Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass (2010)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Release date

2010-03-26

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Lionsgate, Plan B Entertainment, Marv, Mandate International

Genre

Action, Crime

Budget

$28 000 000

Revenue

$96 188 903

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Director

Matthew Vaughn

Actors

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Deborah Twiss, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth McGovern, Omari Hardwick, Xander Berkeley
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Scenario

Producer

Brad Pitt, Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling, David Reid, Kris Thykier, Tarquin Pack, Stephen Marks, Mark Millar, John Romita Jr., Jeremy Kleiner

Operator

Ben Davis

Composer

John Murphy

Artist

Audition

Lucinda Syson, Sarah Halley Finn

Editing

Pietro Scalia, Jon Harris, Eddie Hamilton
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• The film is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr..
• Daniel Craig and Mark Wahlberg auditioned for the role of Papani.
• Nicolas Cage (Papani) and Lyndsey Fonseca (Katie) were born on the same day, January 7th.
• After Dave first sees the Hitman, we see Papani standing in front of a billboard featuring Claudia Schiffer. Claudia Schiffer is the wife of director Matthew Vaughn.
• Marcus is reading a Diamond "Papani" McCrady comic book, which was actually drawn by artist and co-creator of "Kick-Ass" John Romita Jr.
• Vaughn invited his wealthiest acquaintances to dinner and persuaded them to chip in $10 million each for a project "that will blow everyone away." One of the people who supported Vaughn was Brad Pitt, whom he befriended during the filming of "Snatch."
• The well-known Sparks song "This town ain't big enough for both of us" from 1974 is used in the film as part of the soundtrack.
• Marcus is reading the comic ‘Papanui’ by Diamond McCready, which was actually drawn by artist and comic ‘Kick Ass’ co-creator John Romita Jr.
• He invited his wealthiest acquaintances to dinner and persuaded them to chip in $10 million each for a project 'that will blow everyone away.' Brad Pitt, whom he befriended during the filming of 'Snatch,' was one of the people who supported him.
• Sparks' well-known 1974 song, 'This town ain't big enough for both of us,' is used as a soundtrack in the film.