Hellboy: The Crooked Man is an upcoming American superhero horror film based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the same name, created by Mike Mignola. Produced by Millennium Media, Dark Horse Entertainment and Campbell Grobman Films, and distributed by Ketchup Entertainment, it is a reboot of the Hellboy film series and is the fourth live-action entry in the franchise. It is directed by Brian Taylor, from a screenplay by Mignola and Christopher Golden based on The Crooked Man limited series written by Mignola. It stars Jack Kesy as Hellboy, alongside Jefferson White and Adeline Rudolph. Filming began in March 2023, in Bulgaria, and wrapped in May.
Premise
"In the 1950s, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent, stranded in rural Appalachia, discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man."
Cast
Jack Kesy as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama: A powerful demon who works for the government organization Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.). Jefferson White as Tom Ferrell Adeline Rudolph as Bobbie Jo Song
Production
Development
In February 2023, Millennium Media announced plans for a new live-action reboot titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man, the first in a potential series of films. Production is scheduled to begin in April 2023 in Bulgaria with Brian Taylor directing from a script by comics creator Mike Mignola and frequent collaborator Christopher Golden, based on the 2008 comic miniseries of the same name. The film is to be co-produced between Nu Boyana Film Studios and Campbell Grobman Films and is presented by Millennium Media in association with Dark Horse Entertainment. Taylor expressed his intentions to "reset" the film series and depict a younger and wandering version of Hellboy with a folk horror influence similar to the comics; Taylor also confirmed that the film would be R-rated in order to embrace the "dark and scary and violent and adult" elements of the comics. The following month, Jack Kesy was announced to portray Hellboy, and Jefferson White and Adeline Rudolph were cast as Tom Ferrell and Bobbie Jo Song. In September, Ketchup Entertainment announced that it would distribute the film.
Filming
Principal photography began in March 2023, in Bulgaria, and wrapped on May 15.