Harbour said he began reading Hellboy comics in his 20s as "an artsy kid in the East Village." He said he's thrilled that Hellboy is using practical effects over CGI, taking a good-natured dig at Marvel by mentioning Infinity War villain Thanos, who was a mostly CGI character portrayed by Josh Brolin. "Two weeks later I got a call from the producer saying, 'What would you think of David Harbour playing Hellboy?'" Mignola said. Mignola said his wife had remarked that Harbour would make a good Hellboy while she and Mignola watched Stranger Things. "I never believe any of this stuff is ever going to happen," he said, adding that he thought the story the series' producers wanted to tackle this time was "a strange place to start." But "we don't want to just redo what we've done before," he said.ĭavid Harbour is taking the role over in this version of Hellboy from Ron Perlman, who played the protagonist in the first two Hellboy live action movies. He said he's always skeptical when the prospect of a new Hellboy movie arises. I finally realized the only way I would get to draw monsters-just monsters-would be to make up my own monster thing." Mignola also shared his original vision for Hellboy: "All I ever wanted to do was draw monsters.
And then there are bits and pieces of other Hellboy stories that are laced through it.when you have 25 years worth of material, and everyone's saying 'I want to use this' and 'I want to use that,' that's the fun bit, trying to string all those things together and make it work." "The movie does move a bunch of pieces around, but the movie's almost entirely made of pieces of the story Wild Hunt and the books that are bookending it. "It's such a long, complicated thing, how this stuff comes about, but it's the biggest Hellboy storyline I ever came up with," he said. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola said during the panel preceding the footage that the movie will draw from his most epic Hellboy storyline.
The trailer ends on the note that he's "mankind's best and only hope," followed by the iconic visual of Hellboy with his flaming crown and sword-alluding to Hellboy's true name, "Anung Un Rama," which translates to "and upon his brow is set a crown of flame." "Does it do anything special?" he's asked, referring to his "strong right arm." "Yeah," Hellboy replies. Now Playing: Hellboy | What We Learned About The New Movie At NYCCīased on the trailer, the new Hellboy looks like something of a mix between an origin story and one that picks up in the middle of the character's saga. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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