is in talks to direct and Stranger Things star David Harbour expected to play Hellboy. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola co-wrote the script with Cosby and Christopher Golden. On August 8, 2017, Lionsgate confirmed that the project would finally only be known as Hellboy. The film was released on April 12, 2019 to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. In February 2023, Millennium Media announced plans for a new live-action reboot titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man, the first in a potential series of films. Production is scheduled to begin in March 2023 in Bulgaria with Brian Taylor directing from a script by Mignola and Golden, based on the 2008 comic of the same name. The film is to be co-produced between Nu Boyana and Campbell Grobman Film and is presented by Millennium Media in association with Dark Horse Entertainment. References Further reading External links From mind to movie - how the world of Hellboy II was created - Extrageographic Hellboy films 2008 films 2000s fantasy action films 2000s monster movies 2000s pregnancy films 2000s superhero films American superhero films American fantasy action films American pregnancy films American sequel films Apocalyptic films Films based on Celtic mythology Dark Horse Entertainment films Goblin films Demons in film Patricide in fiction Films about elves Films produced by Lawrence Gordon Films scored by Danny Elfman Films set in 1955 Films set in 2008 Films set in New York City Films set in Northern Ireland Films shot in Budapest Films shot in Hungary Films shot in London Films shot in Northern Ireland Films directed by Guillermo del Toro Live-action films based on comics Relativity Media films Films with screenplays by Guillermo del Toro Films with screenplays by Mike Mignola Universal Pictures films Steampunk films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films