Kingsman 3 is coming but do you need to watch the prequel first?

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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:39:14 +0000

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The King's Man director has said the prequel movie lays some seeds for the future of the franchise.

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Director Matthew Vaughn has confirmed that Kingsman 3 will begin shooting
next year.

In a recent interview with Comic Book , Vaughn revealed that production on
the third mainline film in the franchise which is expected to wrap up Harry (Colin Firth) and Eggsys (Taron Egerton) story is scheduled to kick off in September 2022, meaning we could see Kingsman 3 arrive in late 2023.

The directors comments come just weeks before the release of his latest feature, The Kings Man, a WW1-set Kingsman prequel movie detailing the
origins of the eponymous independent spy agency. The film will be released worldwide on December 22.

But will fans of the famously bombastic franchise need to watch The Kings Man to understand the events of Kingsman 3? Vaughn has weighed in on that point, too.

Speaking to Empire magazine last year, the director said: "We've put seeds
for what's going to happen in Kingsman 3 all the way back into this
[prequel]. And it's going to be very different."

Those comments suggest that, yes, audiences looking forward to the third mainline Kingsman film will be best served by watching The Kings Man beforehand but we wouldnt say doing so is a necessity, per se.

At least, thats the impression given by early reviews of the Ralph
Fiennes-led movie. Most outlets have praised The Kings Man for its expectedly chaotic (but often stunning) set-pieces and wry humor, but others have also described it as merely okay ( IGN ) and serviceable ( Variety ).

Few reviews have made any reference to The Kings Mans role in setting up a future Kingsman movie suggesting that it doesnt really have one.

The Hollywood Reporter did add this addendum to its take, though: Be sure to stick around for the end credits, during which another diabolical real-life historical personage is introduced who may well become a central figure in
the franchises inevitable next installment.

For our money, then, The Kings Man doesnt represent compulsory viewing for those excited to see the next mainline movie in the franchise, beyond its Marvel-esque post-credits tease.

And perhaps were only asking ourselves this question because Marvel movies have normalised the idea of cinematic continuity. Not every film has to represent a smaller piece of a larger story, after all, and sometimes a prequel movie can simply exist as such.

Of course, any fans brimming with anticipation for Kingsman 3 are likely to find as much enjoyment in seeing The Kings Man, regardless but its worth noting that the former isnt dependent on the latter. Everything we know about Marvel's Phase 4 plans



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