Rasputin gets an action scene, and a title gets a possessive form in The King’s Man first look
The Kingsman origin story, starring Ralph Fiennes, gets gussied up for theaters on December 22

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Rhys Ifans as Rasputin in The King’s Man Photo: Peter Mountain © 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Something of a forgotten franchise in a crowded field, the Kingsman movies, 2015’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle, are still a fairly reliable source of roughly $400 million in worldwide box office receipts. These movies never make Marvel money, but who’s going to turn down a near half-billion? But, of course, at a certain point, a franchise must leave the kiddie table and make a billion dollars, leaving them with one option: cast Rhys Ifans as Rasputin.