Brave New Worlds

The movie version of Mark Millar and John Romita’s comic book Kick-Ass is coming to theaters this May. The movie seems stay pretty close to the comic. In case you didn’t know it goes something like this:

“Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.”

Here’s the latest trailer:

Kick-Ass is directed by Mathew Vaughn (Layercake, Stardust) and stars Nicolas Cage (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Peggy Sue Got Married), Chloë Moretz (500 Days of Summer), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad, Role Models) and Aaron Johnson as Dave “Kick-Ass” Lizewski.

Keep an eye out for the first trade of the comic coming soon in both hard and softcover editions.