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Guillermo Del Toro's HELLBOY II site is live with designs!

Hellboy SMASH!!! by Redfive!	Oct 17th, 2007 04:59:44 PM
Oops wrong character. Either way the first film was pretty generic.The comics are so much better,its too bad they had to turn hellboy into another film instead of directly translating the comic to screen,that would of made it much more unique.
woohoo!!! was tired of talking Wilhelm by modlight	Oct 17th, 2007 04:59:58 PM
now lemme look
Del Toro is tops by major_tom_aint_dead	Oct 17th, 2007 05:00:33 PM
and Hellboy too!
Sick as "Hell" : POTENTIAL TO BE BEST COMIC MOVIE EVER by TheDohDoh	Oct 17th, 2007 05:02:09 PM
I LOVE THAT HELLBOY IS AN UNDERDOG character of sorts in comic book canon but the filmmakers are making him kick Superman's fucking ass into space/depths of Atlantis. THAT GALLERY KICKS ASS. LOVE THE COLLABORATORS WRITING ABOUT THEIR SKETCHES, NEED TO SEE THAT MORE OFTEN STUDIO EXECS!
Yes, take a look at the Gallery of Concept Art, here's why: by Pound Sand	Oct 17th, 2007 05:12:32 PM
The "Golden Army Chamber Concept Art," doesn't look a THING like the egg chamber scene in ALIEN. Nope, not at all. Totally different. 'Cause the eggs are, um, Golden. Yeah. And there's no foggy mist. Or John Hurt either.
that stuff looks nice by godhelpus	Oct 17th, 2007 05:13:48 PM
I wish Guillermo would discover me
A Sequel? Really? by sunnyboy	Oct 17th, 2007 05:17:22 PM
I remember Hellboy losing money. Could be cool. Just surprised that they would bankroll a sequel to this.
indeed Hellboy lost some money at the Box Office by Kennef	Oct 17th, 2007 05:19:39 PM
but has since become a cult hit, with lots of support. Also Del Toro's movie, "Pan's Labyrinth" might have turned some heads.
sunnyboy, you remember wrong by zebra	Oct 17th, 2007 05:20:56 PM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/m ovies/?id=hellboy.htm Cost=$66m Gross=$99m + DVD Sales
Will this one actually have an ending? by gruntybear	Oct 17th, 2007 05:24:50 PM
Because "Hellboy I" sure as hell didn't.
Yeah Zebra your Hollywood math is off. by EUROPA	Oct 17th, 2007 05:33:22 PM
66m + Marketing = 75-85 million at least. You can cut the 99 million boxoffice in half as there is a 45-55 split between theaters and film company. Cut more of the take if more than one company was involved in the production and distributon...lets not forget the backend deals for the directors, writers and....yes it was a money loser.
Hellboy's DVD sales doubled its box office take by slone13	Oct 17th, 2007 05:33:44 PM
No small feat. That's a sure fire way to get a sequel greenlit.
Del Toro needs his own show... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 17th, 2007 05:40:15 PM
I could listen to his geektech talk for an hour once a week to be sure. I like that he's going back to HB after the success of Pan's. Most director's would think it was beneath them I think and a step backwards which is incorrect. Does anyone else think he would be the perfect director of a live action THE GOON? By the way, I respect all of you.
While aware of Hellboy before the movie, by rbatty024	Oct 17th, 2007 05:44:40 PM
I hadn't read any of the comics. I was impressed with the original (except for the lackluster finale) and was doubly impressed by Pan's Labyrinth. I highly recommend the direct to DVD Hellboy cartoons. They are surprisingly high quality. I have even hunted down some of the comics.
I didn't care for the first HELLBOY at all. by Klaus Herzog	Oct 17th, 2007 05:45:06 PM
Sorry to say it, because I like everyone involved with that project, but I thought the movie was just pretty dumb. Stupid dialog and boring action scenes. PAN'S LABYRINTH of course is genius and maybe they created a better story this time. I'll wait for the reviews on this one. Oh wait...all reviews for the first one were good as well. Hmmm.....now I'm confused.
this one will be epic...the troll market shall rule by pipergates	Oct 17th, 2007 05:46:26 PM
viva del toro y chachacha
mmhmmhhhhhh by AllieJamison	Oct 17th, 2007 05:47:03 PM
Uuuuuuuhhhhhhhh....what a cool site and what a neat Abe Sapien video. HE'S SOooo FUCKING ADORABLE.
by nekomex	Oct 17th, 2007 05:51:46 PM
the first one was fun like for the first hour but then it strarted to get boring , at the end i didnt care at all for the characters, maybe this one its better.
Heard the script isn't very good by AlwaysThere	Oct 17th, 2007 05:54:49 PM
I wonder if anyone has written about it on this site.
Ahhh Hellboy, one of many overly hyped movies on AICN by BMacSmith	Oct 17th, 2007 05:55:50 PM
i swear to god, one of these reviewers (i think it was Morty, but I'm not sure) said it revolutionized the way comic book movies will be made and that it was the best comic book movie ever. yet HELLBOY was barely more than Spawn quality entertainment.
So that's what Doug Jones Sounds like!! by boyblue	Oct 17th, 2007 05:56:29 PM
Cant wait for this loved the first one!
Golden Army chamber = Egg chamber from Alien by Det. John Kimble	Oct 17th, 2007 05:57:21 PM
Might as well crib from the best.
It was a great debut film, geek doubters FO by quantize	Oct 17th, 2007 06:02:01 PM
really, some losers are never happy. It was a thoroughly fun and competent film
They need to hire someone to light it right by jimmy_009	Oct 17th, 2007 06:02:43 PM
That fucking bright X-Men lighting was the absolute WRONG way to go and totally did in the feel of the original comics. Half the comics are SHADOWS! You could see everything in the movie. From the looks of it they are going the same route for the second one. The only way to do Hellboy justice is through a stop motion feature.
I like how... by IAmLegolas	Oct 17th, 2007 06:13:39 PM
... people start dissecting box office returns just to prove their "point" that a movie was bad FOR THEM. Do we really need to repeat for the billionth time that in the grand scheme of things (i.e. movie watching, movie critiqing, movie history) B.O. don't mean shit? Look to BLADE RUNNER for one of many examples. Anyway, no studio would be greenlighting this if the first one didn't make money when all is said and done. And that's the end of you...
Just because Hellboy is smoking by ZoeFan	Oct 17th, 2007 06:14:41 PM
the MPAA is proposing a rule that would make this an automatic R. And Disney would refuse to make this (with their new non-smoking rule). Just showing how rediculous things are getting.
maybe if you got an R just for smoking... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 17th, 2007 06:16:51 PM
the filmmakers would say well fuck it then lets go all out and make it a balls to the wall action flick nudefest gorezone to the max!
Nudefest!!!! by ZoeFan	Oct 17th, 2007 06:17:51 PM
Sounds like a winner to me!!!!
Pound Sand by erikharrison	Oct 17th, 2007 06:21:11 PM
Actually, there IS John Hurt...
Hellboy was awesome by Dreadlock Holmes	Oct 17th, 2007 07:18:52 PM
Bring on the sequel!!
I loved HELLBOY by odysseus	Oct 17th, 2007 07:39:12 PM
Despite the unmemorable ending (what happened again?) I recall most of the movie quite fondly.
DVD sales by EUROPA	Oct 17th, 2007 07:49:00 PM
"Columbia TriStar Home Video's comic book-based "Hellboy" shot to the top of Nielsen VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales chart for the week ending Aug. 1, registering a commanding total of more than a half-million units in sales." Now we all know that most sales happen in the first week of release....so lets say they sold 3x since then....and again DVD sales aren't all profit so its still not making money.
Actually, by Mockingbuddha	Oct 17th, 2007 07:54:15 PM
Thanks to some slick money transfers that took advantage of the fluctuating exchange rate between the Dollar and the Yen, HB's Box Office in Japan more than made back the production cost of the movie. The rest of the world's revenue was cake. I can't wait to see this movie. I hear they plan to actually use a brand new form of currency to report their earnings called the Hell-Buck. There will be no exchange rate between Hell-Bucks and dollars because of draconian U.S. laws against coining money. In order to change a Hell-Buck to a dollar you have to change it to Canadian dollars and then convert through the mafia's laundered U.S. Sacajawea dollars. They've actually already made a profit on this one so HB3 is a sure thing. Which in my mind makes it an artistic masterpeice sight unseen.
... and America collectively yawned by krack	Oct 17th, 2007 08:16:13 PM
We did.
The Man Who Laughed And Laughed Returns! by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Oct 17th, 2007 08:51:02 PM
Fucking Fuck It!!!!
whysoserious.com has been updated by Mike_D	Oct 17th, 2007 09:17:47 PM
check it out
Nice designs by Utamoh	Oct 17th, 2007 09:43:08 PM
and surprising to see so much concept art so early in the game. Normally the studios won't allow any of that till the release, or just days before. Del Toro has a great team of artists whom I'd love to work with.
EUROPA, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about by slone13	Oct 17th, 2007 09:59:31 PM
"The 2004 live-action film grossed $60 million at the box office -- a solid performance, but hardly the blockbuster success that usually inspires an animated television series of its own. Only healthy DVD sales ('Hellboy' doubled its grosses on disc versus its theatrical run) are what granted it at least one more chance at a long and profitable second life." Did you read that? HELLBOY DOUBLED ITS GROSSES ON DISC VERSUS ITS THEATRICAL RUN. Grammar school math puts the DVD sales for Hellboy at around $120 million. Now give it a rest.
the first movie was good by El Borak	Oct 17th, 2007 10:08:59 PM
i don't know why people bitched so much.
Lobster Johnson? by Bunch-backdToad	Oct 17th, 2007 10:46:16 PM
When is Lobster Johnson, who can ONLY be played by Bruce Campbell, going to show up?
I can't wait. by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 17th, 2007 10:56:47 PM
It's strange really. I only liked the first movie; I didn't think it was amazing. Despite that, I really can't wait for this sequel. Pan's Labyrinth was so good that I think del Toro is upped his game considerably.
Sony dropped Helboy II - Universal picked it up by Jellyfishing	Oct 17th, 2007 11:26:13 PM
So Sony DIDN'T think it was profitable enough to make a sequel. Universal must see something Sony doesn't.
grreat site, fantastic art, mind boggles to see them come alive by pipergates	Oct 18th, 2007 02:01:23 AM
thats the way to promote a movie. del Toro is taking this beyond anything ive seen in the comics, or in the first film. Mignola is just one part of a team here...and the guy "with eyes like a crazy kid" is in charge.
Quality! Awesome prod art, can't wait for this! by KillaKane	Oct 18th, 2007 03:17:38 AM

the first movie was boring by SpazmoCalrissian	Oct 18th, 2007 04:21:06 AM
still surprises me it did so well the gimp ninja nazi was cool tho, but he got cheaped out
This movie looks estupenda by CuervoJones	Oct 18th, 2007 04:57:10 AM
Cojonudo.
Nice by Rei-Ginsei	Oct 18th, 2007 06:20:24 AM
I remember that he released the production art for Blade II early on as well. It's nice, because you get to see some cool stuff, but without context it still keeps you guessing as to how it plays in the film. I didn't particularly care for the whole love triangle thing in the first film, but I like Ron Pearlman enough that I'll give anything with him in it a view. He was cool in his short bit in "Enemy at the Gates" - and I think the French "La Cité des Enfants Perdus" (City of Lost Children) must have inspired the game Bioshock on some level.
STILL no confirmation on Mountains of Madness? by Abin Sur	Oct 18th, 2007 07:11:53 AM
Harry, in your own words you and Guillermo are "brothers." Can't you call your bro up and get some info on this flick?
Love the comics, love Mignola, usually love Del Toro... by KillDozer	Oct 18th, 2007 07:45:43 AM
but I didn't get into the first movie. Del Toro got a lot right (Hellboy's look, Rasputin, Kroenen, Abe, digging up the corpse to use as a guide), but the demon dog, long- tongue things were just too generic and un-Mignola (shoulda stayed with the frogs from the comic) and the humor felt really flat to me. I really hope the second one is better.
Ron Pearlman is the greatest badass of today´s cinema by CuervoJones	Oct 18th, 2007 10:17:22 AM
Ex aequo Danny Trejo
Ridiculously astonishing by The Chosen	Oct 18th, 2007 12:03:11 PM
I'm overwhelmed. Keep thinking that "underwater adventures" in any Hellboy/Del Toro movie would be so much fun
HB by Cobbio	Oct 18th, 2007 12:29:06 PM
I enjoyed but didn't love "Hellboy," yet "Pan's Labyrinth" floored me. On many levels. It's one of the most powerful, astonishingly well-made films I've ever seen. Therefore I'm excited to see what Del Toro cooks up for "Hellboy II." The production sketches look great.
Regardless whether it made or lost money... by Racer Z	Oct 18th, 2007 02:13:21 PM
they're making a second film. So the point to this dumbass debate is what exactly? The sequel is happening, so suck it up, SHUT up, and move on.
Is Del Toro the guy who did Pan's Labyrinth? by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 18th, 2007 02:14:34 PM
That was a good one. Hellboy was alright, but I haven't been compelled to watch it again. Saw Pearlman in Alien Resurrection the other night and was reminded that he is "not the man with whom to fuck"
120 million on DVD sales... by EUROPA	Oct 18th, 2007 03:19:18 PM
Now tell us how much of that made its way back to Sony?
i cannot wait... by gdeo	Oct 19th, 2007 01:49:56 AM
this movie is gonna ROCK...the movie site is the best site around...i cannot wait for 7-11-08
Excited about number 2 by WillsDad	Oct 19th, 2007 04:41:01 PM
I think the only thing I didn't like about the first one is that hellboy fights the same demon, frog-thing about 2 dozen times.

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