Mark millar over kick ass 2 american jesus en the secret service films

Het werk van stripauteur Mark Millar staat na het succes van Wanted (2008) en Kick-Ass (2010) nadrukkelijk in de belangstelling van Hollywood. Verleden jaar werd bekend dat American Jesus worden verfilmd. Ook moeten er vervolgen gaan komen op Kick-Ass en Wanted.

Ook zijn werk The Secret Service, waaraan hij samenwerkt met Dave Gibbons, co-auteur van de reeds verfilmde strip Watchmen, moet naar het witte scherm worden overgebracht. In een interview met The Daily Record verklapt hij dat de opnames voor Kick-Ass 2 aankomende zomer moeten gaan starten: Millar: "We shoot Kick-Ass 2 and American Jesus this summer. Then Matthew [Vaughn] and I have Secret Service, which is a nerdy James Bond. We came up with this idea of a wee nerd who becomes a gentleman spy, ditching his trainers for his Savile Row suits and being taught how to speak properly." en "The reason he gets chosen is that a guy like that is disposable. I am a massive Bond fan and Secret Service is like My Fair Lady meets James Bond. I am halfway through the comic and Matthew and I are halfway through the script. There is a good role for a 50-something actor to play an older gentleman spy training this young kid. There are not a lot of tough actors in that age group but you would never believe Colin Firth or Hugh Grant in a fight scene. We are bouncing names around."

Over American Jesus zegt hij: "If you are doing a movie about the return of Jesus as the Bible prophesied in the Book of Revelation, you have got to do it straight and treat it with dignity. I’m not taking the piss. It will be treated like a proper film." en "I have never been cool. I am a Catholic and go to mass. A lot of people are surprised because much of my work is irreverent and expect the same with American Jesus. But I want it to be a beautiful film. A film about the returned Jesus Christ has amazing artistic potential. Jesus shows up in the middle of the financial crisis, America is in turmoil and the Eurozone is collapsing. They are quite apocalyptic times that we are living in with the gap between rich and poor."

Mark Millar over Kick-Ass 2, American Jesus en The Secret Service films