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Hellboy gets January 2019 release date

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Lionsgate has announced that it has set a January 11th 2019 release date for Hellboy (formerly titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen), its upcoming big screen reboot of the Dark Horse comic book series. That will put the film in competition with the sci-fi Ad Astra, and the recently announced comedy What Men Want. […]

Hellboy adds Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich as villain the Blood Queen

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After years of portraying the heroic Alice in the Resident Evil franchise, Milla Jovovich will finally take a turn toward the dark side for Hellboy (formerly titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen). Deadline reports that the actress is in final negotiations to join the franchise reboot as the film’s villain, the Blood Queen. The film marks Jovovich’s first […]

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola hopes reboot can spawn a cinematic universe

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This shouldn’t really surprise anyone considering everything seems to be about cinematic universes these days, but Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is holding out hope that the upcoming reboot directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent) and starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as the titular superhero will launch a shared  universe. Speaking to The Verge, Mignola explained:.” It’s […]

Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen could head to Lionsgate

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Though it was announced back in May that Hellboy is to receive a reboot with the R-rated Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, with Neil Marshall directing and Stranger Things‘ David Harbour starring as the title character, there was no word on a potential studio to produce and distribute the movie. That may change however as the film could be […]

UPDATE: R-rated Hellboy reboot announced, Neil Marshall to direct and David Harbour to star

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Despite a very vocal following clamoring for a Hellboy 3 starring a returning Ron Perlman with Guillermo del Toro once again in the director’s chair, the sequel was never able to get the go-ahead for production. However, fans will be getting more Hellboy in the form of an R-rated reboot. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola recently took […]

Hellboy reboot casts Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan

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As pre-production on the Hellboy reboot ramps up ahead of filming later this year, the film has made yet another cast addition. The latest actress to join, per The Hollywood Reporter, is American Honey’s Sasha Lane, taking the role of Alice Monaghan in the film. In the Hellboy comics, Alice Monaghan was a baby when she was kidnapped by […]

SDCC: Ron Perlman on Hellboy 3: “I want to finish the f*cking trilogy!”

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For the past month, Ron Perlman has been taking every possible opportunity to push for the long-rumoured third instalment of the Hellboy trilogy, and with a captive audience at San Diego Comic-Con today for the Hand of God panel, the actor has once again reiterated his desire to make Hellboy III a reality. “If there’s […]

Ron Perlman says Hellboy 3 is “something we owe the fans”

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Earlier this month, Ron Perlman encouraged fans to take to social media in an effort to help get the long-rumoured third instalment of the Hellboy franchise off the ground, and now Perlman has offered up a few more words on Hellboy III during an interview with Variety, stating that “it’s something we owe the fans.” […]