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HELLBOY 2 defeats two studios' plans to keep him under wraps - joins his fellow monsters at UNIVERSAL!!!

Hey folks, Harry here... Guillermo Del Toro - just can't quit on HELLBOY 2. And yes, that is a very "Brokeback" statement. Guillermo's love for the big red guy, brought him back from the clutches of development hell.

That HELLBOY 2 will call UNIVERSAL home is a strange story. You see - that's where HELLBOY was originally pitched. And it was ultimately Stacey Snider, who saw the project differently from Del Toro that caused Guillermo to seek the project elsewhere. Snider is now at Dreamworks - and no longer standing between Mignola's creation and the UNIVERSAL home of classic movie monsters.

I had given up hope that I'd ever see HELLBOY fighting the tooth fairy(s) - now I know I will see that glorious scene brought to life. Now - if only Mignola will let Guillermo bring a bit of "Lobster" to the film. HINT HINT MIKE!!!

HELLBOY is now set to showdown with THE DARK KNIGHT, IRON MAN and probably WOLVERINE in Summer 2008. Sounds like a comic fan's paradise.

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FIRST
by codyhizzle
Aug 4th, 2006
01:47:23 AM
Finally, progress!
by Shub-Wankalot
Aug 4th, 2006
01:51:29 AM
BUT WHERE ARE MY VALIANT COMICS MOVIES!?!?!?!
by xomanowarfan
Aug 4th, 2006
01:54:00 AM
That'sa Lott'a Comic Book Movies!!
by The Dum Guy
Aug 4th, 2006
01:55:46 AM
Excellent news
by Ecto-1
Aug 4th, 2006
02:03:35 AM
There is a God...
by robogeek.com
Aug 4th, 2006
02:05:26 AM
I'm no X3 hater, but I'm not looking forward to Wolvie.
by Shermdawg
Aug 4th, 2006
02:05:26 AM
Lobster person...
by LordDarken
Aug 4th, 2006
02:07:38 AM
Comic flicks are hot, but if Transformers does well...
by Shermdawg
Aug 4th, 2006
02:10:43 AM
07 and 08 are looking to be both a billion times better
by spectrebeeyatch
Aug 4th, 2006
02:12:11 AM
I know, I know, I said "adaptions". Sue me.
by Shermdawg
Aug 4th, 2006
02:15:38 AM
Blade II Sucked!!!
by MetalWater
Aug 4th, 2006
02:22:54 AM
2008 sounds killer
by mattyholmes
Aug 4th, 2006
02:23:35 AM
halo!
by washisdead
Aug 4th, 2006
02:25:07 AM
Shermdawg
by BadMrWonka
Aug 4th, 2006
02:39:45 AM
Right on, right on!!!
by Rakafraker
Aug 4th, 2006
02:43:18 AM
Harry and Guillermo Gay Slash Fiction Post #1
by Bari Umenema
Aug 4th, 2006
02:53:25 AM
wow
by BadMrWonka
Aug 4th, 2006
02:54:46 AM
Hit or miss
by tompbeast
Aug 4th, 2006
02:57:58 AM
Hellboy was a horrible movie
by JUSTICE41
Aug 4th, 2006
03:12:27 AM
Harry writes, "You see..." a lot!
by RetroActive
Aug 4th, 2006
03:18:54 AM
Um, Hellboy was a piece of ass
by shithead
Aug 4th, 2006
03:20:50 AM
Smalller budget = worse effects
by Rupee88
Aug 4th, 2006
03:24:44 AM
*Spoiler* You see the Universal logo before the film.
by Archduke_Chocula
Aug 4th, 2006
03:35:09 AM
Good news, bad news
by Karnov
Aug 4th, 2006
03:59:22 AM
Hellboy and Dark Knight
by Samson_K
Aug 4th, 2006
04:10:06 AM
AICN has to be the only site where....
by Flipao
Aug 4th, 2006
06:20:22 AM
I'm with shithead.
by Cory849
Aug 4th, 2006
06:41:01 AM
But I wanted MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS ...
by godoffireinhell
Aug 4th, 2006
06:44:01 AM
Blade 2 rocked
by Callahan9996
Aug 4th, 2006
06:44:40 AM
You beauty!!
by Brody77
Aug 4th, 2006
07:02:20 AM
So
by Steve Rogers
Aug 4th, 2006
07:06:43 AM
So-So Movie
by Steve Rogers
Aug 4th, 2006
07:08:12 AM
Mmmmm...More pamcakes!
by SpyGuy
Aug 4th, 2006
07:35:07 AM
Great!
by FordPerfect
Aug 4th, 2006
08:02:21 AM
I don't know why I seemed to like the first more than
by beastie
Aug 4th, 2006
08:03:47 AM
Regenerative shield = A FUCKING M.A.S.K.!!!
by StarBlitzer
Aug 4th, 2006
08:09:49 AM
Cock is out....stroking commences....
by Doctor_Sin
Aug 4th, 2006
08:11:49 AM
If Transformers does boffo BO
by DirkD13"
Aug 4th, 2006
08:19:09 AM
"it's like giving Beetlejuice to Kurosawa"
by rev_skarekroe
Aug 4th, 2006
08:20:01 AM
Who the hell wrote this article?
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
08:24:19 AM
Once I saw Hellboy,,,
by emeraldboy
Aug 4th, 2006
08:28:55 AM
Great!
by Lost Skeleton
Aug 4th, 2006
08:40:12 AM
I hated Hellboy.
by Eaglet1138
Aug 4th, 2006
08:44:57 AM
i'd be pumped if the 1st helloboy was good...
by isildur29
Aug 4th, 2006
08:46:53 AM
What about Archie comics?
by Darth_Nader
Aug 4th, 2006
08:49:46 AM
Seriously, who give a fuck?
by Atticus Finch
Aug 4th, 2006
08:55:36 AM
Who care's about Wolvie...
by Giz
Aug 4th, 2006
09:15:44 AM
The FLAMING CARROT is Hollywood gold!
by Uncle Stan
Aug 4th, 2006
09:34:30 AM
Natalie Portman in Star Wars TV Show?
by GenericJokeName
Aug 4th, 2006
09:54:21 AM
Gobots were Transformers for poor kids...
by moto
Aug 4th, 2006
10:02:30 AM
We'll never know what's good
by DOGSOUP
Aug 4th, 2006
10:04:00 AM
fuck off - the movie made $60 million - you want sequel
by Spacesheik
Aug 4th, 2006
10:09:00 AM
WHAT? why does this get greenlit when...
by ahdvd
Aug 4th, 2006
10:13:49 AM
V for Vendetta WAS better than Batman Begins
by slone13
Aug 4th, 2006
10:13:55 AM
Hellboy made over $50 million in video rentals alone
by slone13
Aug 4th, 2006
10:16:09 AM
And if adaptations of 80's cartoons is the next thing..
by Kid Z
Aug 4th, 2006
10:18:06 AM
Dude...
by casinoskunk
Aug 4th, 2006
10:45:09 AM
Hellboy was phenomenal
by neonist
Aug 4th, 2006
10:48:39 AM
FUCK YEAH !!!!!
by IAmLegolas
Aug 4th, 2006
11:20:38 AM
Um....
by IAmLegolas
Aug 4th, 2006
11:23:38 AM
Re:GenericJokeNAme
by The Ender
Aug 4th, 2006
11:30:23 AM
Hellboy was good but kind of boring....
by El Scorcho
Aug 4th, 2006
11:38:52 AM
First one was a letdown
by jimmy_009
Aug 4th, 2006
11:41:45 AM
V for Vendetta had some cool part but not great movie
by skiff
Aug 4th, 2006
11:58:39 AM
The problem with Hellboy is:
by Noeland
Aug 4th, 2006
12:01:17 PM
DirkD13
by Flickerhead
Aug 4th, 2006
12:07:03 PM
Hellboy was some damn good fun
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
12:08:08 PM
slone13
by Flickerhead
Aug 4th, 2006
12:09:17 PM
Hellboy not Scary??
by emeraldboy
Aug 4th, 2006
12:21:33 PM
Hellboy was entertaining...
by mr.underwater
Aug 4th, 2006
12:23:41 PM
Can we please get Harry's telegraphed glowing.....
by Kai_Mah'gra
Aug 4th, 2006
12:25:29 PM
reading the posts on this site
by emeraldboy
Aug 4th, 2006
12:25:53 PM
The summer comic fantasy smackdowns......
by SydBarretsMyDad
Aug 4th, 2006
12:29:11 PM
Alriiiight!
by BrandLoyalist
Aug 4th, 2006
12:47:23 PM
CLIVE OWEN AS LOBSTER JOHNSON!
by Traumnovelle
Aug 4th, 2006
01:17:54 PM
Yeah but...
by SG7
Aug 4th, 2006
01:22:26 PM
Hellboy 2 in the hizzy
by Mits777
Aug 4th, 2006
02:07:28 PM
TOO SOON
by Badger999
Aug 4th, 2006
02:08:08 PM
BROKEBACK MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
by Uncapie
Aug 4th, 2006
03:41:48 PM
But Guillermo said no Hellboy II
by CENOBITE
Aug 4th, 2006
03:44:59 PM
Badger999, I was about to quote that as well
by Flipao
Aug 4th, 2006
04:00:32 PM
Hellboy
by phaedrus007
Aug 4th, 2006
04:32:21 PM
Hellboy was visually lackluster.
by superninja
Aug 4th, 2006
04:56:11 PM
Hellboy doesn't need a huge effects budget.
by superninja
Aug 4th, 2006
04:58:21 PM
Maybe make the Abe from the first film an evil
by superninja
Aug 4th, 2006
05:00:26 PM
V For Vendetta vs. Batman Begins!!!
by MetalWater
Aug 4th, 2006
05:16:21 PM
V For Vendetta is NOT a metaphor for 9/11!
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
05:36:06 PM
make that
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
05:36:40 PM
Spoilers?
by fiester
Aug 4th, 2006
05:59:01 PM
Uncapie
by godoffireinhell
Aug 4th, 2006
06:11:56 PM
RE: Spoilers?
by godoffireinhell
Aug 4th, 2006
06:13:02 PM
V For Vendetta And Nit Wits Who Don't Understand It!!!
by MetalWater
Aug 4th, 2006
06:21:12 PM
MetalWater
by neonist
Aug 4th, 2006
06:33:09 PM
I simply don't think
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
06:58:32 PM
Not to say
by Mechasheeva
Aug 4th, 2006
07:02:49 PM
Bush vs. V and The Wachowski Brothers!!!
by MetalWater
Aug 4th, 2006
07:06:55 PM
Hellboy was good but had its flaws
by Doc_Strange
Aug 4th, 2006
08:00:50 PM
Listen to the good doctor
by twitaman
Aug 4th, 2006
08:23:50 PM
re: Lobster person...
by grendel824
Aug 4th, 2006
08:52:38 PM
Hellboy cost $66 million and only made $59 Million
by Johnny Storm
Aug 4th, 2006
09:48:11 PM
Hellboy made back it's budget and then some.
by critch
Aug 4th, 2006
10:17:18 PM
I own both
by Mechasheeva
Aug 5th, 2006
12:32:41 AM
I wish they would do Hellboy Animated like......
by Doc_Strange
Aug 5th, 2006
12:57:21 AM
This VFV vs. BB stuff
by Frgl_Rockatansky
Aug 5th, 2006
02:46:07 AM
VFV
by DirkD13"
Aug 5th, 2006
04:40:36 AM
Hellboy should be done green-screen, like Sin City
by pokadoo
Aug 5th, 2006
05:05:36 AM
MetalWater, oh MetalWater
by Damer1
Aug 5th, 2006
07:22:02 AM
HELLBOY 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL YES!!
by Spiderhulk
Aug 5th, 2006
10:22:14 AM
Who gives a crap?
by sith-vol
Aug 5th, 2006
10:41:22 AM
RE: Animated Hellboy
by godoffireinhell
Aug 5th, 2006
10:52:47 AM
pokadoo - right on!
by superninja
Aug 5th, 2006
11:56:47 AM
godo, I sure hope that they capture the
by superninja
Aug 5th, 2006
11:59:22 AM
I like the way pokadoo thinks.
by superninja
Aug 5th, 2006
12:04:54 PM
Evil Abe Clone
by NoHubris
Aug 5th, 2006
12:27:32 PM
Good news for monster fans everywhere.
by uberman
Aug 5th, 2006
12:41:43 PM
Ok, so Hellboy didn't make $300 million...
by iron pills
Aug 5th, 2006
01:02:16 PM
Hell, while we're at it, why not a Daredevil "reboot"..
by iron pills
Aug 5th, 2006
01:19:39 PM
Marv was just like the Punisher in Sin City...
by iron pills
Aug 5th, 2006
01:24:40 PM
Yeah...yeah...
by KubrickFan69
Aug 5th, 2006
01:32:13 PM
Screw-On Head
by cerebulon
Aug 5th, 2006
10:15:03 PM
In response to jayjew
by Frgl_Rockatansky
Aug 6th, 2006
06:12:29 AM
You know, as a first/origin comic book movie...
by Childe Roland
Aug 7th, 2006
08:03:34 AM
SHATTERED
by rightarm4Rosario
Aug 7th, 2006
12:33:00 PM
Batman Begins VS Vendetta.
by Arche Logos
Aug 8th, 2006
04:51:47 PM
Hellboy and Blade II rocked...you dumbfuck haters
by quantize
Aug 9th, 2006
04:45:19 AM

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