Birth nameChristopher Charles Mintz-Plasse Birth information20 June 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA BioNo information available

Mathew Vaughn [1](Stardust, Layer Cake) has returned with his adaptation of the comic book series about a nerd who decides to become a super hero with no powers or training.  Many are ecstatic over Vaughn's approach to the genre that mixes a lighthearted tone with gruesome violence and vulgar language - and apparently he's also been able to remain faithful to the source material.  Double win.   The film stars Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (or Fogell from Superbad).  Assuming it finds a distributor, we can expect Kick Ass to hit theaters in 2010. Here's the imdb synopsis: "Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though
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/Film is reporting that the new Matthew Vaughn film Kick-Ass will be premiering brand new footage from the film at the San Diego event this year.
The site revealed that the film's panel will take place on Thursday, July 23, sometime later in the day, and that director Matthew Vaughn and other cast members, to be announced at a later date, will be on the panel as well.
A brand new photo of Chloe Moretz as the pre-teen assassin Hit Girl was also released by the site, which you can take a look at below.

Kick-Ass follows the story of a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who, despite living in the "real world", decides to become a superhero. The film was co-written by and is being directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film stars Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clark Duke and Nicolas Cage.

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"Kick-Ass" will premiere its footage at 2009 Comic Con. Slash Film has learned the superhero movie will have its panel for the festival on Thursday, July 23 toward the end of the day. Matthew Vaughn, director as well as writer of the movie project, will attend the festival to present the film's footage. Some of the film's cast members will also be in attendance, but the names will be announced later.
Along with the news of the movie's inclusion to the Comic Con line-up, a new photo from "Kick-Ass" has been released. It features Chloe Moretz who portrays Mindy Macready, an 11-year-old vigilante which is also known as Hit Girl.
"Kick-Ass" is an adaptation of Mark Millar's comic of the same title. The story centers on Dave, a normal boy who decides to become a real-life superhero, who is played by Aaron Johnson. Also starring in the movie are Nicolas Cage,
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