A bit of Deadpool is coming to the Hellboy universe.
Ed Skrein, who was also the villain in 2016’s Deadpool, has joined the cast of Lionsgate and Millennium’s Hellboy reboot. David Harbour will play the lead in the upcoming reboot of Mike Mignola comic books. The film will be directed by Game of Thrones’ Neil Marshall.
Skrein is in line to play play Major Ben Daimio, a military member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who, due to a supernatural encounter, can turn into a jaguar when angered or in pain. Production is slated to start in September and will shoot in the U.K. and Bulgaria.