Lionsgate has snatched up the stateside rights to Matthew Vaughn’s action-comedy, “Kick-Ass,” reports Variety.

The movie, which won overwhelming fanboy approval at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, is based on a comicbook by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. that centers on a comic-obsessed teenager who attempts to become a real-life superhero, despite the fact that he lacks the requisite superpowers.

Stars including Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and “Superbad’s” Christopher Mintz-Plasse anchor the cast.

The project was produced and privately financed by Vaughn’s Marv Films shingle and Brad Pitt’s Plan B banner.

Lionsgate will give the film a wide release in 2010.