Director Brian Taylor hasrevealed how his approach toHellboy: The Crooked Manwill differ from Guillermo del Toro’s iteration of the comic book character. Speaking withEWatSan Diego Comic-Con, Taylor praised the previous adaptation (“the Guillermo [del Toro] movies have a ton of love”) but asserted that his movie will stick much closer to the source material.
“It’s best when you go into something like this where you’re taking on a character that’s been done before, [and you] don’t think about that stuff at all. I didn’t look back on any of the other movies, I’m sure these guys didn’t either. We read the comic book, and we were like, ‘Let’s try to capture what’s on the page.'
It is a different kind of a Hellboy movie, and what we really tried to do was go back to the source material, the original Mike Mignola comic books, which are these amazing pieces of genre, pieces of folk horror, and that’s the kind of Hellboy we wanted to make."
Taylor went further, claiming that we haven’t seen a true adaptation ofHellboyon screen…until now. He went on to add that even comic book writer and artistMike Mignola was excited to seehis creation come to life in live-action like never before.
“We haven’t really seen that on screen yet. I know Mike Mignola hadn’t really seen it on screen yet, so it was really exciting for him, too, to [see] a little more — it’s hard to say ‘grounded,’ about a movie with a guy with sawed-off [horns] and all that, but let’s say it’s a more intimate folk horror take on Hellboy.”
Jack Kesy Reveals His Approach to Playing the Latest Version of Hellboy
So far,Hellboyhas been adapted for the big screen twice, withRon Perlman playing the characterin one iteration, whileStranger Thingsstar David Harbour portrayed him in the 2019 reboot attempt. This time, it falls onWithout RemorseandThe KilleractorJack Kesy to give audiences something newinThe Crooked Man. Thankfully, Kesy found a lot that he could relate to, saying to EW…
“You just kinda take what you get; it’s written for you, the costume’s sort of created, you walk into it. Fortunately, I find a lot of similarities with that guy [Hellboy] outside the thousand-pound costume, you know. Got to smoke when I wanna smoke. Personalities were kinda similar, and I had a lot of fun with it. You work with what you’re given, and I had a great time doing it.”
Hellboy Fans Slam First Look & Trailer for This Year’s Reboot
Fans of Hellboy have reacted with a burning fury to the first look at Hellboy: The Crooked Man.
Directed by Brian Taylor (Crank, Happy!), from a screenplay by Mike Mignola and Christopher Goldenbased on “The Crooked Man” limited serieswritten by Mike Mignola,Hellboy: The Crooked Manstars Jack Kesy as the titular Hellboy alongside Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Resident Evil), Jefferson White (Yellowstone), Leah McNamara (The Gentlemen), Joseph Marcell (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Hannah Margetson (Min kamp), and Martin Bassindale (Masters of the Air) as the Crooked Man.
You can check out the official synopsis for the latestHellboyreboot below.
“In the 1950s, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent, stranded in rural Appalachia, discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: The Crooked Man.”
Hellboy: The Crooked Mandoes not yet have a release date but is expected to land in theaters this year.
