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Hellboy Producer Says Guillermo Del Toro’s Disinterest Was Why The Franchise Was Rebooted


Last, last year, Hellboy fans were pretty surprised when they heard the news that Millennium was planning to reboot Hellboy franchise. Fans had been waiting for Guillermo del Toro to add a third entry in his Hellboy film series for years, looking forward to production updates from the director. Though some of the fanbase has eventually warmed up to Neil Marshall's reboot, others still feel betrayed by the studio.

Now, Millennium producer Lloyd Levin explains why the studio opted for a reboot instead of continuing Del Torro's story for the Harbinger of the Apocalypse. Speaking in an interview with Collider, Levin explains that the reason why everyone decided to move on with Marshall's reboot was because of Del Torro's disinterest in a threequel for the franchise.

"For years, the second one came out in [2008], and during that time the idea of a third would've been very very exciting," Levin explained in his discussion with Collider. "It was up to Guillermo and he ultimately decided that this was behind him. He was onto other things. So we were able to get a hold of the rights."

This might sound like surprising news to many. From time to time, Del Toro would hold polls gauging fans' interest in Hellboy 3, saying that he'd work on the film if there were enough votes. Unfortunately, it seems like fans demands weren't enough for the director.

"A third without Guillermo was unthinkable and without Ron was unthinkable so you have over 20 years worth of stories and dozens of characters and it just felt like there was so much more of the Hellboy, Mignola-verse to explore," the producer continued. "So we talked about it and faced with no opportunity to do a third, the only opportunity was to reboot."

Right now there's a lot of anticipation building up over Marshall's Hellboy reboot – though there are some who are still skeptical about the film as well.

Hellboy is set to premiere on April 12.

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