October 17, 2007
Guillermo “El Cabron” del Toro has a fascination with the classic monsters from Universal Studios, now that his baby
Hellboy is at Universal, are there plans abrewin’ to bring the Creature, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula and Mummy to the world of B.P.R.D.?
Del Toro has always wanted Hellboy to play in the same sand box with the Universal Monsters. Last night at the premiere of
30 Days of Night, the producer and publisher of Hellboy and the owner of Dark Horse Entertainment, Mike Richardson, had exciting updates.
First, Mike tells what we can expect from
Hellboy 2. “You won’t believe what that movie looks like, it’s a whole different scale…you won’t believe what you are seeing, greatest sets that we’ve ever seen, it’s just huge.”
So have Dark Horse and Universal started exploring the possibilities of bringing the world of
Hellboy/B.P.R.D and Universal Monsters together in one film?
It shouldn’t come to such a surprise that Universal would want to try to reboot the classic monsters. Mike answered about the possibility, “There might be something going on but I don’t think that I can talk about it…there might be something that is being discussed.”
While Mike is not able to talk about it, it’s quite obvious that this isn‘t just mere fanboy rumor mongering.
He also confirmed that a feature film for B.P.R.D is moving forward but these plans will depend on the success of Hellboy next year.
Can you imagine Abe Sapien and the Creature from the Black Lagoon going mano a mano? Or Hellboy vs. Dracula vs. The Wolfman vs. Frankenstein?
I’m sold, bring me my monsters!
Full video link -
http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com...detail&id=1651
In other news, today Universal Pictures announced the launch of the Official Production Site for Guillermo del Toro's long awaited
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army!
A few tidbits about what you'll find on the new HBII Production Site:
ONSITE: Welcome note from Guillermo del Toro personally, check out his first blog entry from the Hellboy 2 set in Budapest;
NEWS: Terrific Hellboy 2 news hits, feature articles and early cast interviews featured on various publications;
GALLERY: Guillermo del Toro's amazing HBII Scrapbook- including the incredible concept art and descriptions of each image;
HBTV: Watch Abe Sapien, live from the BRPD Headquarters as he gives you a personal welcome message to the site! You can embed Abe's welcome video and share it on your Facebook profile as well;
Message Board: Chat with your fellow fans of Guillermo del Toro and everything that is Hellboy 2!
Official site -
http://www.hellboymovie.com/