Guillermo Del Toro Has Some Bad News…
Movie NewsMovies 21st February 2017 Chris Whitmore
For the past few years, there has been plentiful musings from acclaimed Mexican auteur Guillermo del Toro that a resurrection of his Hellboy franchise is in the works. The rumoured Hellboy 3, which sparked much interest in recent months following a Twitter poll and conversation with leading actor Ron Perlman, seemed to be very much on the cards.
Sadly however, the director once again took to the social media platform with a twist of fate: the film will 100% not be happening, much to cult audiences’ heartache.
Hellboy 3 Sorry to report: Spoke w all parties. Must report that 100% the sequel will not happen. And that is to be the final thing about it
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 21, 2017
The first Hellboy movie was released in 2004 and earned $99 million worldwide, while its 2008 sequel, The Golden Army, earned $160 million. Despite relevantly low box-office performance, the films maintained a hardcore fan base which has continued to grow across home entertainment platforms. With today’s news, we are going to have to get used to the idea of a trilogy being just that…
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Chris Whitmore
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