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When the comic book adaptation started becoming a global phenomenon, Guillermo del Toro ventured into the genre with his 2004 movieHellboy. Featuring Ron Perlman in the titular role, the director adapted the movie from Mike Mignola’s supernatural horror comic. SoonHellboycreated a fanbase, and del Toro proceeded withHellboy II: The Golden Army.
Releasing the sequel in 2008, Guillermo del Toro received decent reviews among critics and viewers and became a moderate box office success. Since then, fans have been hearing about the rumors ofHellboy 3in the making, but unfortunately, the movie never made its way to the theatres for a bizarre reason.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Plans for Ron Perlman’sHellboy 3
Adapting Mike Mignola’s supernatural horror comic by the same name, Guillermo del Toro came up with his 2004 movieHellboyfeaturing Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, and Doug Jones. Narrating the story of the mighty red demon who investigates paranormal incidents, del Toro earned promising reviews from fans.
Therefore, witnessingHellboy’ssuccess at the box office,Guillermo del Torofound the courage to proceed with a sequel story,Hellboy II: The Golden Armyin 2008. Showing Ron Perlman’s character stopping the Golden Army from awakening and threatening the world, the director gave an open ending to the story with Hellboy and Liz expecting twins.
Willing to conclude the franchise with his third sequel, Guillermo del Toro leftHellboy II: The Golden Armywith an open ending. Unfortunately, his plans went in vain, as it’s been more than a decade since fans have been waiting for the third installment. Despite having solid plans for the conclusion, del Toro failed to find studios to finance the movie.
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Reason WhyHellboy 3Never Came to Fruition
According to Guillermo del Toro, he has been trying his best to startHellboy 3with Ron Perlman and the OG cast. But unfortunately, studios are finding it hard to finance the film in today’s fragile market. As per hisRedditAMA, the director revealed the bizarre reason why the studios are holding back from financingHellboy 3.
“We have gone through basically every studio and asked for financing, and they are not interested. I think that the first movie made its budget back, and a little bit of profit, but then it was very very big on video and DVD. The story repeated itself with the second already, it made its money back at the box office, but a small margin of profit in the release of the theatrical print, but was very very big on DVD and video. Sadly now from a business point of view all the studios know is that you don’t have that safety net of the DVD and video, so they view the project as dangerous.”
Considering the fact that Studios can no longer rely on the sale of DVDs to earn their shares, they are holding back from financingHellboy 3. It is indeed a ridiculous reason for not financing the movie since most films these days are released on OTT platforms. In that case, Studios will no longer be able to invest in any project.
Sharing the unfortunate reason with fans, Guillermo del Toro broke the hearts of millions. Fans now find it hard to believe that at this pace the director will ever be able to makeHellboy 3. But neither the filmmaker norRon Perlmanhas given up hope. The duo is dead set on making the third installment.
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Krittika Mukherjee is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on films, TV shows, and celebrity news with over 3,000 articles published. With an educational background in Journalism, and a keen interest in filmmaking, Krittika blends factual precision with creative flair, when crafting her editorials, or dissecting fan theories.Her coverage often includes news and analyses of critically acclaimed films, celebrity news, and franchises like the Wizarding World, LOTR, DC, and MCU—particularly Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Superheroes, and fan theories. As a Wizarding World aficionado, Krittika has spent countless hours exploring hidden backstories, unadapted book moments, spells, and trivias surrounding J.K. Rowling’s lore.An imaginative writer with a way with words, Krittika has worked as an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a web content writer for a year. She brought her experience and expertise to FandomWire to pursue her desire for sipping coffee while dissecting films and tracking celebrity drama.
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