Upcoming “Hellboy” Film Gets Creators Blessing
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Source: Sci Fi Wire
Mignola Blesses Hellboy
Mike Mignola—who created the Dark Horse Comics series Hellboy—told SCI FI Wire that he was gratified by director Guillermo del Toro’s determination to remain true to his creation for the upcoming film adaptation. “Not only did he understand Hellboy, but he understood everything that went into the making of Hellboy,” Mignola said in an interview at Comic-Con International in San Diego. “And he said, ‘I want to make the Last Emperor of cheesy monster movies.’ And I said, ‘Wow, if there’s any formula to what I do, that might be it.’ And that’s, I think, what he’s making.”
Initially, Mignola gave del Toro free rein to do his own version of the character. But the director insisted on preserving Mignola’s style and vision for the film. “I think from the very first conversation I said, ‘Listen, I’ve done my version. I’ve done it my way. You do whatever you want,’” Mignola said. “‘I’ve seen the Mike Mignola Hellboy, go make the Guillermo del Toro Hellboy.’ And he wanted to make the Mike Mignola Hellboy. But he can’t help but have the del Toro-isms in there. So I think it’s a really interesting mix of a del Toro picture and a del Toro/Mignola picture. And there’s scenes where it’s literally a Mignola character and a del Toro character beating the crap out of each other.”
Hellboy actually represents the second film collaboration for del Toro and Mignola, who worked together previously on Blade II. Mignola said that del Toro gave him a generous amount of creative design input in his role as visual consultant on both films. “I’m his wrist,” Mignola said. “He said, ‘I’ve got an idea for a costume. I’ve got an idea for a set. I’ve got this. I’ve got that.’ On Blade II, and on this, I was involved before there was an actual production designer. So I would work really, really closely with him for two or three months. And by the time the production designer came in, we’ve got this body of work to turn over. And some of it will change radically, other things will stay very much the same. … It’s nice, because I was the guy to redesign my guy. And a lot of this is stuff that I went, ‘Wow, that’s really cool. I wish I had thought of that for the comic.’” Hellboy is eyeing a May 2004 release.
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