For entirely reasonable reasons, the announcement of Jeff Wadlow as the director of "Kick-Ass 2” rose a few eyebrows amongst concerned comics fans. To begin with, Wadlow has only directed two major films of note -- "Cry Wolf” and "Never Back Down” -- neither of which were immensely successful or acclaimed in any way. But listening to him talk about his plans for the sequel to the goofily gorey superhero send-up, maybe he’s just been looking for the proper shot to showcase his ideas.

ComicBookMovie.com helpfully transcribed Wadlow’s comments about "Kick-Ass 2” at the Kapow! Comic Convention, where he appeared on a panel over the past weekend.

"It's been an interesting process because for those of you who know the property really well, the movie takes some significant liberties with the first comic book,” he said. "Then Mark did the sequel to the comic book which is ‘Kick-Ass 2.’ So I had sort of this movie and the comic book and I had to find the intersection. An adaptation was quite a challenge, but one that I really enjoyed and loved."

"I think the most important thing that's gonna change from the ‘Kick-Ass 2’ comic to ‘Kick-Ass 2’ the movie was just really finding an emotional story to tell. Because what I certainly loved about the first film, and what I think elevated it above most comic book adaptations, is the heart and the emotion in the film. It was sort of my challenge as the filmmaker and storyteller to find something as emotional in the second film and I think we have some stuff that people are gonna really respond to."

Most importantly, Wadlow discussed another pressing topic: the involvement of Chloe Moretz, who has since blown up as one of Hollywood’s most promising and prolific young actresses since catching eyes as the murderous Hit-Girl in the first "Kick-Ass.” From what he said, Moretz is hoping to be back for the second go-around, even though she’s noticeably aged in the last few years. (Growing up! It’s insane!)

"Well, nothing is official yet. But I had breakfast with Chloe two weeks ago and she's read the script and she's very excited about what we're doing with Hit-Girl. If you've read the comic, you know, she gives up being Hit-Girl, which was a brilliant idea I thought on Mark's part,” Wadlow said. "It's something I explore quite deeply in the movie because what happens in the comic is she sort of steps away from the story in many ways and she's sort of sidelined while [Kick-Ass] is working with Justice Forever and [Red Mist] is becoming the motherf---er."

"But I was quite interested in what happens to her when she's not being Hit-Girl. Her story is a major, major part of the film and she's excited about the ideas and we're in talks."

It’s a turn of events we’re happy to see. No timeline has been announced for the film’s production, but things should be moving along now that the comic is officially finished -- though, of course, Millar probably had the film’s story outlined well in advance. We’ll update you on any further progress, as always.

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