Okay, I’ve been inundated with tags and links to Mikes’s announcement about bringing Big Red back to the big screen….I’ve had a coffee and a think so I’ll now pen my personal response to this decision.
Guillermo Del Toro is an amazing guy. The look and feel of his films is magical and surreal and incorporate mind blowing SFX with great storytelling. He is a God among film makers.
Ron Perlman brought a good range of Hellboy’s personality to the big screen and had the physical features to pull off a “realistic” version of the character in terms of looks. I loved the movies, l LOVE the movies but there were elements of Hellboy I felt were missing in the first two movies so I really am genuinely interested in them now bringing a more comic accurate version to the big screen.
The thing we as fans have to remember is that although we are seriously pissed off that we do not get the end to our original Perlman trilogy ( I have witnessed some very impressive raging online this morning!) we might now get an even more comic accurate representation of our favourite Big Red Ape on the big screen for a full trilogy!
For those who ARE enraged at the thought of a re-boot as opposed to the final part of our beloved trilogy, remember… Mike Mignola created Hellboy, we should respect his decision and trust that he is capable of helping ensure it does his character justice.
With the success of movies such as Deadpool and other comic franchises, the reboot might actually get the marketing and budget it deserves and the footfall to ensure is gets a fully visualised start, middle and end.
One last thing…How in the HELL are they going to do justice to Abe without Doug Jones involved is what I want to know!
Jules
*In Addition* I do wonder why they don’t go down the route of a tv series…the BPRD has so many story lines!
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