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Ron Perlman ‘More Than Happy’ To Make Hellboy 3

Rob Keyes — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:31:27 +0000

Guillermo del Toro somehow managed to create the perfect live-action adaptations of Mike Mignola’s lovable red demon in Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Even more impressive is how one of Hollywood’s hardest working actors, Ron Perlman, brought to life the title character whose true name is Anung Un Rama.

Both Hellboy and its sequel were well-received by critics, loved by fans and did well at the box office, considering their budgets, casts and the lack of mainstream knowledge of the comics for which they are based on. The only question we’ve all wondered for the last two years is when Hellboy 3 is coming and whether del Toro and the franchise’s unique poster boy, Ron Perlman, will be back.

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From Page to Screen: The 6 Best & Worst Superhero Costumes

Paul Young — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:56:39 +0000

If you want to be a superhero, then you have to dress like one – and to do that you’ll need the absolute necessities: Mask, cowl, cape, utility belt and a weapon and/or superpower. The everyday kid turned hero vigilante Kick-Ass knew this when he bought a neoprene bodysuit with yellow piping, a matching mask and two batons for weapons. It looks great on the page and the design team for the movie replicated it perfectly but… it doesn’t always work out that way.

Not every superhero outfit drawn in the pages of a comic book looks great on screen. Some can be replicated exactly from printed page to movie or TV set and look great with not a hint of cheese to be found. Others, not so lucky.

Should costume designers take extra liberty when replicating a superhero’s outfit, as they did with Elektra? She would have ...

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The Dark Knight Tops 2009 DVD Critics Awards

Ross Miller — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:51:20 +0000

The results have been revealed for the 2009 DVD Critics Awards, which are presented every year (for the last five years) by Home Media Magazine, honoring DVD and Blu-ray titles from the previous year. The awards are usually held in conjunction with the Home Entertainment Summit, but the latter has been delayed due to scheduling conflicts. Nonetheless, the awards were given out and the critically acclaimed and much-loved Batman film, The Dark Knight, scooped up the most awards.

For the first time in five years, a TV DVD set has taken the top “2009 Critics Awards’ Title of the Year” in the form of The Sopranos: The Complete Series, which also earned the award for Best Collection/Multidisc set. But apart from that, The Dark Knight dominated with four awards. The awards were ...

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Guillermo Del Toro Gets Busy… Until 2017!

Jamie Williams — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:32:52 +0000

Back when many of you readers were in diapers, Godfather of Soul James Brown was known as “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.” But since his passing in 2006, there has yet to emerge a figure to truly step up to the plate and proclaim that title… until now.

Director Guillermo del Toro, who is currently down in Middle Earth, err.. New Zealand, preparing for the The Hobbit and its follow-up Lord of the Rings “bridge” film, has his schedule completely booked from now until 2017(!?!)

Del Toro inked a three-year “first-look” deal with Universal Pictures (who bankrolled his HellBoy sequel after Sony opted out) last June.

Now plans are underway for him to helm remakes of Frankenstein (which last I remember the great Frank Darabont had done a draft that del Toro loved), Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and ...

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army Review

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:05:01 +0000

Short version: Hellboy II: The Golden Army stretches beyond the first film in both creepiness and humor, making for kind of an odd mix that manages to work in the end.

Screen Rant reviews Hellboy II

Hellboy II: The Golden Army is great, but like the first one, I don’t think it’s for everyone. The first Hellboy only earned $100MM worldwide, which does not exactly classify it as a (pardon the pun) monster hit. That’s not to say it wasn’t great (it was), it’s just that the world of Hellboy is an odd combination of demons, humor, action and creepiness. Oh, and the hero is a demon.

Director Guillermo del Toro’s fingerprints are all over this, right from the start of the film. We actually meet Hellboy as a, well, boy – ...

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Final Hellboy II Trailer

Vic Holtreman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:42:56 +0000

We’ve got the third and final trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army (aka Hellboy 2) for you below. While the narration on it is kind of cheesy, this film looks to be a visual feast. If it’s anything like the previous one that will just be icing on the cake as we should be getting plenty of cool action and humor to boot.

Unfortunately, with it’s odd combination of creatures from the netherworld, humor and a hero who is basically a demon, I don’t know how well this will do financially. I can tell you that at a screening I attended for another film, the crowd went nuts for the Mummy 3 trailer but was dead silent for this one. No accounting for taste, I suppose.

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Cool New Hellboy II Poster

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:59:04 +0000

Today is a good day for posters, first we had the new Spirit poster and now this very cool Hellboy II poster by famed artist Drew Struzan. Poster was scooped by the good folks over at C.H.U.D.

Full thing below…

The sweet new poster for Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Struzan does really nice work, I really love the realistic, yet stylized look of his art. He’s done a lot of movie posters over the years and I encourage you to check out his portfolio.

Oh, and don’t forget to check out the trailer for Hellboy II if you haven’t seen it yet.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens on July 11th.

Source: CHUD

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New Hellboy 2 Trailer: You Need To Get Excited About This!

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:02:33 +0000

A scene from the new trailer for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

I realize that to the general public, Hellboy is even less well known than Iron Man. And then we have the story – a demon from Hell, who battles other demons on behalf of mankind.

Doesn’t exactly sound like happy go lucky family entertainment, does it?

I’m here to tell you to set that all aside if you want to see a kick-ass fantasy action movie with plenty of wit, to boot. Check out the trailer below, which is even better than the first one.

I love the look of this movie: The wild creature designs and the cinematography that looks like Technicolor on steriods. This trailer also gives us a better idea ...

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New Hellboy 2 Pictures

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:15:32 +0000

Empire Magazine has sent us an image of the cover from their latest issue (larger version down below). It features Ron Perlman as Hellboy as he will appear in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Everything I’ve seen so far from this Guillermo Del Toro directed sequel looks really excellent. If the quality is up there with the first film, this is sure to be a great ride.

One thing that has really caught my eye in all the images that have been release so far as well as the trailer is the way the colors really “pop.” I like the exaggerated color scheme of the movie very much, and correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like it will be a departure from the cinematography of the first Hellboy movie which was darker in tone.

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New Hellboy 2 Trailer And Images Here

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:15:23 +0000

Ok, ok… I haven’t given Hellboy 2: The Golden Army any coverage here on Screen Rant…

You got a problem with that?

Although I thought the original film was cool in an offbeat kind of way, I watched it and almost immediately forgot about it (I should probably rent it and see it again). So when word came out about a sequel, I didn’t jump to cover it because frankly, there are a ton of movies coming out and I had enough to write about as it was.

I’m going to make up for that with this post showing new images released by Universal Pictures and the brand spanking new trailer.

Above you can see Ron Perlman as Hellboy himself, with one big honkin’ gun and a few more images follow after the jump.

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