The Secret Men Club

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 instalment 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, with filming locations including Surrey and London. Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson composed the film's score and soundtrack. Kingsman: The Secret Service premiered at Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin, Texas on 13 December 2014 and was theatrically released first in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2015, and in the United States on February 13, by 20th Century Fox. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $414 million worldwide. A sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, was released in 2017, and a prequel, The King's Man, was released in 2021.