The Hellboyfranchise may have some life in it, after all! While 2008's Hellboy IIdidn't quite live up to the promise of the first one, it still left plenty of room for further exploration. And when you consider the fact that Mike Mignola's Hellboycomics span hundreds of single issues and dozens of graphic novels, it should become pretty clear that the Hellboyuniverse could use a little more cinematic exploration.
At a press junket for Pacific Rim, Hellboydirector Guillermo del Toro and star Ron Perlman had a few things to say that indicate that there's still hope that fans will see a Hellboy IIIin the not-too-distant-future. Del Toro acknowledged to Shock Till You Drop that Perlman had expressed interest in putting on the red makeup again, while Perlman confirmed that Hellboy III"needs to be twice as big" as the first two films in the series. "It's all of these oracles coming home to roost with these apocalyptic things taking place."
Perlman also had high praise for del Toro, insisting that "not just anybody can make this movie. It has to be somebody who's no stranger to this sense of scope." Of course, Perlman's endorsement isn't completely without reservation. "For me to do Hellboy III, it could kill me...in terms of physically demanding, for a guy my age, but it's worth it because anyone who sits and listens to Guillermo's version of how this thing ends is completely seduced."
You can read more of Perlman's Hellboy 3 thoughts (including the possibility of the film getting picked up by Legendary Pictures) over at Shock Till You Drop!
UPDATED: Well, it would seem that Perlman and del Toro haven't taken into account the one mystical force that not even Hellboy can stand up to: lawyers. While del Toro had hinted that perhaps Legendary Pictures could help make Hellboy III happen, Legendary's Thomas Tull had this to say: "Seeing as how we don't own the rights to Hellboy, there may be lawyers that would be upset about that." In the words of Hellboy himself..."aw, crap." You can read more from Tull over at i09.
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Ah,.. better not make a trilogy. Almost all of them fail somewhat in the third film.