Hellboy is rebooted again by Crank’s Mike Mignola and Brian Taylor

Since the last attempt to bring in Mike Mignola hell boy on screen, starring David Harbor as the title character, earned $55 million worldwide (against a $50 million budget), it’s perhaps surprising to learn that Mignola and others are looking to try again. But it’s true!

Initially reported by discuss cinema and since it was confirmed by Expirationthe last film will adapt the comic the crooked man. Mignola and Christopher Golden are responsible for the script and, perhaps in a more intriguing development, Brian Taylor aka half of Crank The Neveldine/Taylor duo is on board to direct.

The story will see Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent stranded in rural Appalachia in the 1950s. ‘Crooked Man.

In the comics, The Crooked Man was an 18th-century war profiteer and miser named Jeremiah Witkins who was hanged for his crimes but returned from Hell as the region’s resident devil.

No one says yet who Hellboy will be, but the plan is to start shooting next month in Bulgaria.

Millennium Films, which made the latest outing, is hoping this news will finally launch a franchise.

“the crooked man it is a departure from all of the above hell boy films in which Mike Mignola, the creator of the comics, will finally lead an authentic version of their stories and characters in the form of films,” said Jeffrey Greenstein, president of Millennium Media. “This is the first in a series of films that will captivate audiences in (and new) ways. Brian Taylor is an expert in all areas and I couldn’t think of a better person to bring this story to life and show our audiences this diverse and quirky slate of Hellboy movies.

In the midst of all of this, we still can’t help but wonder why no one jumped at the idea that Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro could finally finish his trilogy…