The ‘Hellboy’ Reboot’s Official Title Is Confirmed To Be… ‘Hellboy’
After the news broke thatMilla Jovovichwas castin theHellboyreboot as the Blood Queen, everyone started to noticeNeil Marshall’s take on the demonic superhero was no longer being calledHellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. It turns out that theHellboyreboot title is officially…Hellboy. JustHellboy. As sweet and simple as you can get.
A Lionsgate representative confirmed toMovieWebthat the title for Neil Marshall’supcoming reboot, starringDavid Harbouras the titular character, is simplyHellboy.
“The official title is justHellboy. The film is considered a reboot of the2004 Hellboy, and is going by the same name.”
Lionsgate’s statement reaffirms the common knowledge that Marshall’s take onHellboywill be as far removed fromGuillermo del Toro’slush, dark fantasies depicted in 2004’sHellboyand its 2008 sequelHellboy II: The Golden Army.
Hellboycreator Mike Mignolareportedly wanted to connect the newHellboyfilm, which he had been working on with screenwriterAndrew Cosbyfor the last three years, to del Toro’s movies. However, Mignola said that theCrimson Peakdirector wasn’t interested in Mignola and Cosby’s vision for “a darker, more gruesome version ofHellboy,” despite del Toro’s years-long campaign to bring hisHellboy IIIto the big screen. Without del Toro’s support, Mignola and Cosby lost originalHellboystarRon Perlmanas well.
Marshall will instead be spearheading Mignola and Cosby’s R-rated take onHellboy, now completely unrelated to del Toro’s universe. Harbour is set to appear in the lead role of Helboy, withJovovich as the villainous Blood Queen, andIan McShane as Hellboy’s foster father, Professor Broom.
No other plot details have surfaced about the reboot, though Jovovich’s Blood Queen does hint that Hellboy will be clashing with the Queen of Blood, or Nimue, a powerful witch and one of his most important adversaries.
Hellboyis set to start production before the end of this year.
