Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | |
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Directed by | Guillermo del Toro |
Written by | Mike Mignola Guillermo Del Toro |
Starring | Ron Perlman Doug Jones Selma Blair Jeffrey Tambor |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | August 1, 2008[1] |
Preceded by | Hellboy |
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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is a 2008 film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is a sequel to the 2004 Hellboy, also directed by del Toro. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is written by Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola. Universal Pictures finances and distributes the film, which has a target release date for August 1, 2008.
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[edit] Premise
In February 2007, Mignola described the story he had developed with del Toro as one that focused on folklore and fairy tales, rather than the more pulp elements of the first film:
“ | It's not Nazis, machines and mad scientists but the old gods and characters who have been kind of shoved out of our world. I kind of equate it to the whole American Indian situation. The Indians were shoved onto reservations. You had your old, wise Indians who said, "You know, this is the way it is. We can't fight anymore. We just have to accept our fate." You then have your Geronimo character saying, "Or we could just kill the White Man." That's kind of the situation we have in the film. We have our elf characters resigning to the way things are and then there's one saying, "Or we could take the world back." The main difference is - what if the Indians had a nuclear warhead? The elves have their equivalent of the weapon that is too terrible to use. What if this guy decided to use it?[2] | ” |
[edit] Cast
Actor | Role |
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Ron Perlman | Hellboy |
Selma Blair | Liz Sherman |
Doug Jones | Abe Sapien |
Jeffrey Tambor | Tom Manning |
[edit] Production
In May 2004, the sequel to Hellboy entered development at Revolution Studios with the first film's writer-director Guillermo del Toro returning with producers Lawrence Gordon, Mike Richardson, and Lloyd Levin. The comic book creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola, was reported to develop a story with del Toro for the sequel, with actor Ron Perlman to reprise the role of Hellboy.[3] The following September, del Toro expressed interest in making Hellboy into a trilogy with Mignola, with the first sequel slated for a 2006 release.[4]
In August 2006, with Hellboy 2 being orphaned by the now-defunct Revolution Studios, the studio Universal Pictures acquired the project to be slotted for a summer 2008 release. Production was slated to begin in April 2007 in Budapest and London.[5] Del Toro, who had been in negotiations to film Halo, a film adaptation of the video game, instead chose to stay with Hellboy 2 for "artistic and personal reasons".[6] In October 2006, del Toro shared his plan to recreate the classic versions of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolf Man.[7] The director also reiterated plans for a third Hellboy to create a trilogy.[8]
Filming of Hellboy 2 will begin at the end of May in Budapest.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Universal Pictures Sets 2008 Tentpoles", ComingSoon.net, 2007-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
- ^ Richard George. "Interview: Hellboy's Mike Mignola", IGN, 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Stax. "Hellboy II Confirmed!", IGN, 2004-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Brian Linder. "Guillermo, Blair Talk Hellboy Sequel", IGN, 2004-09-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Michael Fleming. "'Hellboy' in U turn", Variety, 2006-08-03. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Gabriel Snyder. "Tyro helmer wears 'Halo'", Variety, 2006-08-09. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Scott Collura. "Exclusive: Hellboy vs. the Universal Monsters?", IGN, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Scott Collura. "Exclusive: Hellboy 2 Leads to Hellboy 3", IGN, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith. "It's Heaven for 'Hellboy' star", LA Daily News, 2007-03-04. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
[edit] External links
- Hellboy hype at the SuperHeroHype!
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army at the Internet Movie Database
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