Hellboy shuffles over to Paramount
Hidden amidst plenty of interesting tidbits in this Fangoria convention report is news that the Hellboy franchise has been picked up by Paramount.
Even though it seemed to have everything working for it, I wasn’t at all impressed by the Hellboy feature. The best part of the comic was it’s unique visual style, and while no one could expect film to replicate the jagged darkness of Mignola’s comic exactly, it seemed that Del Toro went out of his way to cover the Hellboy aesthetic with his own. Hopefully the second movie will come closer to the source material.