Kingsman 3 is coming – but do you need to watch the prequel first?

Kingsman 3 is coming – but do you lot need to watch the prequel beginning?

Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Golden Circle

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Managing director Matthew Vaughn has confirmed that Kingsman 3 volition begin shooting next year.

In a recent interview with Comic Book, Vaughn revealed that production on the third mainline moving picture in the franchise – which is expected to wrap up Harry (Colin Firth) and Eggsy's (Taron Egerton) story – is scheduled to kick off in September 2022, significant we could run into Kingsman 3 go far in late 2023.

The managing director'due south comments come up merely weeks earlier the release of his latest characteristic, The Male monarch'due south Man, a WW1-fix Kingsman prequel moving picture detailing the origins of the eponymous independent spy agency. The film volition be released worldwide on December 22.

Merely volition fans of the famously flatulent franchise demand to watch The Male monarch's Man to understand the events of Kingsman 3? Vaughn has weighed in on that point, too.

Speaking to Empire mag last year, the director said: "We've put seeds for what's going to happen in Kingsman iii all the mode back into this [prequel]. And information technology's going to be very different."

Those comments suggest that, yes, audiences looking forrad to the third mainline Kingsman film volition exist best served past watching The King's Human beforehand – merely we wouldn't say doing so is a necessity, per se.

At least, that's the impression given past early on reviews of the Ralph Fiennes-led motion picture. Near outlets have praised The Rex's Man for its expectedly cluttered (just often stunning) fix-pieces and wry humor, merely others have also described it as just "okay" (IGN) and "serviceable" (Diversity).

Few reviews accept made any reference to The Rex's Homo's part in setting up a time to come Kingsman flick – suggesting that it doesn't really have one.

The Hollywood Reporter did add this addendum to its take, though: "Be sure to stick around for the finish credits, during which another diabolical real-life historical personage is introduced who may well become a primal effigy in the franchise's inevitable next installment."

For our money, then, The King's Homo doesn't represent compulsory viewing for those excited to see the next mainline movie in the franchise, beyond its Marvel-esque post-credits tease.

And perhaps nosotros're but asking ourselves this question because Curiosity movies have normalised the idea of cinematic continuity. Not every film has to represent a smaller piece of a larger story, after all, and sometimes a prequel movie can simply exist as such.

Of grade, any fans brimming with anticipation for Kingsman 3 are probable to find as much enjoyment in seeing The Rex's Man, regardless – but it's worth noting that the one-time isn't dependent on the latter.

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Axel is a London-based Staff Writer at TechRadar, reporting on everything from the latest Tesla models to newest movies as role of the site'due south daily news output. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and a degree in English Literature means he can occasionally be spotted slipping Hemingway quotes into stories about electric sports cars.