Millennium is in negotiations with producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin for a new installment of 'Hellboy,' likely featuring 'Stranger Things' star David Harbour.
00:05Hellboy, the demonic comic book hero turned Guillermo del Toro film franchise,
00:09is poised to return to the big screen, this time without the filmmaker at the helm.
00:14Millennium is in negotiations with producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin for a new installment
00:19that would reboot and relaunch the property.
00:22Del Toro is not involved, nor is Ron Perlman, the actor who played the red-skinned cigar-chomping devil
00:27in the two previous installments.
00:29Instead, Stranger Things star David Harbour is in talks to play Hellboy.
00:34Neil Marshall, the horror director who broke out with The Descent and won raves for his work on Game of Thrones,
00:40is attached to direct.
00:41The project currently has a working title, Hellboy, Rise of the Blood Queen,
00:45and a script by Andrew Cosby, Christopher Golden, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.
00:50If a deal is made, Millennium will become the third company to make a Hellboy movie in as many releases.
00:56Del Toro co-wrote and directed the first adaptation, which was made by Revolution Studios and released by Sony in 2004.
01:03It made $60 million domestically on a budget of $66 million.
01:08The second movie was made by Universal with the same team, Del Toro and Perlman,
01:12but its box office mojo was cut short when The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan and featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker, opened six days later.
01:21But both movies had strong cult followings and there were rumblings of a third installment.
01:26Last year, Del Toro, Dark Horse Entertainment, Levin and Gordon, the latter of whom controls the rights, explored their options.
01:33The budget, however, was a stumbling block, with Del Toro wanting a bigger canvas for his vision.
01:39In the end, the producers decided a reboot and a relaunch was more feasible.
01:43So guys, what's your take on the Hellboy reboot?
01:45How about Sheriff Hopper, aka David Harbour, taking on the role? Let me know in the comments.
01:50For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Hellboy. No, actually, I'm Paul Costabile. See you guys.
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