The rollercoaster ride that has beenHellboy 3is officially over. DirectorGuillermo Del Torohas refused to give up entirely on getting the last movie in theHellboy trilogymade for nearly a decade now and recently, he gave fans some hope that the long-awaited sequel could finally happen. Today he delivered the unfortunate news that his last-ditch effort to get some traction onHellboy 3has failed and that the movie is definitely not happening. Ever.
Last month,Guillermo Del Torotook to Twitter to see if he could drum up some support forHellboy 3again. He threw up a Twitter poll and promised that if it got 100 thousand votes in 24 hours, he would sit down with starRon PerlmanandHellboycreatorMike MignolaaboutHellboy 3. He made good on his word and had the talks with all of the parties who would need to be on board to make the movie happen. It isn’t clear where things broke down, but they definitely did. Today, the director posted a newTwitterupdate, making it crystal clear thatHellboy 3is very much dead. Here is what he had to say about it.
“Hellboy 3 Sorry to report: Spoke w all parties. Must report that 100% thesequel will not happen. And that is to be the final thing about it”
Prior to this recent bout of hope and talks that ultimately failed to get the movie made,Ron Perlmanhad been vocal about his desire to seeHellboy 3happen. Granted, he hasn’t seemed overly optimistic about it. Given his age (66), the window was probably closing on him actually being able to go through the process of making an intensive action movie anyway, let alone doing all of the makeup and prosthetics that are necessary forHellboy. He also reacted to the news on Twitter on a sad but hilarious way. Here is what he had to say.
“Superhero seeks employment. Likes, pizza, cats, and the Marx bros.'
TheHellboymovies were slightly ahead of the curve in terms of the comic book adaptation boom in Hollywood. The firstHellboywas well received by critics at the time but didn’t break the bank at the box office, earning just shy of $100 million on a $66 million budget back in 2004.Hellboy II: The Golden Armyfared better in every way. The movie currently sits at a very respectable 85 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it made $160 million from an $85 million budget. Still, by modern superhero movie standards, that math doesn’t really check out and that is probably ultimately why we are never going to seeHellboy 3.
There is seemingly a lot of support forHellboy 3, but there are a lot of superhero movies on the way in the coming years. Given the box office results for the first two movies, it would be very tough for a studio that probably already has some superhero movies in the pipeline to green light a likely very expensive third installment in a series that would be getting made nearly a decade after the second movie hit theaters. It is sad thatHellboy 3is officially dead, but at leastGuillermo Del Torowas good on his word and seemingly did his best to try and get it done. RIPHellboy 3.
