A red-band trailer for the new take on Hellboy has been released & it looks like it’s doing some heavy lifting on a few fronts.
First of all, it acts as a quick origin story/explainer for the title hero, a half-demon raised from the pits of Hell by Nazi occultists. Secondly, it serves to separate itself from the Guillermo del Toro-directed films that came before it, mostly by dropping F-bombs, upping the gore factor, and going full-tilt on the demonic mythology.
From comics creator/producer Mike Mignola and director Neil Marshall, the new R-rated Hellboy stars David Harbour in the lead. Written by Andrew Cosby, the film also stars Milla Jovovich as the fifth-century sorceress Nimue the Blood Queen, Ian McShane as mentor Professor Bruttenholm, Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan, and Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida, an elder to Nimue.
Hellboy hits screens on April 12
