The most recent live-action entry to the Hellboy franchise, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, will likely be “fully totally different” from earlier iterations, in accordance with director and co-writer Brian Taylor.
Written by Christopher Golden and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Hellboy: The Crooked Man is the fourth live-action entry to the favored superhero horror franchise. Although there have been a number of iterations of Hellboy prior to now, with Ron Perlman and David Harbour having beforehand performed the titular half-demon, Taylor revealed throughout San Diego Comic-Con 2024 that his movie could be totally different from the earlier ones.
“It’s fully totally different. We didn’t go into this referencing any of the opposite films. We went into it referencing completely one factor, and that’s the authentic Mike Mignola comedian e-book. We wished to take The Crooked Man and adapt it faithfully. Which means it’s a interval piece, it’s a youthful Hellboy, and it has no relation to the opposite movies,” the director advised Collider.
He continued, “It’s kind of that much-loved on my own and different followers people horror, nearly procedural form of Hellboy. He’s like a wandering nightstalker. He’ll simply find yourself in your city for some motive, you’ve received a haunting, you’ve received some issues with darkish forces, and he’s a plumber, and he’s gonna clear up it for you. That’s the form of Hellboy that we actually like. My method was to have an viewers of 1. If Mike Mignola looks like that is his Hellboy, then I really feel like we succeeded.”
Who stars in Hellboy: The Crooked Man?
Jack Kesy takes on the mantle as the most recent Hellboy (a.ok.a. Anung Un Rama). He will likely be joined by Adeline Rudolph as Bobbie Jo Music, Jefferson White as Tom Ferrel, Leah McNamara as Effie Kolb, Joseph Marcell as Reverend Nathaniel Armstrong Watts, Hannah Margetson as Cora Fisher, and Martin Bassindale as Jeremiah Witkins.
Per the official synopsis, the upcoming function will carry “a chilling story of survival towards the forces of darkness. Set within the Fifties, rookie BPRD agent Bobbie Jo Music finds herself in a dire state of affairs when tasked with delivering a spider to the Bureau of Paranormal Analysis and Protection. She should enlist the assistance of Hellboy to confront the malevolent Crooked Man, who has returned to Earth to reap souls for the satan.”
No actual launch date has been set but for Hellboy: The Crooked Man, however it’s anticipated to hit theaters later this 12 months.
