Hellboy

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OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hellboy/site/index_flash.html

Hellboy
When a Nazi mystical experiment goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S. agents who intercept his arrival. Raised as a force of good, Hellboy grows up to be a full-fledged demon in the form of a man, complete with fierce red skin, a tail, a giant armored glove, and two large circles where his horns should be (if they ever grow back, Hellboy is quick to break them off). Now, the adult Hellboy, an investigator of the paranormal, is sent on a mission that brings him back in touch with the evil genius that started it all... that Nazi wizard (and just who is *he* anyway?). Accompanying him along the way are other agents, including Liz, a pyrokinetic woman Hellboy has feelings for, and Abe Sapien, a mysterious amphibian hominid...

Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Rupert Evans, David Hyde Pierce (voice)
Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro  
Screenwriter: Guillermo Del Toro & Mike Mignola

[NEON MERCURY]

hahhahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahhha!!!!!!!!!!total garbage......

is it supposed to be a joke>>>?

::looks into his makeshift crystal ball::

if you plan to buy this on dvd ..your in luck..you will find this in the "special buy" section at best buy w/ a big fat yellow sticker on it saying $5.99...

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its based on a comic book by Mike Mignola.  it may be a huge flop, but that doesnt mean it wont be pretty cool.

[Banky]

yeah you never know, i think regardless of premise, any movie can be good

[NEON MERCURY]

its based on a comic book by Mike Mignola.  it may be a huge flop, but that doesnt mean it wont be pretty cool.

oHHHHHH!! i didn't know that my bad..::justs remembers that the directer helmed blade II::


..its just w/out knowing that and reading the plot outline it seems like a creative writing experiment on crank done by magic the gathering fanatics..

[meatball]

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[RegularKarate]

Del Torro has been working a long time on this and is very passionate about the comic.  I really believe this will be one of the best comic adaptation films.

I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

And Blade2 ruled for what it was... Del Torro is always saying how he did it so he could do this though.

[Pwaybloe]

He does look pretty damn cool, and the plot sounds awesome.  

I've never read the comic, but it sounds very "tounge-in-cheek."  Is that true?

[Ghostboy]

It's not tongue in cheek at all. I've been waiting for this to Guillermo to get this made for a long time, and I never thought it would actually happen. Especially with Ron Pearlman in the lead. It's going to be amazing.

[Pwaybloe]

It's not tongue in cheek at all.

...really?  Not even a little bit?  Dammit.

[Banky]

hellboy trailer now up


http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hellboy/site/index_flash.html

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couldnt find trailer on site yet.  its up in crappy windows media streaming...

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808404362&cf=trailer

it'll be up in quicktime soon though.  who knows it could go either way.  be pretty damn cheesy or pretty damn cool.

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Guillermo del Toro Talks Hellboy!
Source: Superhero Hype!

Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro was present for a Q & A at Wizard World Dallas. He said that the production went out of their way for the new trailer to give people, who don't know a lot about Hellboy, a snapshot of the story. del Toro added that you can expect a new 30-second spot on the Super Bowl, which includes a few more digital monster images.

The production is currently about 10% into creating the special effects. In about two weeks, giant banners of both the good and bad guys in the movie will start appearing in theaters. On a funny note, Guillermo said that moviegoers can't really tell who the good and bad guys are from the way the characters look, though the good guys are definitely more colorful. You can also expect a new poster in early spring.

Commenting on the Hellboy character, the director said that he's "a regular Joe, a blue collar guy. He comes with a monkey wrench and a bunch of tools and says, 'where's the leak.'" About the story, Guillermo added Hellboy is "a guy learning to be a man, even though he was born a demon."

For fans who like to be spoiled, del Toro mentioned an "Art of Hellboy" book will be out before the movie is released. It will be 200 pages long, a hardback and full of spoilers, including spoilers about the movie's ending. It's a real nuts & bolds type of book and goes into quite a lot of details.

Speaking on how the movie became a reality, he said that officially there were 13 drafts of the script - and unofficially, there were 65 drafts!

While Guillermo had high praise for Revolution Studios for picking the project up, he did mention some interesting things about those studios that didn't. He said Universal asked him if the character could be a regular guy and then turn into Hellboy when he becomes angry (was this before they got The Hulk rights??!), another studio wanted to know if Hellboy could not have a tail in the film, and one studio also wanted The Rock for the role. It sounds as though Hellboy ended up in the right place, as Revolution gave Guillermo $60 million to develop the film, let him use the script he wanted, and let him cast Ron Perlman in the lead.

del Toro told Hellboy creator Mike Mignola that he wanted to make it "The Last Emperor" of cheesy monster movies.

Guillermo del Toro not only wrote and directed, he's also providing voices for Hellboy. He's voicing Baby Hellboy, Kroenen and the monster Samuel.

So will there be a sequel? "If we come up with a great idea, then yes. If there is a second one, it should explore a different side of Hellboy," said del Toro.

For his upcoming projects, Guillermo is finishing up a rewrite of "Mountains of Madness" and next year will be writing a Victorian ghost story.

[Ghostboy]

That trailer was great! It completely establishes what the movie's about with remarkable efficiency. Ron Pearlman is awesome. That makeup is pretty awesome too. I hope people don't think it's stupid how he talks in a normal voice...I think it really works well.

[edison]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/hellboy/