Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Argylle movie is set in the same world as Kingsman, and there are already early plans for a potential crossover.
Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Vaughn revealed the secret connection Argylle and Kingsman share with one another.
“I just like the challenge of launching new intellectual property (IP),” Vaughn said. “I think it’s harder, but it’s more fun. Argylle, as I said, we’ve got the book coming out…and we have an Argylle 2 planned. So, there is a universe. What we’re trying to do…[What] Marvel [is to] superheroes, we want to be to spies. We’ve got the Kingsman on the right. Argylle is on the left. We’ve got an idea for something in the middle, as well. We’ve got these competing franchises in a galaxy that one day might meet.”
Earlier in the podcast, Vaughn explained that an Argylle book, which the movie is based on and is written by first-time novelist Elly Conway, is being published in January 2024. Elly Conway is also the name of the character Bryce Dallas Howard is playing in Vaughn’s upcoming movie, giving the spy thriller “a lot of meta qualities.”
“[The book] is being written,” Vaughn — who also directed 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and 2021’s The King’s Man — said. “I’ve read it.”
What is Argylle about?
Along with Howard, Argylle stars Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Due Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sofia Boutella.
“Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World franchise) is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat, Alfie,” the synopsis reads. “But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books—which center on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate—begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by Aiden (Oscar® winner Sam Rockwell), a cat-allergic spy, Elly (carrying Alfie in her backpack) races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Elly’s fictional world and her real one begins to blur.”
Argylle releases in theaters on February 2, 2024.
