Hellboy: The Crooked Man will reportedly skip a theatrical release in the US, with the new film set to hit theaters on Tuesday, October 8th (Monday at 9pm PST) and is currently available for digital pre-order on Amazon.
Directed by Brian Taylor and written by Hellboy co-creator Mike Mignola in collaboration with Christopher Golden, Hellboy: The Crooked Man marks the second reboot of the film series. Based on the 2008 miniseries of the same name by Mignola and Richard Corben, the film tells the story of a young Hellboy (Jack Kesy) in the 1950s, investigating disturbing events in rural Appalachia. The decision represents an ignoble end to the series’ fate, as the film was meant to reset the series to a more atmospheric, horror-focused fare after 2019’s David Harbour-starring series flopped critically and commercially.
The film, which is set to be shot in early 2023, was acquired by Ketchup Entertainment in September of last year. The first trailer, released in July, was panned by audiences for being low-budget and poorly color-corrected, and in retrospect, it was suggestive that no more specific release date was given – expected to be in 2024. Eventually, a theatrical release was announced for other countries, including the UK and Ireland (scheduled to open tomorrow, September 27) and Australia (October 10), but nothing had been revealed for the US until now.
It’s worth noting that The Crooked Man isn’t the first Hellboy movie to be released direct-to-video; that honor belongs to two Hellboy animated movies, Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron, which came out between 2006 and 2007. Those films were produced by Guillermo del Toro and featured Ron Perlman reprising the lead role. Either way, it’s clear that the golden age of del Toro and Perlman movies is long gone, and any future live-action Hellboy adaptation (assuming it still happens) will likely be made for TV from the get-go.
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