Scholars of the weird
Today we get Hellboy II: The Golden Army, which I'm not ashamed to say looks like a lot of fun. It's the second theatrical outing for HB, but the fourth Hellboy film - Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron, feature-length animated flicks, premiered on the Cartoon Network in 2006 and 2007 before hitting DVD. Both are on Netflix's instant-watch list as well, if you need to gear up before hitting the multiplex.
And Hellboy III? Maybe. Director Guillermo Del Toro is, since Pan's Labyrinth, a big enough player to pick his projects, and he and series creator Mike Mignola have discussed the details of a third film (Bruce Campbell as Lobster Johnson). Del Toro's a busy man, though, signed on for The Hobbit and with varying attachments to another ten or so projects over the next few years.
Don't despair, fans, Mignola says he's got another ten or fifteen years left in the comic. Here's a fine reason to read it.
And Hellboy III? Maybe. Director Guillermo Del Toro is, since Pan's Labyrinth, a big enough player to pick his projects, and he and series creator Mike Mignola have discussed the details of a third film (Bruce Campbell as Lobster Johnson). Del Toro's a busy man, though, signed on for The Hobbit and with varying attachments to another ten or so projects over the next few years.
Don't despair, fans, Mignola says he's got another ten or fifteen years left in the comic. Here's a fine reason to read it.
Labels: comics, guillermo del toro, Hellboy
