Creator Mike Mignola took care of that Instagram to confirm this production on Millennium Media’s latest release hellboy start anew The hunchbacked man is finally done.
Creator Mike Mignola took care of that Instagram to confirm this production on Millennium Media’s latest release hellboy start anew The hunchbacked man is finally done.
In his post, Mignola congratulated the cast and team while also praising co-writer Chris Golden for staying true to the “heart and soul” of the source material, which he described as one of his favorite Hellboy stories. The project doesn’t have an official release date yet, but it will be the fourth live-action adaptation of the popular anti-hero, following the 2019 film Hellboy, in which David Harbor was the title character.
What can you expect from the Hellboy reboot?
The Crooked Man is directed by Brian Taylor (crank) from a screenplay by Hellboy comics creators Mike Mignola and Chris Golden. The reboot stars Jack Kesy, Jefferson White and Adeline Rudolph. The film is based on the Eisner Award-winning comic book of the same name, which was released in July 2008 to coincide with Guillermo del Toro’s theatrical release Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
“Stranded in rural 1950s Appalachian Mountains, Hellboy and a newly minted BPRD agent discover a small community haunted by witches and led by a local devil who has an unsettling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man.” it in the synopsis of the film.
The film comes from Millennium Media, Dark Horse Entertainment, A Nu Boyana Production and Campbell Grobman Film. It is produced by Mike Richardson, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, Rob Van Norden, Sam Schulte and Yariv Lerner. Executive Producers are Mike Mignola, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Tanner Mobley, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell, Michael Muellner and Julia Muentefering.