Some filmmakers find a genre they like and then…well, live in that for a long time. Perhaps not unlike Bryan Singer before him who lived in the “X-Men” franchise for years, Matthew Vaughn (who followed his footsteps into “X-Men: First Class“) really seems to love his “Kingsman: The Secret Service” spy series — his riff on the Bond series only more R-Rated and often vulgar. After a sequel “The Golden Circle,” Vaughn has now directed a third in the series, a prequel about the origin of the Kingsman secret service spy organization, imaginatively called “The King’s Man“
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Directed by Vaughn again, “The King’s Man” stars Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, with Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance. Here’s the official synopsis, but the need to know the difference is the original series is contemporary and the ‘King’s Man” is set in the early 1900s, and effectively thus then a period spy thriller.
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Vaughn has also said he’s planning a “Kingsman: Secret Service 3” and a potential series as well, but we’ll see if those ever come to fruition.
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As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in “The King’s Man.”
Vaughn, David Reid, and Adam Bohling are the producers, and Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, Stephen Marks, Claudia Vaughn, and Ralph Fiennes serve as executive producers. “The King’s Man” is based on the comic book “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, and the story is by Matthew Vaughn and the screenplay is by Matthew Vaughn & Karl Gajdusek. Watch the new trailer below. “The King’s Man” is scheduled for theatrical release on September 18 if all goes well.
