![]() Meanwhile, our lovable demon hero Hellboy is exposed to the public after a monster bust gone awry, bringing the B.P.R.D. Nuada went into a self-imposed exile for thousands of years, only to resurface in modern times to awaken the long forgotten Golden Army and enact revenge on the humans who forced his kind into hiding. ![]() I Want To See The Rest Of This Rankin-Bass Special…Ĭenturies ago, the forces of Humankind waged a terrible war with the supernatural creatures of myth, one that only ended once the elves unleashed a fearsome army of machines that are said to be “indestructible.” Wrecked with guilt over the resulting bloodshed, the Elven King signed a treaty with the humans for peace, which didn’t sit well with his son, Prince Nuada. But that’s not for another few weeks, for now let’s just see how The Golden Army holds up… Sadly, this would be the last installment of the classic Hellboy series, as a combination of Del Torro’s brief attachment to The Hobbit series, his work on the Pacific Rim movies and issues with Universal led to the planned third film languishing in Development Hell for years before eventually being canceled in favor of last year’s reboot. Of course, the movie would eventually lose its “Number One” position and notoriety to those two movies, but it’s still a step up from the last film. Not too shabby when you consider that this was the same year that both the original Iron Man and The Dark Knight came out. Hellboy: The Golden Army would be released on July 11 th, 2008, gaining mostly positive reviews and making a nice $168.3 million at the Box Office. And this does line up with Mike Mignola’s later Hellboy stories (which have dealt with King Arthur, among other things), so it’s all good. Some of the earlier ideas for the second movie included Hellboy facing off against classic monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein, as well as an adaptation of the comics’ Almost Colossus storyline, but Del Torro ultimately decided on an original plot based around classic folklore, having been inspired by his work on the award-winning 2006 film Pan’s Labyrinth. This time, the movie would be released by Universal instead of Sony, due to Revolution Studios closing. ![]() Yeah, it’s pretty much “what you see, what you get” with that one…Īs noted last week, 2004’s Hellboy underperformed at the Box Office, but was met with enough praise from the people that did go to see it that a sequel was greenlit shortly after its release, with Guillermo del Toro returning to direct and most of the main cast reprising their roles. It’s Terror Time again! Uncanny Fox here, continuing the Halloween season with a look at 2008’s cult classic, Hellboy: The Golden Army. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.” – Eddie Van Halen
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