

So the film became a reboot instead, with David Harbour ( Stranger Things) stepping into the lead role. Perlman didn't want to make another sequel without the director.

So why are we getting a reboot? Del Toro had planned on making a third installment, but he preferred his own script over Andrew Cosby's and left the project. Writer/artist Mike Mignola's Hellboy comics have already been adapted into two feature films- Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)-both starring Ron Perlman with Guillermo del Toro at the helm. The first trailer for the forthcoming Hellboy reboot dropped today, giving us our first fiery look at Director Neil Marshall's darker, grittier vision for the popular Dark Horse Comics superhero.
