Layer Cake

This is Vaughn's third stint as director, following on from Layer Cake and Stardust and earlier producer credentials on Guy Ritchie's earlier and decent movies, and was almost entirely funded by the director and private investors after the studios balked at the film's levels of violence and profanity.

Kick-Ass Adam Whitehead 2010

This is Vaughn's third stint as director, following on from Layer Cake and Stardust and earlier producer credentials on Guy Ritchie's earlier and decent movies, and was almost entirely funded by the director and private investors after the studios balked at the film's levels of violence and profanity.

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I like Vaughn to a certain point, but Layer Cake was..alright I still prefer Guy Ritchie better despite his flaws, Stardust was fun but lacking, and who knows what Kick Ass be like.

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And because he financed basically Lock, Stock and Snatch himself, he also financed Layer Cake himself.

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Kick-Ass is both written and directed by British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, of Layer Cake and Stardust previously.

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Vaughn, who previously directed Layer Cake, was set to direct the third X-Men movie but had to give it up for personal reasons, Variety says.

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Kick-Ass is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake) and hits theaters on April 16, 2010.

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He later moved on to directing with Layer Cake and Stardust.

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Daniel Craig (left, Layer Cake) has landed the role.

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

Kick-Ass is both written and directed by British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, of Layer Cake and Stardust previously.

FirstShowing.net 2009