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Welcome to Unfilmable.com's "Hellboy" news page. While Hellboy is not a Lovecraft adaptation, it has been described as very Lovecraftian by many of it's fans. Some of the early character sketches and production artwork have a strong Lovecraftian feel to them. Director Guillermo Del Toro is set to direct the straight Lovecraft adaptation "At the Mountains of Madness" after it's release. Please submit news and links here. Past news is archived below. Caution: This page contains spoilers! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ December 30: Hellboy Lithographs at Dynamic Forces Source: Dynamic Forces Dynamic Forces is selling the official line of Hellboy movie lithographs which feature the characters and images from the film. You can check them out here! (Thanks to http://www.superherohype.com/) Source: Wizard magazine The new issue of Wizard magazine included four new shots from writer/director Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy. All four shots feature Ron Perlman in the title role and you can check them out here! (Thanks to http://www.superherohype.com/) Source: Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow Collectibles recently sat down with Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro as he reviewed the company's figures. You can now view the exclusive shots of the del Toro with the products at the link above! Lots more images and info on how you can pre-order the Hellboy figures are available here. (Thanks to http://www.superherohype.com/) December 20: Hellboy Panel at FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors There will be a HELLBOY Panel with director Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS, BLADE II) and actor Ron Perlman (CRONOS, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALIEN RESURRECTION, BLADE II) at next year's FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors. The convention takes place on January 9-11, 2004. For more information click here. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) If you head on over to JoBlo, you can take a peak at three new images from Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy comic book adaptation, coming from Revolution Studious April 2nd. You can watch the trailer - that leaves you wondering if this will be any good - by clicking here. (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) SUBMITTED BY Typhon24 We've just recieved word from the fine folks over at Hellsite, the official Hellboy movie website, that the Timeline and Concept Art sections have been updated! The Timeline section tells all about the history of the filmic versions of Hellboy, Rasputin, and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, while the Concept Art section now includes images (which can be found in countingdown.com's gallery) and commentary from director Guillermo del Toro on the demonic hell-hound Sammael! Check it all out at the link below! Source: Hellsite (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/) Source: Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow Collectibles has posted the first photos of the Hellboy and Abe Sapien polystone busts coming soon! You can check them out at the link above. They are now also taking pre-orders for the 12 inch Hellboy figure, which is a limited Edition of 666. You can reserve yours today here! (Thanks to http://www.superherohype.com/) … is paved with director Guillermo del Toro as he adapts his favorite comic, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, into a live-action feature. When listening to genre favorite director Guillermo del Toro discuss his love for HELLBOY, images of Wednesday afternoon at the local comic book shop – the day new titles arrive and fans congregate to debate the latest twists in the lives of their beloved characters – immediately come to mind. It’s quite clear that the filmmaker is a true admirer of the Mike Mignola-created series and has been for quite some time. "I’ve been a fan since the mid-’90s when the book first came out," admits del Toro. "HELLBOY came out, I bought it and I loved the images, but I couldn’t follow the story. I found it a little disjointed and, to this day, I think ‘Seed of Destruction’ [the first book of the series] is not the best story in HELLBOY. To me, the best HELLBOY trade paperback is ‘The Corpse’ and the short stories. I think Hellboy as a character worked really great in a long arc – ‘Conqueror Worm’ would be my favorite long arc story. But in ‘Seed of Destruction,’ I still felt a little bit of Mignola finding his footing on the character. Then in ’97 when I was shooting MIMIC, they were publishing ‘Wake the Devil’ and I think that story made more sense to me. Suddenly, the stories of HELLBOY started having their own flavor and I became hopelessly addicted." To read more of this exclusive article and other great content, pick up Cinescape Magazine at your local newsstand or get it delivered right to your home by subscribing now (Thanks to http://www.cinescape.com/) 'Hellboy' director Guillermo del Toro will be signing copies of his recently released DVD edition of his first film, Cronos, at Dark Delicacies in Burbank this Sunday (12/7). If you make it over and get del Toro talking about 'Hellboy', make sure to let us know what was said! Hit the link below for further details. Source: Dark Delicacies (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/) Wizard: Do you see yourself doing sequels? GDT: I'd love to live in "Hellboy land" for the rest of my natural life! The fact is, I approach movies saying, "I'm going to have fun." The first impulse on any movie has never been, "Can I make money? Can I gain reputation?" None of that crap is pure Hollywood. And I tell you, how can you not want to have fun on a Hellboy movie? I would love to do 'The Wolves of Saint August' next, and I would love to mix and match it with other storylines. I told Mike that if we go for a second movie, I would love to go for like a super extravaganza. And definitely end up with the Conqueror Worm! [Laughs] Previously, del Toro has stated that in sequels he hopes to add Roger the Homunculus, Physical Medium Johann Kraus, a reimagining of the floating Nazi mad scientist head-in-a-jar Herman Von Klempt, his nazi cyber-apes the Kriegaffe...the list goes on. If we get a sequel, expect to recieve (as del Toro himself often puts it) "da woiks". Pick up Wizard for the full interview, and check out a scan of the all new Hellboy shot in our gallery! Source: Wizard Magazine (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/) Source: The Average Joes The Average Joes has up a new interview with Spectral Motion, Inc.'s Mike Elizalde in which he talks about the Hellboy movie. Here's a clip... JL: You created Sammael and Abe Sapien. From what little we've seen they both look amazing. Were there any problems experienced while creating these beauties? ME: There are certain elements of Sammael's physiognomy that required a great deal of attention both in the creative process and during filming due to the complexity of the required effect. This particular feature, which I will be able to discuss at length after April 2nd, really called to task all of Mark Setrakian's technical knowledge and physical and emotional endurance. But in the end Guillermo had his Lovecraftian monster and we have an amazing creature to our credit. Kudos as well to Brian Steele [who plays Sammael in the film] for his outstanding endurance and performance. With regards to Abe, we only had one significant burp during the pre-production phase. After we conducted the final makeup test on Doug Jones it became apparent that his shoulders and chest weren't quite beefy enough for a chap who spends a great deal of time swimming, so we had to re-sculpt, remold, and re-run all the shoulder and neck bits and augment the pectorals with inserts as the deadline loomed. Once again the end result speaks for itself. Click the link above for the full interview and new set pictures! (Thanks to http://www.superherohype.com/)
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