Jun 2 2008 Romantic New 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Poster
Empire has scored an exclusive new poster to Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Expect to see this image posted UK theaters, and on the cover of the Harlequin romance adaptation, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman's Lust.
New Hellboy II Poster [Empire]
Apr 21 2008 NYCC Report: 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'
Despite suffering what he described as "grotesque weight gain," director Guillermo Del Toro was in attendance at the New York Comic Con to discuss Hellboy II: The Golden Army--and he brought along creator Mike Mignola and stars Ron Pearlman, Selma Blair, and Doug Jones to sit mostly-quietly alongside. From what I can pull from my memory and scrawled notes, here's what happened:
- The entrance of each Hellboy player is received with thunderous applause and a standing ovation, followed by shouts from the back to sit down. Del Toro begins his typically expletive-filled discussion.
- A "sizzle reel"--essentially a trailer with some unfinished effects, meant to spark interest--is shown. It features even more freaks than the last trailer, and hints at a romance between Abe and the priestess and disputes between Hellboy and the ectoplasmic psychic, Johann. Conflict!
- When the lights come back up after the trailer, a batch of the aforementioned freaks are lined up on the stage. One holds a skinless man in a basket; another has a disgusting head with something like a birthday cake perched atop; a mutant wearing a single Victorian-era puffy sleeve holds a fetus emerging from his stomach. All are brilliantly disgusting.
- Del Toro discusses how many freak designs had to be dropped because of time and budget limitations, including a ten-three-headed bulldog licking itself. Mention is made of the dog's "red part," and that he'll post the design online soon.
- Seth MacFarlane is doing the voice of Johann? Apparently so. I guess that's just the most efficient way to ensure Family Guy can easily reference the film.
- Doug Jones, who played Silver Surfer in the last Fantastic Four movie, says he knows no more than the online rumors about a Surfer solo picture. He gesticulates just as much as he did in Pan's Labyrinth.
- Del Toro reveals that he's working on a picture called Saturn and the End of Days about a boy watching the apocalypse happen as he runs errands.
- Selma Blair's glazed expression screams "why the hell did I come here?"
More later!
Apr 3 2008 'Hellboy II' Trailer: Like Biting Into a Filet-o-Freak
I don't know how much I've mentioned it here, but like Karl Pilkington and Larry David, I'm an unabashed lover of freaks. Horrible deformities, disgusting aliens, general mutations, whatever--so long as it's non-normal to the degree of slight repulsion, I want to see it. But, man, this new Hellboy II trailer...
See this awful gentleman above with a building for a head? He's like the median freak, and he already has no business existing. Wait until you see these terrible things. It's like Guillermo del Toro does the Star Wars cantina.
Fellow Freak Fans, you really need to watch this. Non-Freak Fans, there also seemed to be a story going on as a background to the mutant menagerie, so maybe you'll find some meager joy in that. Thanks for the tip, Joe.
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Apr 3 2008 New Hellboy vs. Aging Rocker Shots
In anticipation of the new(!) trailer tomorrow, here are a slew of new shots from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Selma Blair looking hot despite wearing the scalp of Rosie O'Donnell? Hellboy fighting Edgar Winter? A leaner version of that rock guy from Neverending Story? Possibly a third, albino Olsen girl? They're all there!
New 'Hellboy II' Photos [Yahoo!]
Dec 19 2007 First Look at Johann, Butch Coif in 'Hellboy II'
Which is cooler: the first look at Johann Kraus, the psychic ectoplasmic spirit in a containment suit, or the first look at Liz Sherman's new Rosie O'Donnell hair? And by cooler, I mean more reminiscent of Koosh ball antics and feigned crushes on Tom Cruise.
