Kingsman is a British multimedia franchise consisting of spy comic books, films, and video games that follow the missions of Agent Galahad of Kingsman, a fictional secret service organization. The franchise is based on the comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons , a Marvel Comics release set in the Millarworld shared universe which is based on a concept by Millar and Matthew Vaughn.
It was released in February Adaptations of the films have been published, and a handful of Kingsman video games have been released since , although they are unavailable in the UK. The Kingsman film franchise is based on the comic book series of the same name , which began with the comic book The Secret Service. The series was initially known as The Secret Service before being rebranded after the first Kingsman film's release. It is set in Millar's shared universe , the " Millarworld ", first displayed when the celebrity kidnappings that take place in Kingsman Vol.
The first film, Kingsman: The Secret Service , is set over the course of two years, from to Having dropped out of training for the Royal Marines , becoming a stereotypical chav and being arrested for stealing a car, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin's release is arranged by Harry Hart, a Kingsman and his late father's colleague.
Hart, a veteran spy of the secret organisation Kingsman, recruits Eggsy into the agency's competitive training programme as a global threat emerges from a billionaire, Richmond Valentine. The concept of an adaptation of The Secret Service originated when Millar and Vaughn were at a bar discussing spy movies, lamenting that the genre had become too serious and deciding to do "a fun one.
Then I would have written a bloody screenplay that no one would want to make. Jackson took the role in part because of a careerlong dream to be in a James Bond movie. He felt that this was unlikely to come true and said, "I felt like this was an opportunity to play a really great Bond villain.
