Millennium Media is developing a new live-action Hellboy film, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, with Brian Taylor (Crank, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mom and Dad) directing the movie. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola took to social media to reveal that principal photography has wrapped.
Mignola said via Instagram, “I wasn’t on set for this one but they have been nice enough to send me dailies and I have to say I have loved what I’ve been seeing. If fans have been waiting for a Hellboy film that is actually an adaptation of one of my stories I think they are finally going to get one.”
The story is said to “expand Hellboy’s world through one of the most beloved issues of the comic series.”
“The new film will see Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man.”
Jefferson White (“Yellowstone“) stars as Tom Ferrell and Adeline Rudolph (“Resident Evil,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina“) plays Bobbie Jo Song. Jack Kesy (“The Strain,” Deadpool 2) will be playing the next big screen incarnation of Hellboy, taking over from previous performers Ron Perlman and David Harbour.
Mignola co-wrote the reboot with Christopher Golden, based on a Hellboy mini-series from 2008.
Taylor previously described Hellboy: The Crooked Man as an R-rated folk horror movie.
“The Crooked Man is a departure from all previous Hellboy films where Mike Mignola and the creator of the comics will finally shepherd an authentic version of his stories and characters in film form,” said Millennium Media’s President Jeffrey Greenstein. “This is the first in the series of films that will captivate audiences in familiar (and new) ways. Brian Taylor is an expert across the board, and I couldn’t think of a better person to bring this story to life to show our audience this different and original Hellboy slate of films.”
Millennium Media is producing the new movie alongside Dark Horse Entertainment.
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