Nolfi, Joey (5 May 2016). "2016 Golden Trailer Awards winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 . Retrieved 30 April 2022.

Gary Barlow Writing Music For 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' Film". mtv.co.uk. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021 . Retrieved 12 July 2014. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn. [1] [6] The first instalment in the Kingsman film series, it is based on the Millarworld comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.Sullivan, Kevin P. " Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn reveals the secrets behind the church scene, that sex joke, and more". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 16 February 2015. If nothing else the main characters are well conceived and for the most part, believable and in spite of the off skew writing, you become invested in what happens to them. This is the strength of the book, that and the humor. Sadly, they don’t play well together.

Ritman, Alex (29 March 2016). " 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' Sequel Gets Title". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 3 April 2016. Cater, Sophie (8 October 2013). Bridget Jones star Colin Firth spotted shooting The Secret Service in London. Immediate Media Company Limited . Retrieved 12 October 2013. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) Tobias, Grey (5 February 2015). "Colin Firth Stars in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' ". The Wall Street Journal. Kroll, Justin (5 September 2013). "Sophie Cookson Lands Female Lead in Matthew Vaughn's 'Secret Service' ". Variety . Retrieved 24 October 2014.Maybe if I had read this before the I saw film I would have liked it more? Perhaps not *shrugs* I only started reading some graphic novels a couple years ago so Kingsman still might not have made it on my radar for awhile anyway. The film series is to continue with a third Kingsman film, titled Kingsman: The Blue Blood, [2] and a second The King's Man film, The King's Man: The Traitor King, as well as a spin-off eight-hour television limited series centred around the franchise's American spy agency, Statesman. Adaptations of the films have been published, and a handful of Kingsman video games have been released since 2012, although they are unavailable in the UK. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 22, 2017. Some of the stuff with the villain was changed (once again, for the better) in the movie but Millar's core ideas were still in place. In other words, the world is overpopulated and this nutter wants to cull the herd.