Taron Egerton has just given Kingsman fans an optimistic update about the threequel continuing Eggsy's story.
The upcoming film — technically the fourth in the franchise, following the two Kingsman movies and the prequel, The King's Man — is gearing up to start filming next year.
"My understanding is that we are to be shooting the third instalment in my saga I believe next year," the Rocketman star said on the Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham. "But you know, don't listen to what I say because I don't really know. You know, they're grown-up decisions," he continued.
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The Welsh actor is set to reprise the role of Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin, first recruited by a British secret spy organisation in 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Eggsy returned in 2017's Kingsman: The Golden Circle, where he had to team up with Statesman, Kingsman's American counterpart, to stop a ruthless drug cartel leader played by Julianne Moore.
Rumoured to be titled Kingsman: The Blue Blood, the new film was originally set to start filming this September. The initial plan of filming prequel The King's Man and the third Kingsman film back-to-back now appears to have been turned on its head.
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Director Matt Vaughn explained last year that was the plan, saying to TheWrap: "That was sort of the plan, and I was ready to go, but let's just say the world got turned upside down."
Alongside Edgerton, the threequel will see the return of Eggsy's mentor Harry Hart (Colin Firth) to bring some closure to their relationship.
Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King's Man are available to watch on Disney+.
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