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Friday 11 January 2013

Hellboy 3 needs one hell of a Kickstart



For quite a while now, we've heard little rumours and talks about the Hellboy series getting another sequel.
Interviews with lead actor Ron Pearlman and director Guillermo Del Toro have teased at the idea, both announcing their willingness and readiness to go ahead with the film. Del Toro has always viewed the series as a trilogy, with the first two movies being act one and two, the third and final movie to be the grand finish to the series.

Pearlman was on board for this vision, saying in an interview 2 years ago.

"he (Del Toro) always thought of it as a trilogy . . .the take that Guillermo had on finishing the trilogy was epic, and if it doesn't get made it would be unfortunate because it was always designed to have this big finish and I would love to see it being filmed."

So with the lead actors on board, a relatively successful release of two movies already, and a director with a story eager to go, you may find yourself asking what is the hold up? How come its been eight years since we saw Hellboy on the big screen? (Yeah! Hellboy 2: The golden army, is now EIGHT years old!)

It turns out that it all comes down to money. Del Toro talked about it in a recent interview with Latino Review.

"A couple of weeks ago or months ago, I did make a couple of phone calls to test, to gauge the possibility of doing that because its a big movie. There's no takers for a movie of that size. The two movies made their money back and a little bit, but one was $50 (million) and the other was $80/$85. This is $140, so no one wants to do that leap from the financial side."

When questioned on the possibility of a Kickstarter, Del Toro is all to aware that there is a big jump between a $2 million indie game and a $140 million blockbuster, "Unless we find a way to do the mother of all Kickstarters" Del Toro said, "It's just not going to happen."

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