Kingsman is a British-American media franchise focused on the fictional organisation "Kingsman", which originally appeared in a UK-made spy action-comedy comic book series written by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, colored by Angus McKie, edited by Nicole Wiley Boose, published by Icon Comics, an imprint of American published Marvel Comics.
 Volume 1 of this series, released in 2012, deals with a super-spy recruiting his young nephew to the secret service, channeling the classic James Bond films, and other spy thrillers.
 The first volume of the series was originally known simply as The Secret Service and was rebranded to tie-in with the The comic series is set in Mark Millar's shared universe, the "Millarverse"; with the celebrity kidnappings taking place in "Kingsman" Vol.
 1 being referenced in "Kick-Ass 3" #8.
 A stand-alone sequel set in both the continuity of the original comic and that of the film series, subtitled "The Big Exit", was released in the September/October 2017 issue of "Playboy Magazine", by Rob Williams with art from Ozgur Yildirim.
 The second volume of "Kingsman", subtitled "The Red Diamond", was released through Image Comics in September 2017.
 A feature film loosely based on "The Secret Service", directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-written by Jane Goldman, was released in February 2015.
 The film stars Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella, Jack Davenport, and Mark Hamill.
 A sequel to this film, subtitled "", was released in September 2017.
Savages is a 2012 American crime thriller film directed by Oliver Stone.
 It is based on Don Winslow's novel of the same name.
 The screenplay was written by Shane Salerno, Stone, and Winslow.
 The film was released on July 6, 2012 to mixed reviews, and stars Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Demián Bichir, Benicio del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta and Emile Hirsch.
Michael McGruther began his filmmaking career with the original screenplay "Tigerland", directed by Joel Schumacher and co-written by Ross Klavan.
 The critically acclaimed screenplay was nominated by IFP/West for Best First Screenplay and by the Political Film Society for the PFS Award in 2001.
 It is widely known as Colin Farrell's breakthrough film, garnering Farrell the Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor Award and the London Critics Circle Film Award for British Newcomer of the year.
 Invigorated by the filmmaking process while on the set of "Tigerland", McGruther established BuffaloNickel Films.
 He then teamed up with Jersey Films and Universal Studios on two features: his original science fiction adventure titled "Lightspeed" (with Superman Returns director Bryan Singer attached to direct), and a coming-of-age drama titled "Sentenced to Nature", based on a New York Times article by author Charles Siebert.
 BuffaloNickel Films has since acquired the rights to several novels and short stories to produce.
 In 2001, "Extra Life", a drama about coming-of-age in the digital world; in 2004, Arthur C. Clarke's prophetic novel "Prelude to Space"; and in 2005, "Blood Son", based on the 1951 short story by legendary science fiction and horror writer Richard Matheson. "
Blood Son" marks McGruther's directorial debut, for which he won the Best Director Award at the 3rd.
 Annual Trenton Film Festival.
 He is currently in pre-production on the movie "Ghost Town".
 McGruther has also appeared in front of the camera, seen in several commercials and movies in the early 90’s including "Clockers" and "In & Out", and he has a cameo appearance in "Tigerland".
The following is a list of cast members who have portrayed characters appearing in the "X-Men" film series, based upon the comic books of the same name.
 Hugh Jackman appeared in the first seven films: he played James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine in the original trilogy ("X-Men", "X2 - X-Men United", and "") and reprised his role in the prequel films "" and "", the latter in a cameo appearance.
 He again starred in "The Wolverine" and "".
 He appeared in photographic form in "Deadpool" and reprised his role as Wolverine in "" and one last stand-alone "Wolverine" film.
 Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, James Marsden and Shawn Ashmore have also appeared in the original trilogy and "Days of Future Past", with Stewart also making a cameo appearance in "Origins: Wolverine" and "The Wolverine", and Janssen and McKellen in "The Wolverine".
 Rebecca Romijn also appeared in the original trilogy and made a cameo appearance in "First Class".
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, vlogger, writer, producer, actor and editor.
 He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, "Looking for Alaska", and his sixth novel, "The Fault in Our Stars", debuted at number one on "The New York Times" Best Seller list in January 2012.
 The 2014 film adaptation opened at number one at the box office.
 In 2014, Green was included in "Time" magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World.
 Another film based on a Green novel, "Paper Towns", was released on July 24, 2015.
Paul Ahmarani (born 1972) is a Quebec actor.
 Both his parents have a teaching background; one is from Cacouna, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec and the other from the Mediterranean coast.
 Ahmarani is known for his roles in the movies "The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge" ("La Moitié gauche du frigo") and "How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause" ("Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause").
 He has also appeared in the first season of the television "Star Trek" parody "Dans une galaxie près de chez vous".
 In 2005 he released a musical album called ""Portrait vivant"" under the name "Paul Ahmarani et les nouveaux mariés" ("Paul Ahmarani and the Newlyweds", see the External links section to listen).
 Outside his acting and singing career, Paul Ahmarani has also been an open supporter of Quebec's left-wing party, Québec solidaire.
 On 25 February 2010, Paul Ahmarani, together with 500 artists, joined the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against the Israeli Apartheid.
 In 2012, audiences saw him in Martin Villeneuve's "Mars et Avril", a science fiction film based on the graphic novels of the same name.
Ian Paul Cassidy born November 4, 1964 in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor who has appeared mainly in American and Australian productions.
 In 2000 he played Cracker Bob in "" and in 2001 he had a starring role in the drama series "The Beast", which was cancelled after five episodes.
 Cassidy first came to fame as the host of Australian television show "Kids Company", on Channel 10.
 He also appeared in many Shakespeare productions across Australia.
 During the 1980s he participated in a number of Australian independent films.
 During the first years of the 1990s he appeared in many U.S. films like "For the Boys", "Wind" and "In the Line of Fire", and Dimension Film's Sci-Fi :"".
 He has mainly appeared in American television series like "The Pretender", "EZ Streets", "", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Drake & Josh", "Desperate Housewives", "Numb3rs", "24", "The Pacific", "Monk", "The Bold and the Beautiful", "The Young and the Restless" and numerous others.
 He has also appeared in many Video Games for MachineGames, including the highly acclaimed "" as Bobby Bram.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson; 13 June 1990) is an English actor, best known as the title character in the "Kick-Ass" films and Quicksilver in "" (2015).
The Time Machine is a 2002 American science fiction film loosely adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and the screenplay of the 1960 film of the same name by David Duncan.
 Arnold Leibovit served as executive producer and Simon Wells served as director, the great-grandson of the original author.
 The film stars Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory and Phyllida Law, and includes a cameo by Alan Young, who also appeared in the 1960 film adaptation.
 The film is set in New York City instead of London, and contains new story elements not present in the original novel, including a romantic backstory, a new scenario about how civilization was destroyed, and several new characters, such as an artificially intelligent hologram played by Orlando Jones, and a Morlock leader played by Jeremy Irons.
 It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup (John M. Elliot, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz) at the 75th Academy Awards, but lost to "Frida".
Cavan Clerkin (born 28 November 1973) is a British television actor and writer.
 He has appeared in comedy shows including "Pulling", "The Inbetweeners", "Smack the Pony", "The IT Crowd", "Jonathan Creek" and "Look Around You".
 He also appeared in the films "Gangster No 1", "Spivs" and "Pierrepoint".
 He has written for "Smack the Pony", and co-created the comedy series "Los Dos Bros", in which he also starred.
 In 2009, he appeared in the soap opera "EastEnders" as Joel Reynolds.
 and in 2011 he appeared as Leonard Glickman in "The Shadow Line".
 He wrote, produced and starred in British Independent feature film ""Nice Guy""and in 2014 played DCI Gerring in ITV drama "Lucan" and Clarkey in Channel 4's police satire "Babylon".
 That year he also appeared in episode 4 of the BBC sitcom "Count Arthur Strong".
 In 2016, he is currently playing "Vinnie", a talent manager, in Morgana Robinson's, "The Agency".

Question: Who is the author of the film based on a novel that stars an actor that also appeared in the Kick-Ass film?
Answer: Don Winslow