Five days from now, when director Jeff Wadlow begins principal photography on Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, he’ll have Jim Carrey aboard as The Colonel, a vigilante known in the comics as Colonel Stars.”6 days till we start shooting,” tweeted Wadlow, “and we officially have our Colonel. Alrighty f’n then!”For those under 25, “Alrighty then” is a reference to Carrey’s first major big-screen hit, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, in which that was his catch-phrase. It briefly and tragically became a thing that people said in real life, too, but it’s better to try and forget that sad period in our nation’s history.One of those people under 25 is Christophe Mintz-Plasse, who plays Red Mist in the film. Whether serious or not, he egged the conversation on by asking “Who do we got?!”, to which co-creator Mark Millar responded, “Clue- he lives with 200 raccoons and parrots, owns the mask of Loki and named by Spielberg as a genius.”That certainly narrows it down.This wouldn’t be Jim Carrey’s first role in a comic book adaptaiton, of course; he starred in the blockbuster 1994 adaptation of Dark Horse Comics’s The Mask, part of a group of comic book movies including things like Men in Black that people didn’t realize at the time were comcis adaptations.Co-created by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall is based in part on the Kick-Ass 2 comic book series the pair did together in 2008, and incorporates elements of their Hit-Girl comic. The film will bring back almost the entire cast from the original film, and add Carrey, John Leguizamo and a handful of other new faces. The film is expected to hit U.S. theaters in May 2013.
