Cool Hellboy Mez-Itz

This Hellboy Mez-Itz was inspired by the artwork of the character's creator, Mike Mignola, and will be an exclusive Comic-Con Mez-Itz at this month's convention.

MTV Splashpage have a few more cool Mez-Itz toys for you to check out.

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Danny Graves' Man Cave

Sony Pictures has purchased the original comedy screenplay "Danny Graves' Man Cave," written by Jacob Isser and Paul Lutz.

Joe Roth, who most recently produced "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," will produce through his Roth Films banner.

The story line follows a suburban husband and father going through a midlife crisis who discovers a mysterious man-cave in his basement. The fantasy world provides his version of the perfect life, which ultimately gets called into question.

Sounds to me like a more grown up version of Coraline mixed in with Being John Malkovich.

Source: THR

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DirecTV Commercial featuring Hellboy

Ron Perlman reprises his role of Hellboy from the Guillermo del Toro film based on the Mike Mignola Dark Horse comics.

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Mike Mignola talks about Baltimore, Hellboy 3, Lobster Johnson

MTV have spoken to Mike Mignola about many wonderful things

While the success of the “Hellboy” franchise hasn’t made series creator, Mike Mignola, a household name…yet…that doesn’t mean the highly influential writer/artist has had any downtime in terms of upcoming Hollywood projects. Quite the contrary, Mignola has his hands — and slate — full between his current creator-owned properties in development, as well as his ongoing comic book work.

And for those of us out there who look forward to pretty much anything with Mignola’s name on it, the folks at SciFi.com managed to catch up with him for updates on his numerous projects, kicking off with a status report on “Baltimore,” which as has been reported will be produced by David Goyer.

“It is banging around,” said Mignola in the SciFi.com interview. “[Writer] Chris [Golden] and I have co-written a screenplay, and it’s sort of in development, and we’re kind of going in to do another rewrite on the screenplay.”

Mignola also commented on the screenwriting process, something in which he’d never been a part of.

“It’s an interesting process,” he explained. “This is much different than adapting ‘Hellboy’ to the film, because del Toro adapted ‘Hellboy’ to the film. It’s a very different process adapting your own work to the film. So I’m having conversations on ‘Baltimore’ that, fortunately, I never had on ‘Hellboy,’ because del Toro had those conversations. Del Toro fought with the studio. And, unfortunately, with ‘Baltimore,’ I’m in those meetings. [It] makes you want to stay and draw comics.”

However, what most fans want to know is when can we expect “Hellboy III.”

“Guillermo has been talking about Hellboy III, I think, ever since the first film and certainly on the second film, anything that he came up with that didn’t fit into the second film, all that stuff’s obviously going to go into the third film, including Lobster Johnson’s supposed to be in the third film,” hinted Mignola. “If he puts everything into the third film that he says he’s going to put in the third film, the third film’s going to be about 67 hours long. The truth is, by the end of Hellboy II, the character’s veered so far away from the character in the comic that I have no idea what Hellboy III would be. It’s completely, 100 percent now in del Toro territory. It doesn’t relate to what I do at all, so I’d be very curious to see what Hellboy III would be.”

So while we wait, how about any new “Hellboy” animated features?

“We wrote a third one, but that thing kind of came to a screeching halt,” said Mignola. “The third animated film was actually a retelling of Hellboy’s origin and connecting him to my World War II era pulp character, Lobster Johnson. So it’s one that the fans were super-excited about. It, of course, was the best of the scripts that we wrote, and, of course, it’s in a drawer someplace.”

I hope we get to see Lobster Johnson on the big screen. The action figure of him adorns my work desk and he is just cool. Hellboy 2 was excellent as well and Baltimore intrigues me. I wrote a bit about that a while ago. Click on the tag for that below to read more on that one.
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Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - The next Mignola inspired Movie after Hellboy?

This comic has totally slipped by me. MTV have more on it's movie adaption.

David Goyer’s got the next “Batman” and “Super Max” on his mind, but after that, he’s got a little trip to “Baltimore” to make.

“We’re now in the process of working out with David Goyer and the producers the notes on the first draft of the script, so we can start the next draft immediately,” said Christopher Golden.

“Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire,” is an illustrated novel co-written by Golden and “Hellboy” creator Mike Mignola, with art by Mignola, in which a captain in the British infantry, Lord Henry Baltimore, mistakenly wakes up a vampire with the blood on a battlefield during World War I. Golden is writing the script for New Regency with input from Mignola.

“The first thing that had to be fixed from moving from book to screenplay was the vagueness of the book,” Golden said. “You need something to hang the movie on, a propulsion engine. So there are lots of things we hint at in the book, regarding the Red King and the source of supernatural evil, but in the script we bring it to the surface and make it more clear what they’re up against.”

Golden has also strengthened the characters, so that the relationship with Baltimore’s friends is more “interesting.” “We’ve been able to look at the dynamic more closely, and it’s important who they are as individuals as well as who they are to each other,” Golden said. “I think we have a better sense in the film how Baltimore mattered to them and the impact on their lives. And for each of them, they’ve lost something vital in their lives, and they’ve done so because of their encounters with the supernatural.”

Golden imagines Paul Giamatti in the role of the doctor friend when he’s writing him, “but that doesn’t mean he will say yes!” he laughed. “I have no control over that.” Plus, though he imagines different actors in different roles, Goyer has ideas of his own, Golden said, and some of those ideas are even better — and he trusts him, Golden said, because he “gets it.”

“We were assuming that everyone in Hollywood would say dump the three stories about the three friends since it doesn’t connect to the throughline and the telescoping of time,” Golden said. “But David said those are his favorite things and he wants to preserve them as much as possible. He’s been entirely supportive of the quirky things.”

And as they get further along with drafts of the script, Golden welcomes Goyer taking a crack at it, if he were so inclined. “I would love for David to take a turn,” Golden said. “I was about to suggest a new prologue [that wasn't part of the novel], and he suggested it before I could suggest it. It’s nice to know we’re on the same page.”

Sounds pretty interesting and suitably weird. Does it get your imagination going? Have you read the comic? If so can you shed any more light on the plot and feel of the story?

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Hellboy 3 news - Ron Perlman talks about it and maybe The Hobbit

Author: Guy Davis - Moviehole

"Hellboy II" shot to the top of the American box office in its opening week and is approaching the $US100 million mark, which gives some indication that a third movie would be welcomed by audiences. We had the chance to ask Ron Perlman what he thinks.

"This ride we're on, opening number one at the box office, that's just icing on what was already the most delicious cake I'd ever bitten into," Perlman tells Moviehole's Guy Davis. "Nothing's been announced but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a third, particularly on the heels of Hellboy II's success. And I know Guillermo has an incredibly well-articulated idea about what the third movie needs to be. It'll answer a lot of questions. It almost needs to happen because with the ideas that he has about closing the trilogy, it would be a shame for it go unfinished."

Even if there's no "Hellboy III" a reunion may still be in the offing. "When I found out he was going to be in New Zealand for four years, I said to him ‘I'm really gonna miss you, pal'," says Perlman. "And he said to me ‘Oh no, you're not!' I don't know what he means by that - he didn't get any more specific - but if he needs me there I'm there. Anytime I can be on a film set or even just sitting around a dinner table from Guillermo Del Toro, I'm there."

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Oh Crap! Why so serious about shoes?

I also really like these Joker themed trainers (sneakers for USA people) from Nike. Apparantly they are called Nike Dunk Low SB.
Not too sure about these Hellboy shoes. The art work is cool, but don't think I'd wear them.

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Small World - Hellboy 2

It's a small World isn't it. Last week I went to see Hellboy 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yesterday I was at a big family bash (the kids loved it, lots of running around and hiding in the big garden) where I met Al Ireland who worked on the special effects for Hellboy 2. He was chuffed when told how good the film was. He hasn't actually seen the finished movie yet! More on this later. I'm off for some breakfast.

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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, 2008 - Movie Review

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hurt, Brian Steele

Running Time: 120 Minutes

Score: 10/10

This review from Topher-Liam Froehlich

In April 2004, the original Hellboy film took in a modest $23 million during its opening weekend, going on in the course of its run in theaters to gross a not so impressive $69 million estimate. The studio felt it was not in their best interest to make a sequel. Universal thought differently, and bought the rights. In the meantime, the B film became a hit on DVD and cable re-runs and its director, Guillermo del Toro, achieved auteur status (aka, A-list director) with his success making the acclaimed "Pan's Labyrnth". Now in 2008, against all odds, and in a rare risk for a studio, comes the sequel to this cult film sensation.

And in the tradition of small-budget features getting the big Hollywood treatment (ala "Terminator 2" and "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" two films that benefited from larger budgets and the expanded visions of grade-A filmmakers James Cameron and George Miller), "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" bests its predecessor. It takes the setup, makes it bigger, better and louder. The film, to be sure--an eclectic medley of self-aware humor, an over-dose of dazzling visual monsters, sets and thrilling action, cheesy-yet-fun movie-making--is not for everyone. It's an acquired taste; a film to either be completely loved or entirely deplored varying on the viewer.

For anyone interested in a bizarre, unique, visual stunner of gleeful monster madness (like me) I'd say catch this flick. For anyone else...I might suggest you stay away.

In the first creature-feature, the story was a near laughable plot involving Rasputin, a couple of regenerating hell-hounds, and some other forgettable nonsense. What made "Hellboy" succeed, was the director's visual panache and enriching vision, Ron Perlman's insta' classic turn as the titular character, a bizarre yet beautiful set and monster design, and a superb, hilarious dose of self-aware humor. Take all those ingredients, and add some elements that better it, and you have the upgraded, perfected version of what del Toro attempted to achieve in round 1.

This time the story is better centered in its own rules and universe. A vengeful Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) seeks three pieces to a crown that will grant him control of the mechanized, unstoppable, indestructible Golden Army (big, round, blade-equipped, gear-moving robots). Hellboy (Ron Perlman) is dispatched by our government, with his usual good humor, to protect the third piece (held by Nuada's sister, played by Anna Walton) and hunt down the bad-guy before he completes his mission.

This works better for several reasons as a story. Nuada (played with icy style by Goss) is a formidable villain to our hero, not the barely glimpsed and hardly personified mere image Rasputin was. He has a plan, a motive, and skill to be feared. Secondly, the main players Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and Abe Sapien (the indispensable Doug Jones, who also does other characters) are treated more as members of Hellboy's team; they work and operate together. This allows for more personality to be revealed in each of them, such as a love interest for Abe in Princess Nuada, or the domestic issues (hilarious) between Hellboy and Liz.

Mostly though, the plot serves to offer a more enriched universe created by Guillermo del Toro. Here is a man who turned down job offers on "I am Legend", "Harry Potter 6" and "Wanted" (all good flicks, and well paying jobs I imagine). He's committed to the material, and knows what he's doing. Del Toro's precision is felt in every frame; his perfect visual eye, sense of composition, brilliant art direction (the film definitely gains from perfect, eye popping sets and lighting), and engaging, well-choreographed action scenes. Pulling out all the stops, scene-for-scene are eyes are tantalizingly overwhelmed with interestingly created beasts and locales.

Ron Perlman still enchants as Hellboy; piercing through all those prosthetics to deliver a performance balanced with humor, machismo, heart ache, charm, and swagger. He fits into the character even more comfortably than in film one. Selma Blair, who in her last outing seemed kinda dour and flat in my opinion, gets to play up on Liz's fury (and flames) and emotions. Doug Jones is as priceless as ever, and given much more screen time as Abe.

Early on in the movie, Hellboy reveals his cover to the public; letting all the world know of his existence and the existence of his fellow 'freaks'. He expects to be treated as a hero, yet is rejected for having the appearance of a horrendous monster. The movie takes advantage of this notion and plays out Hellboy's potential choice to either save us all or join in with his own kind (as Nuada constantly says he should, ala very Darth Vader, 'join the dark side'). Throw in a hilarious drunken rendition of Barry Manelow's "I can't Smile Without You" sung by Abe and Hellboy, and a competition for team leadership in the form of gas-based character Johan Krauss (pricelessly voiced by Seth Macfarlane), and you have an admirable perspective shown on Hellboy's character: the nature, up's and down's, of being a hero. One who does not look traditional and suffers for it.

I rate this film a 10/10, not in the same way I would rate "The Godfather" a 10/10. I give it a perfect score for achieving what it set out to, and being no more than what I expected: a fun, bizarre, visually gorgeous, summer blast. 10/10

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Weekend US Box Office

Here is what's what over in the States. Cheers to Matt. First figure is this weekends take and the second is the gross take. Indy 4 has done incredibly well.

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) $35.9M $35.9M
2 Hancock (2008) $33M $165M
3 Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) $20.6M $20.6M
4 WALL·E (2008) $18.5M $163M
5 Wanted (2008) $11.6M $112M
6 Get Smart (2008) $7.11M $111M
7 Meet Dave (2008) $5.3M $5.3M
8 Kung Fu Panda (2008) $4.3M $202M
9 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) $2.36M $11M
10 Indiana Jones...Crystal Skull (2008) $2.25M $310M

Hellboy Audition

Here's another clip of Hellboy popping up outside the comic, film or cartoon.

Where's Hellboy now?

After his fun inside the Actor's Studio, the Right Hand of Doom is playing computer games with Chuck. I'm loving this cross genre promotion of the film.

Hellboy on Inside the Actor's Studio

This is absolutely brilliant and a great piece of marketing.

New Hellboy 2 Trailer

Hey all, good news indeed. There's a new Hellboy 2 trailer on the web for all to see. I'm really looking forward to this film. I thought the first one was an under-rated cracker (although it did seem to slow down in the last third), and I am a huge fan of the original comic by Mike Mignola.

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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

AICN have got a first review for Guillermo del Toro's latest movie and it sounds rather splendid. Ron Perlman and Doug Jones are back as Red and Blue (this time Doug is able to provide the voice of Abe Sapien). They are joined by the cloud of ectoplasm in a power suit that is Johann Strauss. He's voiced by Seth McFarlane so all you Family Guy, American Dad fans should enjoy it.

The big bad this time is an elven Prince played by Luke Goss (who was pretty good as the big bad in del Toro's Blade 2).

Check out the review for more information on the film. There are a few spoilers so beware.