Neil Marshall (The Descent) is directing and David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) is our new Hellboy in the upcoming feature Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, which will reboot the franchise with a brand new rated R adaptation of Mike Mignola’s comic books. And it’s going to be dark, gruesome and bloody!

Speaking with Mick Garris on the latest episode of Post Mortem, Marshall noted that he doesn’t intend on pulling any punches with his adaptation.

“We’ve been granted permission to do it R-rated, which for me is just like taking the cuffs off,” he told Garris. “It’s like, okay, so now we can just make the movie we want to make. Nobody’s going to stop us. So, that’s the main [difference]. And I’m sure, obviously, the success of things like Deadpool and Logan have not hurt that cause. But, also, when you go back the original material, it is kind of bloody, so I’m going to embrace that.”

Marshall continued, “It’s definitely going to be as practical as we can possibly make it. I love to do stuff in camera whenever I possibly can, and use CG as the amazing tool that it is, to enhance or expand upon the world, but not to use it to replace reality, when you can do it [for] real.”

The Millennium Films project has already been scripted by Andrew Cosby, Christopher Golden, and Mike Mignola. It is being executive produced by Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, and Carl Hampe.

Look for Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen in 2018.

And it’s going to be dark, gruesome and bloody!

JULY 05, 2017 3:51pm PT by Borys Kit
Lionsgate in Talks to Pick Up 'Hellboy' Reboot

David Harbour will star as the demonic creation of comic book author and artist Mike Mignola.
The Hellboy reboot that will star Stranger Things’ David Harbour as the title character may have found a home.

Lionsgate is in final negotiations to pick up the project, which is titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen and has Neil Marshall on board to direct, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are producing, as is Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment.

Hellboy is a unique franchise in that so far each installment has been released by a different studio. Adapting the works of comic creator Mike Mignola, the first movie was made by Revolution Studios and released by Sony in 2004. The sequel, Hellboy: The Golden Army, was made by Universal and released in 2008.

Both movies were directed by Guillermo del Toro and starred Ron Perlman as a demon raised by a kind, and human, professor, working to fight supernatural evildoers for an organization called Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.

Del Toro and Perlman tried to launch a third installment, but budgetary issues proved to be challenging and the producers decided to instead venture forward with a reboot.

Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen is eyeing a fall shoot.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Neil Marshall has found his Blood Queen. Milla Jovovich is in final talks to join the Marshall-directed reboot of Hellboy, sources said. The plan is for her to join Stranger Things‘ David Harbour (playing the red-skinned creature originated by Ron Perlman in the Guillermo del Toro films), and Ian McShane, who’s also set to play Professor Broom.

‘Hellboy’ Reboot Casts ‘American Honey’ Star Sasha Lane
Dave McNary Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary
AUGUST 15, 2017 | 03:29PM PT
“American Honey” star Sasha Lane has joined David Harbour in the Lionsgate-Millennium’s “Hellboy” reboot.

Harbour will star as the titular demonic hero, based on the Mike Mignola comic books. The film is titled “Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen.”

Lane will play the role of Alice Monaghan, who is rescued in the origin stories by Hellboy from the fairies that kidnapped her. Milla Jovovich and Ian McShane also are attached to star.

“The Descent” director Neil Marshall is on board to helm. The new story sees Harbour’s hero squaring off against a sorceress who seeks to destroy humankind. The project will shoot in the U.K. and Bulgaria.

Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are producing along with Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment.

The previous two films starred Ron Perlman as the title character and scored at the box office, with the last one, “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” grossing $160 million worldwide.

Lane has wrapped on “Miseducation of Cameron Post” with Chloe Moretz and “Shotgun” with Maika Monroe. She’s repped by Gersh, The Long Run and attorney Andre Des Rochers.

AUGUST 21, 2017 2:41pm PT by Borys Kit
'Deadpool' Actor Ed Skrein Joining 'Hellboy' Reboot (Exclusive)

David Harbour, Ian McShane and Milla Jovovich are already in the cast.

Ed Skrein, who played the villain in Deadpool, is in negotiations to join the cast of Lionsgate and Millennium’s Hellboy reboot.

David Harbour is toplining as the demonic hero from the Mike Mignola comic books in a new feature that is being directed by Game of Thrones helmer Neil Marshall.

Ian McShane is already cast as the hero’s adoptive father, while Milla Jovovich is playing the villainess, a medieval sorceress out to destroy humankind.

Skrein will play Major Ben Daimio, a rugged military member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who, due to a supernatural encounter, can turn into a jaguar when angered or in pain.

The project is heading toward a September start and will shoot in the U.K. and Bulgaria.

Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are among the producers, as is Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment.

Skrein played the villain Ajax in Deadpool, the 2016 Ryan Reynolds hit that made $783 million worldwide. The Britain-born actor also headlined 2015’s The Transporter Refueled and will be seen in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, due in theaters in summer 2018.

Skrein is repped by CAA, 42 Agency in the U.K. and Bloom Hergott.