Jim-Carrey-and-Aaron-Taylor-Johnson-in-Kick-Ass-2Following the brilliant success of the 2010 original, Kick-Ass 2 is all but guaranteed to be one of this summer’s biggest and best films.

Production officially wrapped last November, and with its June release in the States fast approaching, we’ve got a lot to look forward to in the coming months. We’ve seen a handful of things through the course of production, and now EW have given us our first official look at Kick-Ass 2 with one of the handful of great newcomers to the franchise: Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes.

“Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-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.”

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all reprise their original leading roles, alongside Nicolas Cage, Lyndsy Fonseca, Yancy Butler, and Clark Duke, with the awesome new additions led by Carrey, Donald Faison, Lindy Booth, Andy Nyman, Robert Emms, John Leguizamo, and Olga Kurkulina, making for an awesome cast.

Jeff Wadlow has taken over the helm in Matthew Vaughn’s place, directing from his own script, based on the original comics by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr, with Vaughn staying on to produce.

Kick-Ass 2 will be heading to the US on 28th June, with its UK release date set for slightly later on 19th July. I can’t wait. Just looking at this first official shot gives you a sense of how very awesome this is going to be.

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Source: via Popculturology and CBM.

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