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A gallery of direc­tors who would be per­fect for Hellboy

09 May 2017

Words by Amy Bowker

A red-faced man wearing a beige coat holds a large gun, aiming it in a dimly lit, industrial setting.
A red-faced man wearing a beige coat holds a large gun, aiming it in a dimly lit, industrial setting.
News of a forth­com­ing reboot has got us think­ing of who should take the reins of the saga.

There’s an R‑rated Hell­boy reboot in the works accord­ing to Mike Migno­la, who cre­at­ed the orig­i­nal comics back in 1993 – but who should to take the reins of the cult antihero’s lat­est big screen outing?

Guiller­mo del Toro first brought Hell­boy to the big screen in 2004 with a live-action film he co-wrote and direct­ed. Hell­boy II: The Gold­en Army was released in 2008, and saw del Toro and star Ron Perl­man reteam for the series’ sec­ond instalment.

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But in Feb­ru­ary 2017, to the dis­ap­point­ment of Hell­boy fans every­where, del Toro announced that there was a ​“100 per cent chance that Hell­boy 3 would nev­er hap­pen.” In a sur­pris­ing turn of events, how­ev­er, Migno­la has tweet­ed that the fran­chise is indeed being revived – with­out del Toro.

The film, which has a work­ing title of Hell­boy: Rise of the Blood Queen, will be writ­ten by Andrew Cos­by, Christo­pher Gold­en and Mignola.

David Har­bour, who became a house­hold name in 2016 as Jim Hop­per in Netflix’s Stranger Things, has been cast in the lead role, replac­ing Perl­man, while Neil Mar­shall (The Descent, Game of Thrones), is rumoured to be in talks to director.

As we’re not entire­ly con­vinced by the lat­ter choice, here’s a gallery of direc­tors we think would be a per­fect fit for the Hell­boy reboot…

A smiling man with a beard wearing glasses and a black shirt, sitting in front of framed artwork depicting unusual creatures.
A middle-aged man with a beard and glasses holds a gun in a dark setting.
Man with glasses holding a large grotesque-looking dragon statue in a dark, eclectic room with various decorative objects.
Man in black coat holding vintage camera, looking at it intently.
Pensive man in glasses, contemplating in front of technical illustration.
A man in a suit embracing a large, lifelike animatronic creature with scaly, reptilian features.
Two musicians, a man and a woman, posing together and smiling. The woman has long dark hair and is wearing a studded black outfit, while the man has a beard and is wearing glasses.

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