Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird joins Marv Films, could direct Kingsman 3

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Marv Films, the UK studio headed up by Kingsman filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, has hired STAN & OLLIE director Jon S. Baird to co-write and direct a yet-to-be-titled project, thereby removing him from Mel Gibson and Shia LaBouf's recently announced ROTHCHILD project.

According to Deadline, Baird could go on to direct the untitled sequel to KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. In the past, Vaughn himself has helmed the first two installments of the "Manners maketh man" superspy franchise, but seeing as he's got his hands full with a myriad of other projects, rumor has it that Baird is gearing up to direct Eggsy and Harry Hart's next madcap mission.

For the moment, Vaughn is busy serving as director-producer on the Kingsman prequel THE KING'S MAN, a project that will explore the origins of the classy and deadly group of spies, with Ralph Fiennes teaching a new recruit what it means to be chivalrous in dark times. While the recently dropped trailer for THE KING'S MAN has the prequel looking quite different than both KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE and KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, the footage still packs a stylish punch and carries the same energetic tone as the other films in the franchise.

You can view the trailer for THE KING'S MAN below:

One again directed by Vaughn this entry was written by Karl Gajdusek (STRANGER THINGS), and along with Fiennes and Dickinson, the movie boasts an all-star cast, of which includes, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Hollander, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Stanley Tucci and Liam Neeson. THE KING'S MAN is in theaters February 14, 2020.