The Official Hellboy 3 thread

[Boom]

I am both extremely excited and absolutely livid over this news.

 

[harryoscop]

At least David will be a good Hellboy

 

[Sawyer]

"No GDT, No Perlman, No Sale" feels like a take that I can only read as disrespect to Mignola.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Wtf?

 

[Boom]

I mean on its own, the prospect of an R-rated Marshall/Harbour Hellboy movie sounds pretty legit. But you had the option to do Hellboy 3 with GDT and you choose to reboot instead?

Very conflicted feelings right now.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Mignola may have put the kabosh on Hellboy 3 to do this instead. He's hinted in the past that he disliked what Del Toro did to the character.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Did Mignola hate Del Toro's films or something? They were both great films, and I don't see the need for this. I wonder if this is why a while back, there was talk about Hellboy 3, and then suddenly Del Toro and Perlman came out and said it wasn't going to happen. Guess they found out this was happening instead.

Well damn.....

 

[Boom]

I mean, give me hooves this time I guess.

 

[Zero_Effect]

We already know why they are rebooting it. Because Guillermo wanted 120M for Hellboy 3. I am guessing this one will be done for 50M.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

It does seem a little unfair to not give del Toro and Perlman a chance to finish up their story.

This would be far more welcomed news if they had.

Edit: Hey, now that R-Rated films are in, maybe del Toro can finally make that At the Mountains of Madness film he's been wanting.

 

[UnknownCriminal]

If this means they're sticking closer to the early comics in terms of characterization, tone and atmosphere, I'm all for it. Del Toro was the perfect director to adapt the comics and Perlman was always the perfect actor for Hellboy, but I don't know what happened along the way that made them decide to turn Hellboy into basically a Men in Black movie with monsters instead of aliens. Both movies had a lot of good stuff in them, but I never saw much of what I liked about the Hellboy comics in them. It always seemed to me that Mignola was also never entirely happy with the direction Del Toro took with the movies. I'm guessing that maybe he had a lot to do with their decision to reboot. Personally, I'm more excited about a reboot that stays closer to the tone, scope and atmosphere of those early comics than a third installment continuing Del Toro's take. I'm glad we got to see Del Toro's and Perlman's take on it, but both Marshall and Harbour seem like very good choices to me.

 

[rogue trooper]

I've not seen a Neil Marshall film (or episode of television) that he's done that I haven't enjoyed. You throw in David Harbour and that's just gravy.

This.

I mean, Guillermo Del Toro is one of my favorite directors and I really do wish he could have stuck to do one more, as he has clearly shown how passionate he is with Hellboy, but I have to say that the concept of Neil Marshall doing Hellboy as an R-rated film does sound quite chilling. I could think of worst things than the director of Dog Soldiers, The Descent, as well as GOT and Constantine episodes taking the reins on this reboot. And David Harbour for the title role is even more inspiring!

 

[Boom]

Edit: Hey, now that R-Rated films are in, maybe del Toro can finally make that At the Mountains of Madness film he's been wanting.

Honestly, I think Prometheus and Alien: Covenant have killed any chance of that movie happening. But hey, if Alien: Covenant and It are huge successes, and if The Shape of Water is a return to form for GDT, then who knows? I do think he's gotta be willing to meet the studio half way on the budget though. $150 million for an R-rated horror film is a hard sell.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Mignola's work is very good. I'm excited for this. I read somewhere that it's going to be an adaptation of Mignola's "Wake the Devil" which is an awesome book.

 

[harryoscop]

Hopefully we get a Mask reboot next

 

[Elevator Man]

I don't know if this will succeed. Just don't think hellboy fans are big enough.

Agreed. At least with HB3 they'd already have a built in audience, who're familiar with the previous two movies. Rebooting with a new cast is an even bigger risk. Unless the reboot's going to be low budget.

 

[Marvel Spider]

Hopefully we get a Mask reboot next

Yeah, there's a lot of potential there. I want to see Big-Head vs Walter.

As for this, totally out of left field, but the people attached make me interested to see what's in store.

 

[terry78]

Now are they going to maintain the makeup and prosthetics or will he be a cg character? Is the budget supposed to be significantly changed?

 

[Roose Bolton]

Neil Marshall's got experience with practical effects, so they may go that route.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Millennium Films is producing so I expect the budget will be modest.

 

[Silvermoth]

Never mind Hellboy who is playing Abe Sapien!?

I could see Eddie redmaybe playing a much more active Abe.

I bet the success of Logan helped push this over the edge

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I am both extremely excited and absolutely livid over this news.

I mean on its own, the prospect of an R-rated Marshall/Harbour Hellboy movie sounds pretty legit. But you had the option to do Hellboy 3 with GDT and you choose to reboot instead?

Very conflicted feelings right now.

This is me at the moment. I was outraged when I saw the headline, but then when I read who is involved and that they are going R-rated it excited me.

I REALLY wanted to see a Hellboy 3 from GDT with Perlman in the role, as I absolutely adore the first 2 movies.

BUT, if they are doing this re-boot closer to the comics, with Liz and Abe being attracted to each other rather than Hellboy and Liz, and with us finally getting to see the likes of Roger and Lobster Johnson, this COULD be a good thing.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Del toro not being involved is really the only thing I'm worried about. Pearlman was fantastic but I don't hate the idea of someone else playing the character. It'll be interesting to see what they do to separate it from the other movies.
The R rating should make things interesting too.
Really excited to see how this turns out.

Hope they give him hooves.t:

 

[Mjölnir]

It could be interesting but it's hard to say of what quality this will be.

The GDT movie was never going to be made so there's no point in making it an either/or issue, at least not with those alternatives. The likely either/or was this or nothing.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I haven't seen anything with Harbour other than stranger things.
Not sure what to expect from him.
Gotta say though
He's got the look

It could be interesting but it's hard to say of what quality this will be.

The GDT movie was never going to be made so there's no point in making it an either/or issue, at least not with those alternatives. The likely either/or was this or nothing.

Exactly!
I'm just glad we're getting more hellboy.