The nextHellboyfilm follows Mignola’s favoriteHellboystoryline.
The most recent take on the IP, 2019sHellboy,starringDavid Harbour, did not do well.
It currently has a17%critic approval rating onRotten Tomatoes.
Needless to say,Crooked Manhas a tough act to follow.
So we just hope for the best."
We based it on a folk horror story, the most folk horror ‘Hellboy’ story.
We fit all those straight pieces together!'
And it was just a good character movie.
It was more a Tom movie than a ‘Hellboy’ movie.
So we did have to bring a piece of another ‘Hellboy’ story into it.
Boom, that’s what it is.
It’s going to follow that track.
It’s going to follow that story as much as we can, and that’s it."
I had nothing to do with those movies.
But I love the character and I love the books, so I just took to it very simple.
Imagine I was adapting a Stephen King story.
I’m just going to adapt this story and do it as truly as I can."
We don’t see any of that other stuff.
You could take this and fit it into whichever is your favorite Hellboy."
Jack Kesy leads the charge as Hellboy.
He is the third person to don the red makeup, horns, and iconic fist.
I love to be challenged.
So, put me in a corner against the wall, the better I do.
So, no pressure.
It was a collaborative movie.
So, in some sense, the road work was done for us.
So it was a good challenge."
The actor then comparedThe Crooked Manto"a campfire story:"
“It’s like a campfire story.
It’s really small, contained, more human, and I would even say [more] relatable.
It’s like bare survival.
There’s no glamping.
It’s camping, you know?
It’s bare bones.
It’s Hellboy, Bobbie Jo, and Tom on a journey.”
What we have on our side is Mike [Mignola]!
So we’re excited and happy that he’s here.
We’re so honored that he co-wrote this script.
We really hope that people love it.
I feel like all the other past iterations, they stand on their own two feet.
There’s no use in comparing.
I think they’re all amazing.
He did such a fantastic job grounding him, making him so real."
We tried to use that primarily as our reference for this.
And Tom on the page is this relatively normal guy cast into insane circumstances.
And that’s such a fun gift.
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Hellboy: The Crooked Manis set to release in September 2024.
