CBR: CCI: del Toro, Perlman Discuss "Hellboy 3"

[CBR News]

While promoting their respective projects for FilmDistrict, Guillermo del Toro and Ron Pelrman discussed the future of the Hellboy franchise, opening the door for a third film.


Full article here.

[ian33407]

Simple. HELLBOY 3, produced by Peter Jackson. NOW !!!

[kalorama]

Joking aside, the filmmaker firmly stated that he will not make the final movie without Perlman, so either they'll get the band back together while the actor is still willing and capable, or else the franchise will likely eventually fall into the now popular reboot zone.

My money is on option B.

[rauj13]

My money is on option B.

The other two movies were barely profitable. Add that to the way they (seemingly) had to fight tooth and nail to even get what they had for the first two, I highly doubt any studio is interested in rebooting this franchise. I'm amazed the studios made the second one at all.

But overall, I'm glad they're being honest and upfront about what's going on with it.

[Cryptid]

The other two movies were barely profitable. Add that to the way they (seemingly) had to fight tooth and nail to even get what they had for the first two, I highly doubt any studio is interested in rebooting this franchise. I'm amazed the studios made the second one at all.

But overall, I'm glad they're being honest and upfront about what's going on with it.

It's a shame too. I'm guessing that the studios committed to the second Hellboy on the strength of the good press from Pan's Labyrinth. Now that GdT has stepped down from The Hobbit, it seems like a lot of that momentum has evaporated. I'm happy he's sticking to his guns on these projects, but I wish he released more films, even if that would mean going back to lower budgets.

[lead sharp]

Gimme that straw I'll clutch at anything I can!

NOT joking, love these movies, need the third one.

[kalorama]

The other two movies were barely profitable.

Wrong. Hellboy cost $66 mill and made about $100 mill worldwide. Golden Army cost $85 mill and earned $160 mill worldwide. Those aren't blockbuster numbers, but they're a damn sight better than "barely profitable."

[thwhtGuardian]

Wrong. Hellboy cost $66 mill and made about $100 mill worldwide. Golden Army cost $85 mill and earned $160 mill worldwide. Those aren't blockbuster numbers, but they're a damn sight better than "barely profitable."

And they did well on dvd if I remember correctly, the strong DVD sales were given as a reason why the second movie was picked up.

[Legato]

Wrong. Hellboy cost $66 mill and made about $100 mill worldwide. Golden Army cost $85 mill and earned $160 mill worldwide. Those aren't blockbuster numbers, but they're a damn sight better than "barely profitable."

I dont get why people keep saying a movie bombed while in actuality it made double it's budget.

[RickIsley]

I dont get why people keep saying a movie bombed while in actuality it made double it's budget.

In the case of Hellboy 2, I would imagine it is because that movie was totally overshadowed by the other big movies of summer 2008. If I remember correctly, The Dark Knight opened one week after it.

I would definately welcome a third Hellboy. At the very least, it has a distinct tone and plotlines as compared to virtually all other big budget comic book films.

[Comicbookfan]

Give me more Hellboy, i don't care i will wire you money just make another hellboy i loved both Hellboy and Hellboy 2 more Hellboy!

[UndergroundAnthem TX]

In the case of Hellboy 2, I would imagine it is because that movie was totally overshadowed by the other big movies of summer 2008. If I remember correctly, The Dark Knight opened one week after it.

I would definately welcome a third Hellboy. At the very least, it has a distinct tone and plotlines as compared to virtually all other big budget comic book films.

Agreed on all points, Rick. Great assessment. I always thought HB2 would have fared much better in the fall, or as a straight-up Christmas day release.

While I too would welcome a 3rd entry to the series, I can't see it happening until well after Pacific Rim is released and is hopefully a big success. That will give GDT the industry momentum again to get any passion project he wishes off the ground. But in all honesty, even then I wouldn't doubt that the passion project he prefers is At The Mountains of Madness. From the way GDT and Perlman are talking it sounds like they both would rather do anything BUT make another HB flick.

Oh, well. We'll always have 2 badass HB flicks we can watch whenever we like before a Twilight director is brought in to reboot and hipster-it-up.

[ian33407]

Oh, well. We'll always have 2 badass HB flicks we can watch whenever we like before a Twilight director is brought in to reboot and hipster-it-up.

yes, but I'd prefer Del Toro finishing what he started and intends before the franchise falls in crappiness - though I doubt Mignola would let happen that neither..

[kane]

I dont get why people keep saying a movie bombed while in actuality it made double it's budget.

Because the studio had to share the money with the theaters and there were also marketing costs, so the movies probably just broke even? Just an assumption. I do not know how much profit the movies made, but people often forget the difference between the money a movie makes in theaters and profit.

That said I loved the movies and would like a third one.

[Middenway]

And there are rumblings again...