HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Has Finished Shooting; Gets Seal Of Approval From Creator Mike Mignola

Despite only beginning shooting in April, Hellboy: The Crooked Man has already wrapped production, and Mike Mignola has nothing but good things to say about the Right Hand of Doom's big screen return.

By JoshWilding - May 15, 2023 11:05 PM EST

Filed Under: Hellboy

It's been confirmed (via FearHQ.com) that Hellboy: The Crooked Man has already wrapped production. Yesterday, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola took to Instagram to reveal that cameras have now stopped rolling in Bulgaria, meaning the movie was only filming for roughly seven or eight weeks.

Despite not getting the opportunity to visit the reboot's set, the writer and artist says "I have loved what I've been seeing," adding: "If fans have been waiting for a Hellboy film that is actually an adaptation of one of my stories I think they are finally going to get one."

"Congratulations to director Brian Taylor and a really wonderful cast," Mignola continues, "and to co-writer Chris Golden who did so much to figure out how to give the studio what they wanted and still keep true to the heart and soul of The Crooked Man, my favorite of the Hellboy stories...they did a wonderful job bringing his really horrific character to life."

It was previously announced that Jack Kesy (Deadpool 2) will star as Hellboy alongside Jefferson White (Yellowstone) as Tom Ferrell and Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) as Bobbie Jo Song.

Director Brian Taylor (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) is at the helm of a movie that is said to expand Hellboy's world through some of the most beloved issues of the comic series. Mignola penned the screenplay alongside his Dark Horse Comics collaborator Chris Golden, so it's a project that definitely has potential.

The official synopsis for movie reads, "Stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent discover a small community haunted by witches, led by the Crooked Man, a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past."

On the page, The Crooked Man was an eighteenth-century miser and war profiteer named Jeremiah Witkins who was hanged for his crimes yet returned from Hell as the region's resident Devil. It's currently unclear who is playing that villain in the reboot.

Millennium Media has yet to announce Hellboy: The Crooked Man's release date.

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dracula - 5/15/2023, 11:09 PM

How did they get this made so fast without anyone noticing

How did they get it financed so quickly after the last bomb

The del toro movies had a harder time happening

JohnPain - 5/16/2023, 7:05 AM

@dracula -

It’s a cheaper film shot in Bulgaria

ObserverIO - 5/16/2023, 7:11 AM

@dracula - Sounds like this is essentially a fan film, but official and with a theatrical release.

Scripturepoetic - 5/16/2023, 1:17 PM

@dracula -

With
Brian Taylor
directing

You know he's going to be shooting for something insane

"Ghost Rider: Spirit of VENGEANCE"
is INCREDIBLE on certain levels

Every visualization portraying Ghost Rider delivers with his and Neveldine's Grindhouse version of the Rider

He hits 🎯 the mark on certain points SO incredibly

I really hope the other aspects of the film 📽️ can come together

You kind of know, what the weaknesses are gonna be, and what strengths are also going to, for SURE, be

dracula - 5/15/2023, 11:10 PM

Maybe this time they will include Kate

ModHaterSLADE - 5/15/2023, 11:10 PM

Can only go up after the last one. Shame because I thought Harbour was solid as the character.

Scripturepoetic - 5/16/2023, 1:27 PM

@ModHaterSLADE -

Harbour kills it as Hellboy

It'll take the other parts of the movies to connect with audiences

I hope they find a way to do it

If at first, you don't succeed...

ModHaterSLADE - 5/16/2023, 3:42 PM

@Scripturepoetic - Agreed

dracula - 5/15/2023, 11:15 PM

From del toro to the director of ghost rider 2

Thats like picking pizza by alfredo over Alfredo’s pizza caffe

Arkay - 5/16/2023, 10:29 AM

@dracula - Alfredo's pizza café picked my business card. I get free pies for a week!

Waifuslayer - 5/15/2023, 11:15 PM

Wasn't a fan of the Del Toro films beside some of the casting and skipped the reboot but this is one of the directors of Crank 1 and 2 so I'll check it out.

ObserverIO - 5/16/2023, 7:12 AM

@Waifuslayer - said no one ever.

clintthahamster - 5/16/2023, 7:32 AM

@Waifuslayer - I agree with this 100%.

Waifuslayer - 5/16/2023, 11:18 AM

@ObserverIO - once again, you have to go out of your way to bash my opinion, even when it's positive.

Get a [frick]ing hobby.

ObserverIO - 5/16/2023, 2:38 PM

@Waifuslayer - Did I bash your opinion before? I am sorry. Total coincidence, honestly. I swear I've nothing against you or anything. Next time you say something, in fact the next two times you say something, even if I disagree, I'm gonna back you on it as penance.

Scripturepoetic - 5/16/2023, 2:57 PM

@ObserverIO -

JohnPain - 5/16/2023, 11:30 PM

@ObserverIO -

Keep your penance zipped

ObserverIO - 5/17/2023, 4:58 AM

@JohnPain - Had to think about that one for a second, lol.

KaptainKhaos - 5/15/2023, 11:15 PM

I dunno, Larry Hama gave Snake Eyes his seal of approval and look how that ended.

Mind you Hama will respond positively to anything if money is involved

MrDandy - 5/15/2023, 11:51 PM

We begged for so long for Hellboy 3 and instead they’ve chosen to give us multiple reboots years later…

Thanks…

clintthahamster - 5/16/2023, 7:33 AM

@MrDandy - This is an important lesson for you to learn: You aren't important, and will rarely get what you want in life.

ComedicHeretic - 5/15/2023, 11:55 PM

I didn't mind the Del Toro films. Not accurate at all to the books, but not terrible either. Perlman IS Hellboy tho. Down to the voice and look. They're both 8/10 movies for me. We don't talk about the reboot. I'll give this a chance.

valmic - 5/16/2023, 12:12 AM

Mignola is such a sell out

ComedicHeretic - 5/16/2023, 1:34 AM

@micvalpro - Troll

dracula - 5/16/2023, 4:55 AM

@micvalpro - got to wonder what caused him and Del Toro to fall out.

cause yeah second time in a row he is backing a second rate director, seriously he use to have an award winner

JohnPain - 5/16/2023, 7:17 AM

@dracula -

it’s not up to him what director they pick. The producers want him involved in the script so he stays on board.

ObserverIO - 5/16/2023, 7:23 AM

@dracula - I don't think it's a falling out, I think it basically comes down to two things:

1. Del Toro's Hellboy 3 requires a massive budget and the studio said no, so he walked.

2. Mignola, though he loved GDT's vision, always felt there was a small but important disparity between it and his own vision. So essentially, if it's not Hellboy 3 then he's going to try and steer things in a direction that is more representative of the comic book.

...but unfortunately way more shit than a director like GDT can deliver. Which is a shame, because the disparity isn't that big imo.

valmic - 5/16/2023, 3:06 PM

@dracula - I remember reading Del Toro decided to make Hellboy 2 his own thing and wanted the whole thing to end in 3. Mignola didnt like the idea of it and the idea of liz having twins. Something like that. It was along time ago so. Mignola honestly just seems to care about getting that check from the movies. He lets them do whatever they want.

Asterisk - 5/16/2023, 12:14 AM

All I think about when I see a new Hellboy movie is coming out is what Levi would think.

ObserverIO - 5/16/2023, 7:26 AM

@Asterisk - Will studios ever give Del Toro the finances he needs to deliver Hellboy 3/At The Mountains of Madness/Justice League Dark?

Such a waste of power and resources that nobody wants to take a chance on one our greatest living filmmakers.

Scripturepoetic - 5/16/2023, 3:25 PM

@ObserverIO -

Dude...

Tom Cruise was attached, same ICON that delivered 💰 with "Tom Gun: Maverick"

James Cameron was attached, same LEGEND that raked in 2 Billion 💵 for "Avatar 2"

These guys print 🤑 Money and STILL "At the Mountain 🏔️ of Madness" is a question mark ⁉️

Maybe they're going to stretch out the production for decades, just like those Box Office hits, but WILL eventually happen...

Hey,
Villeneuve's made enough 💸 Bucks 💵 to get to a as second DUNE, so hopefully, ATMOM
Will happen

There's already leaked preproduction:

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