Or he’ll be in “Kick-Ass” at least.

According to this Hollywood Reporter article, Nicolas Cage will be subjecting the world to another comic book movie, this time though (thank Christ) he won’t be the hero. He’s playing an ex-cop.  Two other roles were cast as well, including the titular (their word, not mine) “Kick-Ass”…

Written by Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr., the Marvel Comics’ Icon imprint book centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.

Johnson plays the dweeb and title character, while Fonseca plays the object of the teen’s infatuation who believes Dave is gay. Cage is a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.

If this movie is half as cool as the comic, then we’re all in for a fucking treat.  Also, in case you hadn’t heard, McLovin from Superbad is the villain in the film.

No lie.

The only thing dissapointing about reading these cast reports is that I’m learning tidbits about characters that I didn’t exactly want to know about until I read the book.