As announced the other week, Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday) is rebooting the Hellboy franchise with upcoming film Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, which will star David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) as the title character. Based on what we’ve heard so far, it’s going to be darker and more gruesome than Guillermo del Toro’s films, which has certainly piqued our interest.
Bloody Disgusting was the first to share the art out of Cannes from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. Promising a 2018 release, news has surfaced of a bidding war in China, you know, where movies go to make a bajillion dollars?
With bids in the region of $13 million for mainland China, the film is one of the hottest on the Croisette, says Variety. International buyers are understood to have been told that the picture will be guaranteed a 2,000-screen release in North America, which is huge news for us fans hoping for a massive rejuvenation of the franchise.
The Millennium Films project has already been scripted by Andrew Cosby, Christopher Golden, and Mike Mignola, and the plan is to bring it to the screen with an R rating. It is being executive produced by Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, and Carl Hampe.
Look for Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen in 2018.
