Not only is Hellboy a film reboot, Mignola noted this new film more closely captured the flavor of the original comic than the previous two. So that's when it went from being this continuation to being a reboot." Especially someone as great as Neil Marshall. "Once we had Neil Marshall, we thought, 'Why are we going to try and continue that universe?' Because.you don't want to try and hand a del Toro movie to someone else. He was offered to be a producer, and Ron wouldn't do it without Guillermo. Del Toro didn't want to have anything to do with it, he wasn't going to direct.
Speaking to Nerdist, Mignola said, "About three years ago the producers, the screenwriter Andrew Cosby, and I all started working on this new story.
The studio balked, and ultimately decided to go with a new director and a full reboot. Originally the film was intended as a third installment in the existing franchise (which also includes 2004's Hellboy), but according to The Hollywood Reporter, Guillermo del Toro wanted a larger budget for the second sequel. "Is it a sequel like the second del Toro film ? I suspect calling this one just Hellboy sends the message that this is the first one in a new series of movies.” "They would like this to be the first of many new Hellboy movies and if they had a subtitle it might make it a little confusing," he said. “Honestly, I was a little surprised that they didn’t give it a subtitle," he said of his initial impression of the simplistic choice.
They share the same source material, but with different approaches and an entirely new cast and focus, they're completely different movies.Īt least, that's what Hellboy creator Mike Mignola told Deadline during a talk about the new film based on his comics character. There's a new director, Neil Marshall, and lead actor, David Harbour, taking the helm, and if you're wondering how Hellboy is connected to the other Hellboy movies, it's right there in the title. Hitting theaters April 12, Hellboy brings back everyone's favorite honorary human for more supernaturally-tinged action. With the glut of anticipated superhero movies coming out this spring, it might be easy to overlook one not tied into a giant expanded universe.
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