The short answer : they would n’t do a third picture show without Guillermo .
Hellboy , a reboot of a moderately successful and well - make out set of a film adaptations , is not what some fans might have need from the enfranchisement . Instead , they in all likelihood wanted a sequel to Hellboy II : The Golden Army . One such fan was Ron Perlman himself , who has regularly utter sake in riposte to the role of the Big Red bomber .
But consort to interviews conducted byCollider , those involved in produce the Hellboy pic decided that , without the original director on board , it just was n’t going to find .
Here ’s what Lloyd Levin , manufacturer on the franchise since its first plastic film , said :
“ For years , the 2d one came out in [ 2008 ] , and during that time the approximation of a third would ’ve been very very exciting . It was up to Guillermo and he ultimately make up one’s mind that this was behind him . He was onto other things . So we were able-bodied to get a hold of the right . A third without Guillermo was unthinkable and without Ron was unthinkable so you have over 20 years deserving of account and dozens of characters and it just matte up like there was so much more of the Hellboy , Mignola - verse to explore . So we speak about it and confront with no chance to do a third , the only chance was to reboot . ”
All in all , that ’s a fairly respectful way to go about doing it . Thisnew takeonHellboyis taking the chance afforded by the reboot to go in a different focusing , too , with a darker and more ego - consciously faithful approach shot .
This new Hellboy , which stars David Harbour , is out in theaters April 12 , 2019 .
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