'Kingsman 2' is officially renamed 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' and will be a sequel to 'Kingsman: The Secret Service', released in 2015. The new film will take Taron Egerton's Eggsy and Mark Strong's Merlin to the U.S. spy headquarters Statesmen headed by Halle Berry's Ginger.
According to Den of Geek, the second installment in the spy-action and comedy series based on the comic book 'The Secret Service' created by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar finally received its official title. 'Kingsman 2' is now called 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle', however, director Matthew Vaughn did not elaborate on the new title further.
Taron Egerton and Mark Strong will reprise their roles as Kingsmen agents Gary "Eggsy" Unwin and Merlin, respectively. According to the A.V. Club, Edward Holcroft will be also be returning to reprise his role as Arthur's privileged yet haughty Kingsman candidate Charlie Hesketh. Academy Award winners Julianne Moore and Halle Berry will be joining the new cast in key roles as well.
It was reported by The Independent that the upcoming sequel will take Egerton's Eggsy and Strong's Merlin beyond their British home borders and go international. New details for 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' have emerged revealing that the two Kingsmen will head to the United States after their organization is bombed to work for a U.S. secret society counterpart called Statesmen.
If the Kingsmen headquarters was disguised as a tailoring shop, Statesmen will be fronted by a whiskey distillery. Berry is reportedly the head of Statesmen named Ginger. It seems that the Kingsmen and Statesmen will be joining forces to defeat the new villain. Moore will portray Poppy, the sequel's latest antagonist who lives in a surreal underwater theme park-like world.
'Kingsman 2', or 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' is an upcoming sequel to the action-adventure and spy parody film of the same name released in 2015. It is directed by 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' helmer Matthew Vaughn and is scheduled to be released on June 16, 2017.
