One of the sadder bits of news we got in the last year or so was that Guillermo Del Toro and Ron Perlman would not be re-teaming on HELLBOY 3. It sucked to hear that. Then we got the news that the series would be rebooted by Neil Marshall and things got a bit brighter!
And then things got stranger… Get it?
Yes, STRANGER THINGS' David Harbour was cast as the new right hand of doom and, [ersonally, I think it's a great choice – that is if we can't have Perlman back. Anyhow, Harbour was recently speaking with The Wrap and let loose some cool new info on HELLBOY: RISE OF THE BLOOD QUEEN.
The coolest news is the new flick will begin shooting this September!
David Harbour on HELLBOY: RISE OF THE BLOOD QUEEN:
We’re supposed to go in September, I hope. It’s good. It’s a whole new thing. I’d always been a fan of the comics and there’s a darker tone to it and I think in the climate we have now there’s kind of a darker… a desire for more of that… the script is good and this guy Neil Marshall is directing who’s really good and the aesthetic is great.
David Harbour on HELLBOY:
It’s a character that I love, and sort of in the way, I think Mike [Mignola] and a bunch of other people saw me in ‘Stranger Things’ and wanted me to play Hellboy and I think he has some parallels to him. I think he’s another complicated anti-hero who is not strictly good or bad, he’s just trying to do the right thing. I think he’s a demon, he’s crazy, and he’s also sweet and vulnerable and neurotic […] so there’s a lot of complexity there.
David Harbour continues:
So often, the superhero movies can be really fun and I want this to be really fun, but I also want it to be more of a character piece and more about this dude’s struggle. I think it could be interesting. I don’t know, I just hope we make a good movie. We’ll see. You be the judge!
And all of us will be once the flick hits. That said, I'm sure the movie will deliver in more than a few ways as Harbour's casting is inspired and Neil Marshall in the director's chair is a mini gift from God.
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HELLBOY co-star Selma Blair