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Hellboy: The Crooked Man Reboot Announced By Millennium Films

February 19, 2023 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Hellboy: The Crooked Man Image Credit: Dark Horse Comics

Hellboy is getting another big-screen shot, with Millennium Films announcing a reboot of the franchise. Deadline reports that the studio announced during the European Film Market that Hellboy: The Crooked Man will begin shooting next month in Bulgaria from Crank director Brian Taylor. The company is in late-stage talks with prospective cast members.

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has written the script for the film alongside Chris Golden, which will be based on the 2008 comic arc. The 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 in the Crooked Man.

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.”

Hellboy has seen two separate continuities on film. The first came from Guillermo Del Toro and starred Ron Perlman as the titular character, consisting of 2004’s Hellboy and 2008’s Hellboy: The Golden Army. The series was rebooted in 2019 with Neil Marshall’s Hellboy starring David Harbour, which was a critical and commercial flop.