Of particular note, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola wrote the script for Hellboy: The Crooked Man alongside Christopher Golden, which gives this project serious credibility. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man.” “The new film will see Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. The story is said to “expand Hellboy’s world through one of the most beloved issues of the comic series.”

Production is starting next month in Bulgaria, Deadline reports. 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.Originally reported by Discussing Film a few days back, Millennium Media is developing a new live-action Hellboy film, and that scoop has been confirmed by Deadline today.īrian Taylor ( Crank, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mom and Dad) has been chosen to direct the movie for Millennium, currently titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man.Īs the title suggests, it’s based on a Hellboy mini-series from 2008. 'This is the first in the series of films that will captivate audiences in familiar (and new) ways.

' The Crooked Man is a departure from all previous Hellboy films where Mike Mignola, 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. Millennium Films, which made the last version, is hoping that this new one will finally launch a franchise. No one is saying yet who will be Hellboy, but the plan is to kick off shooting next month in Bulgaria. In the comic, The Crooked Man was an eighteenth-century miser and war profiteer named Jeremiah Witkins who was hanged for his crimes yet returned from Hell as the region’s resident Devil. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man. The story will see Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. Mignola and Christopher Golden are on script duty and - in possibly a more intriguing development – Brian Taylor, AKA one half of Crank duo Neveldine/Taylor is aboard to direct. Originally reported by Discussing Film and since confirmed by Deadline, the latest film will adapt comics tale The Crooked Man.

Given that the most recent attempt to bring Mike Mignola's Hellboy to the screen - with David Harbour as the title character - earned a poor $55 million worldwide (against a $50 million budget), it's perhaps surprising to learn that Mignola and others are looking to try again.

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