'Kingsman: The Secret Service' teaser trailer debuts!

Mark Millar's The Secret Service has received its film adaptation, with the project was greenlit in early 2013, and shooting began in October that year. Like many adaptations, it seems it is not actually true to its source material, and some changes have been submitted all the way along. Some characters have been changed, or rather restructured in order to fit in for the modern-day audience, yet still keeping their epitome of cool. I'd say, a proper spy franchise is on its way.

Teaser Poster.

Retitled to Kingsman: The Secret Service, the plot synopsis deals with a very similar concept to that of Millar's comic book, but the changes that are done introduces us something more mysterious. In the original story, a British Secret Service agent, Jack London (often referred to as Uncle Jack) recruits his incompetent and clumsy nephew, Gary London, to the SIS, taking care of his training, introducing him to first-class lifestyle, and building the gentleman spy persona within his own. However, the film offers us different events. Uncle Jack no longer works for the British government, but rather a secret society related to espionage (very much like UNCLE, or Archer's ISIS, or even Marvel's SHIELD) called "Kingsman", most likely created for the motion picture itself. From what we've seen with the release of its trailer, Gary is no longer related to Uncle Jack, and ceases being clumsy, but rather leads a low profile criminal life, wields a very high IQ, and practices parkour. He is discovered by Uncle Jack due to the potential 'Kingsman' material the latter sees in him.

Kingsman: The Secret Service teaser trailer.

The film stars Colin Firth as Uncle Jack, introduces a newcomer Taron Egerton as Gary Unwin (no longer 'London'), along with Samuel L. Jackson as the main antagonist (Dr. James Arnold, if that is kept as it was from the comics), a computer geek and very wealthy businessman, and Sofia Boutella as Gazelle, a very athletic femme fatale with bionic legs, and the antagonist's right hand. In the comic, Gazelle was a dark-skinned former SIS agent, almost indestructible, yet still with bionic legs and the same position in the villain lair. Michael Caine and Mark Strong also happen to be co-starring as high profile superiors within the organization. Kingsman: The Secret Service is going to be released on 24th October 2014, distributed by 20th Century Fox, directed by Matthew Vaughn who also happens to have written the screenplay with Jane Goldman. Personally, I think this is the James Bond film we have been waiting for in years ever since the departure of Pierce Brosnan as the spectacular secret agent.

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