Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. Based on The Secret Service comic series, it is the first installment in the Kingsman franchise and stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton and Michael Caine. In the film, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Egerton) is recruited by Harry Hart (Firth) into Kingsman, a secret spy organisation, while they pursue the eco-terrorist Richmond Valentine (Jackson). Development on Kingsman: The Secret Service began by October 2012, with Vaughn opting out of directing X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) to work on the film. Firth joined the project in April 2013, and Jackson was cast soon after. Principal photography began in October 2013,