# Hellboy reboot 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547 "2019-03-04T20:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/1 "2019-03-04T20:56:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZsBO4b3tyZg/maxresdefault.jpg "Hellboy (2019 Movie) New Trailer “Red Band” – David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsBO4b3tyZg) > **[Hellboy (2019 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_(2019_film))** > > Hellboy\[b\] is a 2019 superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the same name, created by Mike Mignola. A reboot of the Hellboy film series, it is the third live-action adaptation after Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008); directed by Neil Marshall, the film stars David Harbour in the title role, alongside Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, and Thomas Haden Church. The film draws inspiration from the comic books Darkness Calls, The Wild ... Very sorry Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman aren’t involved, but Mike Mignola is, and has given his blessing. Looks like it could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/2 "2019-03-04T21:00:53Z")
I found Hellboy himself to be the least interesting part of the trailers. Something about his face was just wrong. I always thought recasting would be very difficult after Perlman (understandably) said he was done with the role. And Ian McShane is poor replacement for John Hurt as well. Having said that, a lot of the trailer looks fun - Baba Yaga’s hut, the monster strolling down the Thames, etc. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/3 "2019-03-04T21:07:34Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I always thought recasting would be very difficult after Perlman (understandably) said he was done with the role. Wasn’t Perlman pushing for Hellboy 3 pretty much up until the reboot was announced? I don’t remember him ever saying he was done. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/4 "2019-03-05T14:41:03Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Wasn’t Perlman pushing for Hellboy 3 pretty much up until the reboot was announced? I don’t remember him ever saying he was done. I swear I read an interview a few years ago where he said he wouldn’t play Hellboy again, because he was getting too old and the makeup/prosthetics was just too much to handle. Can’t find it though. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/5 "2019-03-05T14:44:52Z")
Kind of getting annoyed with reboots. The del Toro/Perlman films were both excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/6 "2019-03-05T14:52:48Z")
What’s next? A reboot of Wolverine without Hugh Jackman? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/7 "2019-03-05T15:25:34Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What’s next? A reboot of Wolverine without Hugh Jackman? I’ve heard the name Dougray Scott bandied about. He was originally going to get the role before he had to pull out due to a filming conflict. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/8 "2019-03-05T15:42:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What’s next? A reboot of Wolverine without Hugh Jackman? Seeing that Disney just bought out Fox and all the X-Men, and considering that Jackman is over 50, I’d put the chance of that at roughly 100%, give or take. They’ll probably just insert him into someone else’s Marvel film at first, like they did with Black Panther. I’m actually looking forward to it. It would be nice to have X-Men with some continuity. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/9 "2019-03-05T15:54:53Z")
I couldn’t get into it because I couldn’t get past that it wasn’t Perlman. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/10 "2019-03-05T16:02:10Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I couldn’t get into it because I couldn’t get past that it wasn’t Perlman. The man’s 68 years old; do you really expect him to keep playing leads in action films? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/11 "2019-03-05T16:19:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The man’s 68 years old; do you really expect him to keep playing leads in action films? Oh, not at all. I just think Perlman was so iconic in the role, and the movies were recent enough, that I just can’t get past that. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/12 "2019-03-05T17:55:46Z")
It really saddens me that this looks COMPLETELY different in tone from the comics. My biggest complaint with the original films is that, while the characters were all really well-portrayed, the tone was a lot more “superhero action film” and the weird science, neo noir, cosmic horror aspects were all a bit sidelined. This looks like it’s doubling down in that direction, which is too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/13 "2019-03-05T18:11:15Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I swear I read an interview a few years ago where he said he wouldn’t play Hellboy again, because he was getting too old and the makeup/prosthetics was just too much to handle. Can’t find it though. Heard a joke once that Ron Perlman was so used to wearing heavy latex, every time he had sex he wore twelve condoms. Didn’t say it was a _funny_ joke. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/14 "2019-03-05T20:25:54Z")
I think McShane was a poor casting choice. Too much fight left in him, if you know what I mean. I’m not at all sure the new guy can pull it off; his delivery is less-than-perfect on nearly every line in the trailer. Plus, he looks like a Glenn Danzig wannabe instead of, ya know, Hellboy (but maybe that’s just me). Still, it doesn’t look _bad_; just maybe _bad in comparison to the much beloved original_. Kinda like _Golden Army_ eh. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/15 "2019-03-05T21:32:52Z")
Looks like it has some potential. Like so many other people I really like Ron Perlman’s version, but I’m willing to try someone else’s take on the character. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/16 "2019-03-06T03:01:18Z")
I was planning to skip this, but then I heard that _Lobster Johnson_ is going to make an appearance. Now I’ll watch it in the theater. Also, if they can make this as creepy as the animated [Hellboy: Blood and Iron](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817910/?ref_=nv_sr_6), it should be a watchable movie. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/17 "2019-03-06T12:58:12Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Kind of getting annoyed with reboots. The del Toro/Perlman films were both excellent. I’m getting annoyed by people calling every new adaptation a “reboot”. There were only two previous films, fercryinoutloud. I’m surprised the Sorkin play of Mockingbird isn’t being called a reboot. That term should be reserved for things that have ran for many years and many installments. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/18 "2019-03-06T16:12:45Z")
Perlman was not - at least initially- happy about the reboot. [Ron Perlman Is Still Upset About Hellboy | Cinemablend](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2461514/ron-perlman-is-still-upset-about-hellboy) I did a full Hellboy cosplay and met him last fall, and he definitely had an air of “this is a bit of a sore spot”. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/19 "2019-03-06T16:16:58Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I’m getting annoyed by people calling every new adaptation a “reboot”. There were only two previous films, fercryinoutloud. I’m surprised the Sorkin play of Mockingbird isn’t being called a reboot. > > That term should be reserved for things that have ran for many years and many installments. What would you call it then? It’s clearly ending one franchise (albeit not a big one) and attempting to start another. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547/20 "2019-03-06T17:09:53Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > What would you call it then? It’s clearly ending one franchise (albeit not a big one) and attempting to start another. I thought I already said. It’s a new adaptation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hellboy-reboot-2019/830547.md?page=2)