Tag: Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Kingsman: How Did the Franchise Lose Its Way?
The King’s Man, the latest entry in the Kingsman franchise, debuted to tepid reviews and barely managed to make back its 100 million budget. While other factors — including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic delaying its release and leading to a decrease in viewers for adult fare — may have shaped this reception, one thing is…
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The King’s Man Credits Scene Explained: So You Say You Want A Revolution?
Inspired by the comic book series “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, and serving as a prequel to 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” is an odd amalgamation of cartoonish violence and somber melodrama. Set decades before the events of the first…
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The King’s Man Ending Explained: The Gentlemen Of Wartime
After what feels like forever, director Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” has finally arrived in theaters. Serving as a prequel to the events of both “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” Vaughn decided to take us back to the early 1900s for a World War I film that tells the origins of…
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‘The King’s Man’ Review: Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Prequel Is Incoherent, Cynical, and Dull
Guns, suits, and kicking ass. Those are the three pillars of Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman” series, which tracks the adventures of a secret spy organization that stops various global cabals from destroying the world via cartoonish ultra-violence and a devilish sense of humor. Both “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and its sequel “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” revel…
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‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Where Did the Legendary Kingsman Agency Come From?
We’ve already seen that the legendary Kingsman intelligence agency can survive pretty anything, whether it’s a mind-altering device that makes the entire world go crazy in Kingsman: The Secret Service or a dangerous drug epidemic in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. But now we’ll see how the Kingsman came to be such legendary protectors of the…
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New ‘The King’s Man’ Trailer Reveals the Origin of the Stylish Spy Agency
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for The King’s Man. The film—which was put together rather quickly and quietly—traces the origins of the spy franchise that director Matthew Vaughn brought to life in 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The official logline teases that “a collection of…
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‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Ralph Fiennes Recruits A New League Of Gentleman For Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Prequel
They had to of started somewhere, didn’t they? That is the premise of “The King’s Man” as we see just how the covert organization was first formed. Director Matthew Vaughn, who directed and co-wrote both “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” takes the reigns for the prequel where we will see the…
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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…
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Matthew Vaughn Reveals Rejected Plans for Unorthodox ‘Man of Steel’ Reboot
The box office success of “Man of Steel” in 2013 inspired Warner Bros.’ plans for a cinematic universe featuring other DC Comics characters. Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Henry Cavill, it was followed by “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” in 2016, “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League” in 2017, “Aquaman” in…
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‘Kingsman 3’ Confirmed for 2019; Matthew Vaughn Will Write and Direct
20th Century Fox has officially confirmed that a third Kingsman film is on its way — currently slated for a November 8, 2019 release date — with Matthew Vaughn back on board to both write and direct.The film would follow up 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle, an odd duck of a spy-satire/action-thriller that was met…