So it looks like John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass has it’s first filming location in New York and will start filming in August. Mark Miller will be producing it and Matthew Vaughn is rumored to direct it.

“I’m working as a producer on ['Kick-Ass'] as well, so I’ve been involved for about eight months, believe it or not,” the writer said. “The comic didn’t come out until February, but we made the deal on the movie back in December. The script was finished six months ago, and it starts filming on location in New York in August. So it’s moving really fast.”

“The casting’s all been done, and everything’s all in line now with that. There’s two big names attached, which I can’t mention so we can get on the cover of ‘Variety.’ And now we’ve got everyone. The kids who show up at the end of issue #3 – we just cast the girl, and that was a really tricky one because we needed to find someone who could do martial arts stuff. So the whole movie’s ready to role.”

I think it’s really cool that Kick-Ass is so popular and that they are making a movie about it; even though there are only a few issues out. I can’t help but wonder, are they going to kill the comic? Especially because the book is unbelievable and it would certainly be a shame. I guess we will have to wait until the movie hits theaters.

Source: Comicbookresources