Fight for “Kick-Ass” Right

Weeks after he brought “Kick-Ass” to Comic Con, Matthew Vaughn’s live-action adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic book is getting some solid studio interest.

After the film’s, well, kick ass debut at Comic Con, studios Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal are now itching to get their hands on the movie.

The film was independently funded because none of the studios wanted to tackle the story which fused ultra-violence with children. But now that the film is completed, and the buzz is high, the studios are fighting to win the comic book property.

In case you’re not familiar with the comic or the movie, it follows the adventures of young Dave Lizewski, a regular New York City high school student, who takes his interest in comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. When his exploits are recorded by an onlooker with a cell phone and posted to the Internets, he becomes a sensation and is given the moniker Kick-Ass.

Along the way, he fights injustices found through his MySpace page and eventually team up with other like-minded wanna-be heroes including Hit Girl, Big Daddy and The Red Mist, to take down a local drug kingpin. The film, which is currently seeking distribution, stars Nicholas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Moretz and Aaron Johnson.

We hope that “Kick-Ass”  appear in theaters this year!