I simply couldn’t contain my excitement after watching the teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II : The Golden Army and had to give a shout-out – HBII looks too wickedly good !
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy comics have been a big favorite of mine for a long time and it was really great news when Guillermo del Toro ( who made Blade II and Pan’s Labyrinth, both favorites of mine ) decided to helm the first Hellboy film back in 2004. From what I’ve seen in the trailer Hellboy II looks to be just as good, if not better than the first film. Prince Nuada, the enigmatic leader of an ancient elf race and Hellboy’s adversary in this installment looks so devastatingly cool I think I’ll be rooting for the bad guys.
Hellboy II won’t be out till summer next year, so let the long wait begin…
Hellboy II : The Golden Army trailers
Official website : Photo gallery and wallpapers.
Production website : Some select concept art and production notes.
Hellboy Animated Statue – 買ってしまった。
Recovering…and watching Hellboy II on Blu-ray.
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December 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
My memories of Hellboy are kinda vague, so I guess it’s time I rewatch the show 🙂
The first two screenshots of the baddies look really cool. The fellow in the second one reminds me of one of the creatures in Pan’s Labyrinth, the one with eyes in his hands if I recall rightly.
Del Toro is a stylish director with an acute sense for atmospheric visuals. I think that’s one of the reasons why he’s been tapped to direct some of these comic-book-turned-movies.
December 23rd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
the movie’s going to be shown on…..7/11/2008?! that’s a really long wait.
December 24th, 2007 at 2:26 am
sweet!
but somehow the look seems kinda different from the first movie?
i cant quite place my finger on it…
December 25th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Very long wait indeed…but it’d be worth it I’m sure. :]
December 26th, 2007 at 3:01 am
they’re making Hellboy II? Wow.. i can’t hardly wait. from the trailer, it’s better than the first movie.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Hey soyuz ! Thanks for dropping by. Smashing gravatar !