Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird joins Marv Films, could direct Kingsman 3

By Steve Seigh

Posted 7 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Marv Films, the UK studio headed up by Kingsman filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, has hired STAN & OLLIE director Jon S. Baird to co-write and direct a yet-to-be-titled project, thereby removing him from Mel Gibson and Shia LaBouf's recently announced ROTHCHILD project.

According to Deadline, Baird could go on to direct the untitled sequel to KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. In the past, Vaughn himself has helmed the first two installments of the "Manners maketh man" superspy franchise, but seeing as he's got his hands full with a myriad of other projects, rumor has it that Baird is gearing up to direct Eggsy and Harry Hart's next madcap mission.

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For the moment, Vaughn is busy serving as director-producer on the Kingsman prequel THE KING'S MAN, a project that will explore the origins of the classy and deadly group of spies, with Ralph Fiennes teaching a new recruit what it means to be chivalrous in dark times. While the recently dropped trailer for THE KING'S MAN has the prequel looking quite different than both KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE and KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, the footage still packs a stylish punch and carries the same energetic tone as the other films in the franchise.

You can view the trailer for THE KING'S MAN below:

One again directed by Vaughn this entry was written by Karl Gajdusek (STRANGER THINGS), and along with Fiennes and Dickinson, the movie boasts an all-star cast, of which includes, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Hollander, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Stanley Tucci and Liam Neeson. THE KING'S MAN is in theaters February 14, 2020.

Source: Deadline

Tags: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Action, Adventure, Charles Dance, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Gemma Arterton, Jon S. Baird, Karl Gajdusek, Kingsman 3, Liam Neeson, Matthew Goode, Matthew Vaughn, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Stanley Tucci, The King's Man, Tom Hollander

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