Aaron Taylor-Johnson confirmed for The Avengers 2

It has been rumored for quite sometime, but we now have confirmation that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) has officially joined the cast of The Avengers: Age of Ultron. He will be playing Quicksilver, aka. Pietro Maximoff. Quicksilver is the son of Magneto and brother of Scarlet Witch (aka, Wanda Maximoff). Scarlet Witch will be played by Elizabeth Olsen. The third new cast member to join Taylor-Johnson and Olsen, so far, is James Spader who will be playing Ultron. 

Taylor-Johnson will be the Marvel version of Quicksilver as Evan Peters is tackling the same character for Sony in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron opens in theaters on May 1, 2015.

New poster for Kick-Ass 2

Looks a lot like the posters we had for the first one, but oh well. I still want to see it!

Jim Carrey refuses to support Kick-Ass 2

In light of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Jim Carrey has refused to do any promotional press for his upcoming movie Kick-Ass 2. Carrey vented on Twitter saying "I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence." He continued on with, "I meant to say my apologies to others involved with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart."

Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar's response wasn't as sympathetic:

"As you may know, Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago. ... Like Jim, I'm horrified by real-life violence (even though I'm Scottish), but Kick-Ass 2 isn't a documentary. No actors were harmed in the making of this production! This is fiction and like Tarantino and Peckinpah, Scorcese and Eastwood, John Boorman, Oliver Stone and Chan-Wook Park, Kick-Ass avoids the usual bloodless body-count of most big summer pictures and focuses instead of the CONSEQUENCES of violence, whether it's the ramifications for friends and family or, as we saw in the first movie, Kick-Ass spending six months in hospital after his first street altercation. Ironically, Jim's character in Kick-Ass 2 is a Born-Again Christian and the big deal we made of the fact that he refuses to fire a gun is something he told us attracted him to the role in the first place. Ultimately, this is his decision, but I've never quite bought the notion that violence in fiction leads to violence in real-life any more than Harry Potter casting a spell creates more Boy Wizards in real-life. ... Jim, I love ya and I hope you reconsider for all the above points. You're amazing in this insanely fun picture and I'm very proud of what Jeff, Matthew and all the team have done here."

This is an interesting one. That is for sure.

Kick-Ass 2 character posters released

To see the rest of them head on over to Collider.

Kick-Ass 2 trailer debuts

Hell yes!

More new Kick-Ass 2 images featuring Hit-Girl

Not the best photos as they just look like on-set photos, but we have some new ones for Kick-Ass 2. My excitement just keeps growing. The photos are thanks to Empire Magazine.

First official Kick-Ass 2 image debuts via EW

We have our first official image for Kick-Ass 2 featuring Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass and Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars . The Colonel is accompanied by his dog Stripes and he leads the superhero crime-fighters called Justice Forever.

Kick-Ass 2 also features returning actors Chloe Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Newcomers include Donald Faison and Clark Duke. It is set to hit theaters on June 28, 2013.

Official synopsis for Kick-Ass 2

IGN has the official plot synopsis for the upcoming film Kick-Ass 2, originally released by Universal:

 After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy.
Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes. Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.

Kick-Ass 2 is set to launch on June 28, 2013.

First images of Kick-Ass 2

We have some images from the set of Kick-Ass 2 featuring Chloe Moretz and Aaron Johnson.

I am still pretty excited for this movie. Seeing Hit-Girl with a new mask made me squeal a bit. /fangirl

John Leguizamo joins Kick-Ass 2

It has been announced that none other than John Leguizamo will play the role of a bodyguard to Red Mist in the upcoming Kick-Ass sequel, Kick-Ass 2. Christopher Mintz-Plasse will reprise his role as Red Mist along with Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass and Hit Girl). It is also rumored that Nicolas Cage will make a cameo at some point.

Red Mist will be playing one villain in the film while the other will be Mother Russia. Mother Russia has not been cast yet but rumors were circulating around Gina Carano so we will just have to wait and see.

Universal close to deals for Kick-Ass 2

Despite rumors circulating of re-casting it has been announced that Universal is close to landing deals with Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz for Kick-Ass 2. Evidently the reason this has become such an issue is because all the actors in the first movie (made by Lionsgate) didn't have sequel clauses in their contracts so Universal basically has to start over with the sequel.

I'm excited for Kick-Ass 2 so hopefully everything goes according to plan and they can get everyone who needs to come back on the project. To have continuity they would also have to try and get back Evan Peters (Todd), Lyndsy Fonseca (Katie), Clark Duke (Marty), and Omari Hardwick (Marcus).

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