Vaughn also hinted that there might be a new addition to the Kingsman team, alluding to an American agent appearing in the (proposed) sequel. “We are doing our damndest to make that happen.” ![]() If I think I can get the script good enough, then we are making it,” he said. “Well, the good news is that I’m writing it next door at the moment. Yahoo Movies was invited to Vaughn’s house (yes, that happened) to talk to him about the release of ‘Kingsman’ on Digital HD, Blu-Ray and DVD, where he confirmed he was working on a follow up to the hit. Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ was a smash-hit at the box office earlier this year and fans of the film will be pleased to hear that a sequel is very much on the cards. He and Valerie Van Galder are producing “Ghostgirl,” based on the best-selling young adult novel series by Tonya Hurley, about a high school senior who feels invisible and suddenly really is, when she dies. And Vaughn is developing another adaptation of a comic book for Fox, “The Golden Age,” about superheroes in a retirement home. Vaughn is also working on a film for Fox about Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, who became the U.K.’s first Olympic ski jumper in 1988. He’s in line to direct “Flash Gordon,’ a Fox reboot of the 1930s comic book series that led to a series of Buster Crabbe serials and a 1980 movie. The London-based Vaughn, who directed 2011’s “X-Men: First Class” for Fox and “Kick-Ass,” has a busy schedule. Vaughn also co-wrote with Jane Goldman and produced the film, which was based on the comic book “The Secret Service” created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Samuel Jackson, Michael Caine and Taron Egerton co-starred in “Kingsman,” which had an $80 million production budget. It became clear Fox had a hit on its hands when it opened to $41 million against “Fifty Shades of Grey” over the Presidents Day holiday weekend in the U.S. ![]() It generated most of that - about $275 million - from abroad. The London-set “Kingsman: The Secret Service” crossed the $400 million mark at the global box office this weekend. There was no announcement by the studio or a timetable, but there will be a followup to the R-rated comic book adaptation directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Colin Firth, individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. A sequel to the surprise blockbuster “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is in the works at Fox.
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