Hellboy The Crooked Man is the first film dedicated to the character to bear the signature of its creator Mike Mignola in the screenplay. After Ron Perlman and David Harbour, Jack Kesy plays the protagonist. Here is the trailer.
There is no release date yet, but we can watch the first one together trailer Of Hellboy: The Crooked Mansecond attempt at reboot of the film saga dedicated to the character of Mike Mignolawho this time however wanted to personally take care of the film script. As you will appreciate from the images, the tone of this film is very different, less light-hearted and more openly horrorThe protagonist is played by Jack Kesy.
Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Mike Mignola takes the reins of his character
Hellboy: The Crooked Man It’s a different production from the last failed reboot attempt with David HarbourMeaning what Hellboy of 2019. And it is even more different from the two visionary blockbusters of Guillermo del Torothe films starring Ron Perlman, Hellboy (2004) e Hellboy – The Golden Army (2008). In the case of this feature film, directed by Brian Taylor ex of the Neveldine & Taylor firm (those of the Crank), we are talking about a more decidedly more decisive approach horrorof a new leading actor (the little-known Jack Kesy) and a much more controlled budget.
Above all, it is the first time that Mike Mignolacreator of the character back in 1993, took care of the script, together with Christopher Golden: the story, taken from the three-issue miniseries “The deformed man“, sees a younger Hellboy accompanying an agent of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense in a rural community of Appalachian Mountains. It seems that the dominant ones are witchescontrolled by a dark characteralso linked to Hellboy’s past. If this feature film is successful, the Millennium Media he hopes to be able to make a saga out of it. Regarding this project, Mignola crosses his fingers and hopes he has found the right way to re-proposing Hellboy to the cinema. On Instagram he wrote: “I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written, it’s beautifully illustrated by Richard Corben and has a very solid historythere are not millions of different characters. From the beginning everyone agreed that it was the right one to adapt. Even from a budget point of view. You don’t need a lot of money. We don’t tell the origins of Hellboy, this is a little folk horror story.”
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