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Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie

Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie

Creating the Comic, Making the Movie

by Mark MillarJohn Romita Jane Goldman and others
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/02/2010

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No powers? No problem! Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to be a superhero? What would happen if an ordinary guy, with no powers or training, put on a suit and came face-to-face with the criminal underworld? Find out in "Kick-Ass", the blockbuster movie from director Matthew Vaughn, based on the bestselling comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. Meet Dave Lizewski: high school student, comic book fan - and the self-styled superhero known as Kick-Ass. His profile really takes off when his exploits end up on YouTube, but then he meets the real deal in the shape of pint-sized lethal weapon Hit-Girl and her intimidating partner Big Daddy. Things start to get really serious. And very, very violent - With Mark Millar as your guide, "Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie" gives you the full inside story of how this superhero phenomenon went from his little lined pad to huge Hollywood movie in record time, featuring: Millar's early comic book script pages Eye-popping Romita art, including new pages drawn especially for the movie Exclusive contributions from the cast and crew Hundreds of movie photos, sketches, storyboards and pieces of production art.
ISBN:
9781848564091
9781848564091
Category:
Film guides & reviews
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-02-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Titan Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
176
Dimensions (mm):
275x215x13mm
Weight:
0.82kg
Mark Millar

Mark Millar is the award-winning writer/ creator of Wanted and Kick-Ass and worked as an executive producer on their subsequent movie adaptations. He is also the Creative Consultant for 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles, overseeing their upcoming Marvel movies. His ten years at Marvel produced Civil War, the biggest-selling series of the decade, and The Ultimates, credited by screen-writer Zak Penn as his inspiration for The Avengers movie. The Ultimates was honoured by Time magazine as comic-book of the decade in their 2010 retrospective and has also been adapted into both animated features and video-games.

His Millarworld company has expanded in the last few years to include Kick-Ass 2, Hit-Girl, The Secret Service, Nemesis, War Heroes, American Jesus, Supercrooks and Superior. All of these creations are in various stages of production as blockbuster movies, Matthew Vaughn directing The Secret Service, Joe Carnahan directing Nemesis and Jeff Wadlow having just completed Kick-Ass 2.

In his native UK, he is editor and co-publisher of CLINT Magazine, CEO of television company Millarworld Productions and acts as an advisor on film to the Scottish government. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Glasgow Caledonia University for his services to film and literature.

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