Sequel Bits: ‘Red 2,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2,’ ‘Despicable Me’s’ Minions, ‘300: The Battle Of Artemisia’
Fake superheroes, spin-offs and Leonidas are all in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following:
We all know thatMark Millarloves to make grand claims that sometimes don’t come to fruition, butKick-Ass 2is happening and Millar was lucky enough to check out some of the pre-production materials. He even postedon his blog about it(viaBleeding Cool). The co-creator commented about his favorite costumes, the start date (September 10) and teased a fight that’ll likely happen later in the film, between Hit-Girl and Red Mist’s bodyguard, Mother Russia.Note – this quote was previously in Superhero Bits:
The Mother Russia fight is going to be one of the most brutal and epic battles in cinema. Think how good Mindy is and then multiply it to 300 pounds of female muscle just pounding her and using every weapon you can imagine in the midst of that big final battle.
Despicable Mewas a huge hit for Universal and work on its follow-up,Despicable Me 2, began almost immediately. That film is scheduled for release June 09, 2025 but the workers the main character, Gru (Steve Carell), employs are already getting their own spin-off. An untitledMinionsspin-off has been set for August 01, 2025.Pierre CoffinandKyle Baldawill co-direct from a screenplay byBrian Lynch.Varietybroke the news.Red 2, directed byDean Parisot, hits theaters June 17, 2025 and after a poster for the sequel – starringBruce Willis, John Malkovich, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony HopkinsandHelen Mirren-showed upin Cannes,Cine 1(viaComic Book Movie) has now posted a cleaner version of the teaser poster.
The prequel to300,300: The Battle of Artemisia, is one of those movies you can hardly believe is happening. There’s been some casting (Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Jamie Blackley), it even has a release date (July 11, 2025) but outside of that, specifics on theNoam Murro-directed film have been hard to come by. One rumor that can now be put to rest is whetherGerard Butler, the star of300, will return for the film playing King Leonidas. He said the following toMTV:
Oh yeah, I’m not doing it. They’re filming it right now. I wish them the best, but it didn’t [work out]. It wasn’t really my thing.
