‘Kingsman 3’ Is Set For Next Year With Matthew Vaughn Returning To Write And Direct
Kingsman 3will “maketh” its way to the big screen in November of next year. DirectorMatthew Vaughnand co-writerJane Goldmanare on board to return for the thirdKingsmanfilm, which will close out the comic book adaptation trilogy that first began in 2014.
20th Century Fox has set theKingsman 3release date forNovember 8, 2019, according toDeadline. The Exhibitor Relations Twitterfirst broke the newsof the thirdKingsmanfilm’s release, which comes two years afterKingsman: The Golden Circle.
The thirdKingsmanfilm, currently going by the titleKingsman 3, will reportedly be the “capper” for the series, bringing Vaughn’s trilogy of super-spy films to a close. Since the first film,Kingsman: The Secret Service, was released in 2014, Vaughn has said that he has a plan in place for multiple filmsalong with several spin-offs, including a film calledKingsman: The Great Gamefollowing the British spy organization in the ’90s, and a TV series. But in an interview withEmpireearlier this year, Vaughn saidKingsman 3will act as “the conclusion of the Harry Hart-Eggsy relationship.”
Based on the comics byMark Millar, who is currently developing a comic book brand exclusively for Netflix,Kingsman: The Secret Servicefollows the street-smart British delinquent Eggsy (Taron Egerton, in his breakout role), who is handpicked by agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) to join a secret cabal of super spies who abide by a code of “manners” and uber-violence. The second filmKingsman: The Golden Circletook us across the seas to the sister organization in America, following the death of the majority of the British Kingsman group. That leaves plenty of possibilities for the story of the thirdKingsman.
I was a fan of the over-the-top take of the spy story inKingsman: The Secret Service, but its sequel was a huge letdown, squandering the talents of its charming stars with a nonsensical plot and a truly offensive message. It doubled down on the slick ultraviolence of the first film in the most artificial way possible, giving us the gratuitous without gratification. I only hope thatKingsman 3will be better.
