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[shawnbuddy]

Del Toro left no ambiguity when he told us that Hellboy 3 was "100 percent not happening."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ially-scrapped-guillermo-del-toro-says-977946

 

[Fancy Clown]

Can you imagine a moment like the wolf-head girl being brought to life?

That panel scared the SHIT out of me the first time I read it. One of the few times a comic was paced so perfectly as to elicit a physical reaction from me while reading it.

That's exactly the moment I thought of when imaging what Neil Marshall's potential vision for this could be. That's probably what Mignola saw too.

 

[wesleyshark]

Never watched a Neil Marshall movie so I don't know what to expect. Hoping for Lobster Johnson.

The Descent is a brilliant horror flick.

 

[captjohnboyd]

Fuck that Marshall is awesome for genre stuff and this in particular. As well as harbour on board I'm so game. It's gonna be dark as fuck

 

[ArchedThunder]

Del Toro left no ambiguity when he told us that Hellboy 3 was "100 percent not happening."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ially-scrapped-guillermo-del-toro-says-977946

Del Toro is not part of this.

 

[Loxley]

Sure, why not? I'm all for more Hellboy and I like the talent involved here. Also ten bucks says Hellboy himself will be a CG/mo-cap character this time around. Probably an easier way to bring his proportions in-line with the comics. My only problem is that I associate Perlman's voice with the character - but if Harbour does a good job I'm sure I'll get over it. I'm hoping they can really nail the visuals, that was the strongest aspect of Del Toro's films.

It's all in how you sell it.

Neither Hellboy was sold all that well.

They've got arguably the star from Stranger Things playing Hellboy, and if they sell it with more emphasis on the monsters and the supernatural horror aspect than they do the comic book/superhero stuff, it might move the needle a bit more.

I think it would also help if they rounded out the supporting cast with some more recognizable faces.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Damn

Harbour is cool but no Del Toro?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Great and interesting director/star combo for this. Great news!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

David Harbour has a great face for Hellboy.

 

[WarRock]

They've got arguably the star from Stranger Things playing Hellboy, and if they sell it with more emphasis on the monsters and the supernatural horror aspect than they do the comic book/superhero stuff, it might move the needle a bit more.

YEP

I think that is the big point.

 

[msdstc]

Perlman IS hellboy. Fuck this.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Perlman IS hellboy. Fuck this.

Ron Perlman is a comic book?

 

[wesleyshark]

David Harbour has a great face for Hellboy.

Yes. He's also a bulky dude already. He's definitely a great cast.

 

[Astral Dog]

Thank God its not a continuation

 

[ArchedThunder]

David Harbour has a great face for Hellboy.

He has a perfect brow and jaw line for the role, thats for sure.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

Wish they could keep GDT's creature designers, but it seems the budget for that stuff was the reason 3 never happened in the first place. Hope they'll dip into the Mignolaverse in different ways.

 

[Fancyarcher]

David Harbour has a great face for Hellboy.

He certainly has the right "mannerisms" for the character.

 

[mjc]

On one hand I'm sour as fuck that the trilogy won't be finished, but I can kinda get behind Marshall and Harbour taking a shot.

 

[shintoki]

If you like horror, check out Dog Soldiers and The Descent

All four flicks of his are worth checking out.

Dog Soldiers premiered on SciFi channel if I recall and the consensus was, it being too good to be stuck on it.

Descent is one of the best horror flicks of the 00's

Doomsday is pure pulp film. It's basically part Mad Max, part Escape from New York, part 28 Days Later.

While Centurion is a giant chase film set in Ancient Britain.


I feel like the dude always does better for the budget he has. And he's also done episodes for Black Sails, Constantine, and Hannibal. Outside of GOT. Highly underrated one, probably cheap, and a good choice.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Just won't feel right without Perlman.

 

[NightShift]

*painfully sighs* Well I guess if Hellboy 3 isn't happening...

 

[bananafactory]

I wish them all the best, maybe it'll be good. I like David.

But it's not Hellboy to me. Sorry.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I wish them all the best, maybe it'll be good. I like David.

But it's not Hellboy to me. Sorry.

*elitist post alert*

You don't know Hellboy if you haven't read Mike Mignola's oeuvre.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Thank God its not a continuation

Yup! Was not looking forward to Shrekesque hell baby twins.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

It's all in how you sell it.

Neither Hellboy was sold all that well.

They've got arguably the star from Stranger Things playing Hellboy, and if they sell it with more emphasis on the monsters and the supernatural horror aspect than they do the comic book/superhero stuff, it might move the needle a bit more.

It's a pretty rare situation, I know, but can you think of a property (not even just comics) that failed once, and then was given another go some years later that was successful? Genuinely curious.

 

[III-V]

I guess this is a wait and see at this point.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

It's not Hellboy without Del Toro and Perlman.

Sum up my thoughts. Fuck this shit.

 

[Plasticine]

The Hollywood Reporter article says the working title is Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. That's certainly an interesting choice to start over with.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Neil Marshall directed Dog Soldiers??

I rescind my previous comment, I'm excited again.

 

[More_Badass]

It's a pretty rare situation, I know, but can you think of a property (not even just comics) that failed once, and then was given another go some years later that was successful? Genuinely curious.

Daredevil?

Ben Affleck's movie, then Netflix's series, which also acted as a new beginning for another character that had been attempted and failed a few times (Punisher)

 

[-griffy-]

Huh. I mean, news about a movie Del Toro won't be making is always kind of a recurring bummer, but Neil Marshall and David K. Harbour is a pretty damn good team to make a movie about Hellboy.

 

[More_Badass]

The Hollywood Reporter article says the working title is Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. That's certainly an interesting choice to start over with.

Based off this story then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy:_The_Wild_Hunt

 

[GuitarAtomik]

That's actually really good casting for Hellboy.

 

[duckroll]

It's a pretty rare situation, I know, but can you think of a property (not even just comics) that failed once, and then was given another go some years later that was successful? Genuinely curious.

Manhunter -> Silence of the Lambs?

 

[Elginer]

No Ron Perlman or Del Toro? Guess I'm skipping out on this one.

Yep. Fuck this shit.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I see no reason this can't be good.

Sure, Perlman was dream casting, but I'm interested to see how this goes.

 

[AgentOtaku]

His character in Stranger Things was basically Hellboy the more I think about it.

Stocky, gruff, grumpy, lovable, wisecracking functional alcoholic.

Yup

 

[AgentOtaku]

Sure, why not? I'm all for more Hellboy and I like the talent involved here. Also ten bucks says Hellboy himself will be a CG/mo-cap character this time around. Probably an easier way to bring his proportions in-line with the comics. My only problem is that I associate Perlman's voice with the character - but if Harbour does a good job I'm sure I'll get over it. I'm hoping they can really nail the visuals, that was the strongest aspect of Del Toro's films.

I would be totally on board with this, especially when acting-mocap can give us stuff like Andy Serkis' Ceaser from the Apes trilogy

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Sure, why not? I doubt it'll be more successful than the others but you know never know, right?

 

[Plasticine]

Based off this story then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy:_The_Wild_Hunt

Presumably. They must just be using the basic bones. I just can't imagine them being exceptionally faithful to that story. Although having Hellboy without the BPRD would help keep the budget down.

 

[Jedi2016]

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Daredevil?

Ben Affleck's movie, then Netflix's series, which also acted as a new beginning for another character that had been attempted and failed a few times (Punisher)

Didn't even think of this, and Daredevil Season 1 is my favorite marvel thing. And they just kept on trying with Punisher.

I suppose Captain America counts as well, actually.

 

[Bishop89]

No perlman or toro? :/

Not sure if want

 

[ThatStupidLion]

hmmmmm. I want to be happy, but i always want to be disappointed

 

[TheFlow]

Eh I love del toros Spanish movies and he does have a great eye for production design. But frankly I think his hellboy movies kinda sucked

I would be fine with a reboot if it leans into the really Gothic art of the series. For a man with such great taste in horror, del toro surprisingly made some cheesy looking hellboy movies. I expected more from him

pretty much. Del toro tried adapt the first couple of volumes from the comic which was cool, but then he took major liberties with the second that kind left me numb.


The main thing I want from this reboot is

1.The queen of blood

2.vampires/witches/wolves

3.baba

 

[IsntChrisL]

Super weird that they'd greenlight an R-rated reboot over an established PG-13 franchise with a star and director who have been trying to make one last movie for 9 years.

It could be great. It's just a very strange move.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

hmmmmm. I want to be happy, but i always want to be disappointed

 

[TheFlow]

The Hollywood Reporter article says the working title is Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. That's certainly an interesting choice to start over with.

Rise of the blood queen is not a good first movie. They should start with Hecate/baba then forward.

 

[shawnbuddy]

Del Toro is not part of this.

And this isn't Hellboy 3, it's a reboot. Both Del Toro and Perlman wanted to do Hellboy 3, but then something happened and they were both very clear the project was dead.

 

[duckroll]

Neil Marshall, the horror director who broke out with The Descent and won raves for his work on Game of Thrones, is in talks to direct the project, which has a working title of Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen and has a script by Andrew Cosby, Christopher Golden and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

Hmmm.