The first still for the upcoming Hellboy reboot staring David Harbour has officially arrived.
Premiered by Empire, this exclusive first look gives us a glimpse at a hornless Hellboy running down a hallway with his Right Hand of Doom. This image and more will be included in Empire Magazine’s January 2019 issue, complete with an interview with the film’s director, Neil Marshall.
Credit: Empire, Lionsgate.
“It was always a case of, ‘When in doubt, go back to the source material.’ Some of the stuff is pretty sick,” said Marshall in the interview. “More violent and more bloody. We weren’t making it with handcuffs on.”
Empire describes this version of Hellboy as being gore-soaked and R-rated, which falls in line with Harbour’s own description of the film being “darker” than Guillermo del Toro’s two Hellboy films. This follows earlier sneak peeks at Harbour as Hellboy, including the first official poster of the film.
Alongside Harbour, Milla Jovovich is set to play the Blood Queen, the film’s main villain. Though originally scheduled for a January premiere, Lionsgate pushed back Hellboy’s release date to April 12, 2019.
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