The King's Man

The King's Man is a 2021 US/UK period action spy film directed, co-written, and produced by Matthew Vaughn, and co-written by Karl Gajdusek, from a story by Vaughn, based on the Kingsman comic book by Mark Millar published by Icon, Millar's imprint in Marvel Comics.
==Synopsis==
As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King's Man.
==Cast==
*Ralph Fiennes as Orlando, Duke of Oxford
*Gemma Arterton as Pollyanna "Polly" Wilkins
*Harris Dickinson as Conrad
*Djimon Hounsou as Shola
*Rhys Ifans as Grigori Rasputin
*Matthew Goode as Captain Morton / The Shepherd
*Tom Hollander as George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II
*Daniel Brühl as Erik Jan Hanussen
*Charles Dance as herbert Kitchener
*Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Archie Reid
*Stanley Tucci as United States Ambassador
==Development==
In June 2018, Matthew Vaughn announced that a prequel film titled Kingsman: The Great Game was in active development, stating that the plot would take place during the early-1900s and would depict the formation of the spy agency and that the project would film back-to-back with "the third regular Kingsman film".
In September 2018, it was announced that Ralph Fiennes and Harris Dickinson would star in the prequel. In November 2018, it was revealed that Daniel Brühl, Charles Dance, Rhys Ifans, and Matthew Goode would co-star in the film.
In February 2019, it was reported that Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Tom Hollander, Djimon Hounsou, Alison Steadman, Stanley Tucci, Robert Aramayo, and Neil Jackson had joined the cast as filming commenced at Longcross Studios in the United Kingdom. In April 2019, it was announced Alexandra Maria Lara had joined the cast of the film. Later in May, Joel Basman joined the cast. That same month, as filming concluded, Vaughn denied reports that Liam Neeson had joined the cast. Vaughn also claimed the film would not be titled The Great Game.
In April 2019 some scenes were shot in Turin and Venaria Reale, transformed into Yugoslavia.
==Release==
The King's Man had its world premiere in London, United Kingdom on December 7, 2021 and was theatrically released on December 22, 2021, its eighth proposed release date and more than two years after it was originally due to come out.
It was originally scheduled to be released on November 8, 2019, but was pushed back first to November 15, 2019, then to February 14, 2020, and then to September 18, 2020. The release date was again pushed back by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to February 26, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the delay of Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four films, The King's Man was moved up two weeks to February 12, 2021, before being moved again to March 12, 2021. In January 2021, the release date was delayed again to August 20, 2021. In March 2021, it was further delayed to the December 2021 date. The film will play in cinemas for 45 days before heading to digital platforms.
===Home media===
The film started streaming on Disney+ through Star in the UK, Ireland, Japan, and South Korea on February 9, 2022. It streamed on HBO Max and Hulu on February 18 and on Star+ on March 2. The film streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on February 23, 2022 in Southeast Asia. The film was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD by 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment on February 22.
==Reception==
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 43% based on 118 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ralph Fiennes' solid central performance in The King's Man is done dirty by this tonally confused prequel's descent into action thriller tedium." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 77% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Steve Pulaski of Influx Magazine gave the film a "C-" letter-grade, calling it "the most ungentlemanly Kingsman movie yet."
==Trivia==
*This is a prequel film to .
*This is the first Kingsman film to be released after Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox. The Kingsman comic is published by Icon, an imprint of Marvel Comics, making it the third Fox-Disney movie based on a Marvel comic, after Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants.
*This is the first film produced by Marv Films that was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
*Tom Hollander previously played George V in BBC's TV movie The Lost Prince.
*This is the first Kingsman film not to have its music score collaborated by Henry Jackman; instead, Dominic Lewis takes over the scoring duties with Matthew Margeson (who previously scored first two films with Jackman).
*This is the second time Grigori Rasputin appears in a 20th Century Studios film after the 1997 animated musical Don Bluth film Anastasia.
==Gallery==
The king's man teaser poster.jpg|Teaser Poster With First Original Release Date
The king's man poster.jpg|Previous official poster
King's man chinese new year poster.jpg|Chinese New Year poster
==Videos==
The King's Man Official Teaser Trailer
The King's Man Official Trailer 2
The King's Man New York Comic Con 2019 Interview
THE KING’S MAN OFFICIAL TRAILER IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 18
The King’s Man - Legacy Special Look - 20th Century Studios-2
The King's Man - Official Red Band Trailer - 20th Century Studios-2
==References==
==External links==
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*Official Website
==See also==
*The King's Man (soundtrack)
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