Despite a very shy reception for his latest adaptation, this superhero will have the honors of a second reboot!
“I do not believe that the image of this film is that of a success“. A few years ago, when David Harbor was asked about the possibility of a new Hellboy, the actor was quite defeatist, pointing to the poor reception received by the opus released in 2019.
“A lot of people have told me that they really liked this new vision, and were just happy to see it back on screen, but I think that in general the film was not very well received. I don’t think the film made a lot of money. (…) I don’t think the idea is to go any further“, he said in July 2019 on the site Comic Book.
But, against all odds, 4 years after the failed attempt directed by Neil Marshall, director Brian Taylor will try to revive, in turn, on the big screen the superhero to whom Guillermo del Toro had given his letters of nobility. At the movie theater.
This second reboot has thus been entrusted to a regular of the genre. Director of the cartoons Hyper Tension, Brian Taylor had co-signed Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance with his friend Mark Neveldine, and co-wrote the screenplay by Jonah Hex. We also owe Brian Taylor the script for the pilot of Brave New World, a serial adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, co-written with Grant Morrison.
Jack Kesy in the title role
Ron Perlman and David Harbor are, a priori, not expected at the casting. Actor Jack Kesy was chosen to succeed them in the title role. The announcement was made official in early March.
Filming should begin in the next few weeks or months. While waiting to learn more, Hellboy 2 is rebroadcast tonight on NRJ12.