adapt a comic book by Mark Millar, bringing that same Kick-Ass self-awareness to the spy genre.

Vaughn's love of old Bond was evident in X-Men: First Class, but here, in the film he opted to make instead of X-Men: Days of Future Past, he puts his predilection towards over the top espionage action and genre subversion on blast, trumpeting in particular the impeccably British performance of Colin Firth in his first role as an action hero.

Like Millar's Wanted, The Secret Service follows a nobody from an ordinary life into a heightened world he never knew.  In this case, the nobody is Gary Unwin, a teenage delinquent in London who Firth's Harry Hart takes under his wing, recruiting him for top-secret government service and making him a protege.

British unknown Taron Egerton stars as Unwin, and this international trailer gives the first real sense of how Kingsman follows him from juvenile delinquent to dapper one-man-wrecking-machine.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/12493-colin-firth-kills-thrills-in-kingsman-the-secret-service-trailer-and-posters.html

Colin Firth: Trailer for 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' debuts

ENTERTAINMENT IE.



Well here's something we thought we'd never see - noted Oscar-winning British thespian Colin Firth in a comic-book movie. Based on Mark Millar's controversial series that puts a working-class ASBO teenager into the world of high espionage, Kingsman: The Secret Service looks like it could be pretty interesting.

Directed by X-Men: First Class' Matthew Vaughn and starring Michael Caine, Mark Strong and Taron Egerton as well as a little glimpse of Samuel L. Jackson and a lisp, Kingsman: The Secret Service looks like it's blending James Bond with Wanted and a dash of TV's Misfits. Half of the charm will undoubtedly come from the very notion of Colin Firth being an action hero, not to mention the fact that he actually looks like he's enjoying himself.

READ MORE HERE:http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Trailer-for-Kingsman-The-Secret-Service-debuts/262981.htm

Colin Firth kicks ass in WonderCon sneak peak of Matthew Vaugh's 'Secret Service'

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By Philip Pirrello, Comic Book Resources   Monday, Apr 21, 2014 7:15 PM



(CBR) Even though footage from "Secret Service" previously screened at CinemaCon earlier this year, a second showing at WonderCon did not disappoint.

Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons' comic centers on a team of covert agents, operating to save the world much like MI-6 and the CIA do – minus the red tape. And with a lot more face busting.

The clip opened with team leader Uncle Jack (Colin Firth) nursing a pint in a UK pub opposite new recruit Gary, played by newcomer Taron Egerton. After exchanging expository dialogue, the drinks are interrupted by a group of hooligans wanting to pick a fight with Gary.

Cue Uncle Jack locking up the bar moments before beating the hell out of these guys, with an umbrella. The most inventive use of the umbrella comes at the end of the fight, as Jack deploys it as a shield to deflect bullets from an assailant – while keeping his sights on his attacker using a night-vision like screen making up the interior of the parasol.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/news/wc14-colin-firth-punches-faces-in-sneak-peek-of-matthew-vaughns-secret-service#O5vx77HD2Qt18XJw.99

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly being lined up to play the villain in 'The Secret Service', starring opposite Colin Firth. (CONTACT MUSIC)

The 'Great Gatsby' actor is reportedly tipped to star alongside Colin Firth in Matthew Vaughn's new action thriller, based on the comic book series by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.

The star is being lined up to play a villainous character opposite Firth's secret agent and if a deal is made, the project would mark DiCaprio's first foray into comic bookmovies.

A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Leo is the perfect bad guy. Comic book films aren't usually associated with him but this could be a great fit.''

The movie centres on a London hoodlum who is recruited by his uncle into a secret British spy school that transforms young troublemakers into refined, charming secret agents in the mould of James Bond.

Firth is set to play the uncle who teaches his nephew the tricks of the spy trade, while casting is under way for the other lead role after Aaron Taylor-Johnson - who starred in Vaughn's hit 2009 movie 'Kick-Ass' - turned down the part.

READ MORE: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-for-the-secret-service_3700823

Colin Firth to Star Opposite Emma Stone in New Woody Allen Movie 14 hours ago (SCREEN RANT) by Sandy Schaefer

We just barely learned that Colin Firth is going to headline Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class co-writer/director Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Mark Millar comic book adaptation, The Secret Service, and now reports are in that the Oscar-winning actor is also making plans to co-headline Woody Allen’s currently-untitled followup project to his Summer 2013 release, Blue Jasmine.

The Woodmeister returned to his native U.S. shores to shoot Blue Jasmine, which is a comedy about a New York housewife (Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett) who must deal with “the final stages of an acute crisis.” Per usual for a Woody Allen project, the cast includes big names like Alec Baldwin and comedians Andrew Dice Clay and Louis C.K., in addition to such credible supporting talent as Michael Stuhlbarg (Boardwalk Empire), Peter Sarsgaard (Lovelace) and Sally Hawkins (Godzilla).

Deadline is reporting that Allen has plans to resume his European “tour” after Blue Jasmine, by filming his latest original script in the South of France. Firth has yet to finalize the deal, but Allen’s quick-and-easy production approach will make it easier for the King’s Speech actor to work things out; that is, both fit Allen’s movie into his schedule and remain committed to Vaughn’s Secret Service movie (which is due to open in theaters during November 2014).

Firth is a natural match for the Allen-verse; in fact, he’s already played the kind of smart, but dysfunctional – and hopeless when it comes to relationships – creative type which appear throughout Allen’s filmography (see: Firth’s character in Love, Actually). Of course, the award-winner Firth also knows how to play the square and dignified archetype for laughs as well (see: Bridget Jones’s Diary), in case that’s the sort of character that Allen’s hiring Firth to tackle here.


READ MORE: http://screenrant.com/colin-firth-emma-stone-woody-allen-movie/

Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy:Bryan Singer To Direct X-Men: Days Of Future Past First Published: November 1, 2012 2:43 PM EDT (ACCESS HOLLYWOOD)

"X-Men: First Class" actors Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy are all expected to return for "Days of Future Past," which is scheduled to begin production early next year. The film is slated to arrive in theaters July 18, 2014.


Bryan Singer had a hand in "X-Men: First Class," but the filmmaker's now reportedly stepping into a larger role for its sequel.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Singer will indeed be the guy to fill the director's chair now that Matthew Vaughn has stepped down from the job

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/31/bryan-singer-signs-on-for-x-men-sequel/

Michael Fassbender: 'X-Men: First Class' reunion: Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence to return

By Jenna Busch

January 31, 2012 2:02 PM ET

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"X-Men: First Class" soared at the box office when it premiered last year. The film made Michael Fassbender a household name and gave us the back story on the rivalry between Magneto and Professor X (James McAvoy). We're going to get to see even more. A sequel to the film is set to go, according to THR.

Fox has closed the deal with director Matthew Vaughn to return, along with the cast from the first film. No word yet on a story line, but we're thrilled to hear that everyone is coming back. We're desperately hoping January Jones, who played Emma Frost is given a lot of coffee on the set. Perhaps it will give her an expression. In a great film, she was the weak link.

 

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