Film News Roundup: Disney Sets ‘The King’s Man’ Spy Comedy for February

In today’s film news roundup, “The King’s Man” and “A Kid From Coney Island” get release dates, and “Barry” star Anthony Carrigan joins “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”Release DateDisney has set its Fox spy comedy prequel “The King’s Man” for release on Feb.

14, 2020.Disney made the announcement Wednesday at its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona.

Matthew Vaughn is directing again with a new cast including Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Harris Dickson.The two previous films in the franchise — 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — were directed by Vaughn and grossed more than $800 million worldwide.

Fox handled distribution.Here’s Disney’s synopsis: “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.

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