Critically Panned HELLBOY Reboot Reportedly Saw Director Neil Marshall Repeatedly Clash With Producers

Critically Panned HELLBOY Reboot Reportedly Saw Director Neil Marshall Repeatedly Clash With Producers

Hellboy is being dragged straight back to hell by critics, but a new report claims to shed light on a series of behind-the-scenes issues which saw director Neil Marshall repeatedly clash with producers.

By JoshWilding - Apr 11, 2019 01:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Hellboy
Source: The Wrap
Hellboy has been torn apart by critics and the signs are all pointing to the movie being a flop when it smashes its way into theaters this weekend. Now, The Wrap reports that a series of disagreements between director Neil Marshall and two of the movie's producers - Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin - could be what led to it being such a mess. 

Levin's attorney has denied all of the site's claims and said that their story appeared "to be shaping up as a puff-piece for Mr. Marshall while tarnishing 'Hellboy' and my client."

It's said that Marshall was frequently undermined by the producers on set, as they would give different orders to the cast. Star David Harbour, meanwhile, repeatedly walked off set and refused Marshall's request for more takes. It's also said that he and co-star Ian McShane were among those who rewrote scenes while shooting was taking place.

Bizarrely, one of the biggest disputes reportedly came over the appearance of a tree that factors heavily into Hellboy's plot. Marshall wanted it to look realistic while the producers insisted on it being asymmetrical, and they got their way during post-production. 

That would make sense, too, as the producers took over once Marshall handed his cut in and the attorney admits that the filmmaker was never promised final cut on the movie. Needless to say, it seems as if the blame game has begun and this is unlikely to help the critically panned - and soon to be commercially disappointing - reboot. 

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NotoriousWolf23
NotoriousWolf23 - 4/11/2019, 1:33 AM
OptimusGrime
OptimusGrime - 4/11/2019, 1:40 AM
Yikes! Feel sorry for Marshall tbf!! Producers eh?? I thought this stuff was being blown out of proportion...but guess not. Really wanted the movie to be good..

And whats with Harbour being a fricking diva all of a sudden?? Ian Mcshane... aka LOVEJOY LOL.

Ahh much...much like with that F4 mess...i would have loved to have been a fly on the wall whilst all this shit be going on!!

Do i really want to be an actor??
DeadWade213
DeadWade213 - 4/11/2019, 1:42 AM
@OptimusGrime - Well at least we got these badass posters. Makes for some good Phone backgrounds.
OptimusGrime
OptimusGrime - 4/11/2019, 1:47 AM
@DeadWade213 - yeah true dat..all for my computer desktop screens atm but nothing beating my ENDGAME wall papers right now. Seeing as ive stopped watching all clips and trailers from yesterday! Need something to keep me going
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 4/11/2019, 1:44 AM
I walked by the premiere last night near Lincoln Center in NYC as the stars were arriving. I stopped for a short a while and then I kept walking.

Kumkani
Kumkani - 4/11/2019, 1:44 AM
A critically panned comic book movie by a director who blames it all on the producers?

Saga
Saga - 4/11/2019, 2:22 AM
@DnA - 2018 was waaaaay too drama free. Glad to see another trainwreck
Tcb97
Tcb97 - 4/11/2019, 1:45 AM
A damn shame that it had so many production problems, but you can tell, because the movie was awfull. Here are my thoughts:

So.. this is EASILY the worst movie I've seen all year, and yes, probably one of the worst CBM, maybe ever? I sure know that I would watch shit like Suicide Squad again over this. It took the worst aspects of the Resident Evil franchise and mashed them together with the amount of noisy action scenes you would expect from the Bay Transformers. It's just white noise at that point. The plot has every cliché in the book (evil witch wants to take over the world, Hellboy is the chosen one etc). And don't get me started on those [frick]ing flashbacks. If you've seen the movie you will know what I mean. Every character explains something about there past, and then they show it in a flashback, this happens like 4 or 5 times and gets annoying, because you just want the movie to end already. These 2 hours where feeling more like 4, and I really, with a passion, hated almost every minute of it.
Subtlespammer24
Subtlespammer24 - 4/11/2019, 1:47 AM
Heckboy goes to Hell: At the Box Office
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 4/11/2019, 1:50 AM
Damn. Famke Janessan is still hot as ALL hell!
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 4/11/2019, 1:58 AM
I’m not glad this flopped... but... let’s Terminator the shit out of this pretend it never happened. Time to return back to the original plan...
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/11/2019, 2:03 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - I agree. The problem is, this flop will set back the ip big time. The original 2 films were modest cult hits. This turkey is gonna make studios pretty leary about rebooting in the near future. 😕
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 4/11/2019, 2:32 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - A Hellboy retroboot with the original cast and Guillermo at the helm would be just about one of the most perfect movies Hollywood could greenlight right now...

But they'll look at how much this current movie makes and think it's the same thing because it's called "Hellboy" and... well, we are never going to see any other Hellboy movie ever again, let alone a big budget retrobooted Hellboy 3.
Subtlespammer24
Subtlespammer24 - 4/11/2019, 2:55 AM
@GwenLantern - .... starring Michael B. Jordan
Matador
Matador - 4/11/2019, 5:19 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - The sad part even if they went back to the original trio Selma Blair would not be able to make it due to her illness.
MexCowboyNation
MexCowboyNation - 4/11/2019, 9:25 AM
@Matador - I heard about her illness. I hope there can be a cure for it.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 4/11/2019, 2:06 AM
Stay away from this movie! I'll give you one very good reason:


TheNZNatural
TheNZNatural - 4/11/2019, 4:31 AM
@GwenLantern - that's actually one reason to see it. The Baba Yaga scene is [frick]ing great!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/11/2019, 2:12 AM
Producers shouldn’t mess with the director's visions and let them work tbh. And that report of David Harbour's behavior seems odd, hopefully if he gets cast in Black Widow none of that will carry over there.
OptimusGrime
OptimusGrime - 4/11/2019, 2:25 AM
@NinnesMBC - Right!?!? Especially the Harbour thing!! I never saw him as a diva- esque. Seems like a nice guy! But meh..we're just speculating i suppose...could be that stranger things money going to his head lol!
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