Despite critical acclaim and positive audience reactions, this year's comic book action comedy Kick Ass failed to meet expectations at the box office when initially released. Just barely breaking even, it appeared that plans for a sequel film to the Mark Millar comic book film had been scrapped.

However, yesterday Millar announced on Radio 5 that plans for a sequel will in fact move forward. Due mostly to surprisingly high DVD sales, Kick Ass 2 will begin pre production later this year with a plot based off the upcoming sequel comic, Kick Ass 2: Balls to the Wall.