Could Chloë Grace Moretz’s Hit Girl survive another duff Kick-Ass sequel?
Moretz said ‘it would be fun’ to see what Hit Girl is like as an adult. That will only be true if the studio avoids the shallowness of Kick-Ass 2 and returns the saga to its renegade roots
April 2021
‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy
The Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator is back with a TV series about a warring super-powered family. The Scot reveals how Carrie Fisher helped inspire it – and why he’s delighted Covid scuppered his move to Hollywood
May 2018
Look out, Hollywood, this is the year of superheroine revenge
Hanna Flint
A new wave of female action heroines has arrived to kick misogynist ass, says the freelance writer and editor Hanna Flint
August 2017
Netflix buys comic book company behind Kick-Ass and Kingsman
Streaming giant aims to copy Marvel owner Disney’s superhero strategy with Millarworld, its first ever acquisition
June 2017
Chloë Grace Moretz 'appalled and angry' over body-shaming poster
The billboard for the actor’s new animated film Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs has attracted criticism for its beauty standards message
April 2017
Week in geek
Can Seth Rogen's Invincible break Marvel and DC's superhero stranglehold?
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are to adapt Robert Kirkman’s Invincible series for the big screen. Could this be the shakeup the comic-book adaptation needs?
September 2015
Mark Millar funds competition seeking new comic-book talent
Notoriously protective writer of Kick-Ass and Kingsman is offering prospective writers and artists the chance to submit stories using his characters – and get paid
February 2015
Box office analysis: global
Fifty Shades of Grey so dominates global box office it could whip Mamma Mia!
Universal’s titillator claims several eastern-European records en route to $237.7m worldwide
January 2015
Mark Millar on Kingsman: 'I was seeing so many demonised housing estate characters'
Peter Bradshaw’s top 50 films of the demi-decade
January 2014
Myths and Marvel: Hero-glyphics rewrites superhero history
Artist Josh Lane has mutated comic-book superheroes – from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Kick-Ass – into ancient Egyptian works of art, by posing them with feet side-on and torsos turned to face the onlooker
December 2013
This week's new DVD & Blu-ray
Charles Bradley: Soul Of America, out now on DVD
Charles Bradley: Soul Of America | Three Colours Trilogy | Leviathan | The Conjuring | Kick Ass 2
August 2013
Kick-Ass 3 will be final instalment in series, says creator
Box office analysis: UK
Kick-Ass 2 leaps ahead, while Planes has smooth box-office take-off
Kick-Ass 2 – review
Kick-Ass 2, 2 Guns, Planes: this week's new films
Reel review
Kick-Ass 2 - video review
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian Film Show: Kick-Ass 2, 2 Guns, Call Girl and Planes - audio
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: Kick-Ass 2, Call Girl, 2 Guns and Planes - video review
