“What the hell is that?” is one of the horrified comments under the first trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man. The extremely popular comic series about the trigger-happy red devil was first filmed 20 years ago. In 2004, Hellboy by master director Guillermo del Toro (Blade 2, Pan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) was released in cinemas and caused a stir with Ron Perlman (Beauty and the Beast, Alien 4) in the leading role for storms of enthusiasm.
The continuation Hellboy: The Golden Army from 2008 is also very popular, the two real box office hits were Anti-superhero films But never. So in 2019 there was a rebootbut it went terribly wrong.
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This reboot of Hellboy was a mega-flop
On paper, the New beginning for Hellboy quite promising. Stranger Things star David Harbour seemed to be a perfect successor to Ron Perlman. nor Milla Jovovich as an antagonist and villain – what could go wrong?
The box office doesn’t lie: everything. With a reported budget of 50 million US dollars Hellboy – Call of Darkness only made 55 million US dollars. A mega-flop and a huge financial disaster. Another attempt will follow in 2024, Hellboy in the cinema to a success. The first trailer, unfortunately, has to be said, looks terrible.
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The first trailer for the new Hellboy causes negative reactions
Who plays the main role in Hellboy: The Crooked Man? It is Jack Kesy, the superhero fans from Deadpool 2 The choice of the leading actor of the new Hellboy suggests that the film did not have the highest budget available. The trailer is accordingly.
“This looks like a cheap fan film” is one of the milder verdicts to reboot again. The trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man looks more like cosplay rather than a real Hollywood production. “A bad Halloween costume,” “A reboot that nobody asked for,” or “my eyes refuse to work” are other comments under the clip, which starts not even in HD resolution was uploaded. As always, there is also an opposing side.
Some people praise the fact that the new Hellboy apparently focuses more on horror than action. “A cheap horror film on which a well-known brand has been placed” is the counter. What do you think of the first trailer? Hellboy: The Crooked Man will be released in cinemas in 2024. When exactly is currently not yet certain.