HELLBOY Reboot Adds DEADPOOL Actor Ed Skrein As B.P.R.D. Member Major Benjamin Daimio
As the cast of Lionsgate and Neil Marshall's upcoming Hellboy reboot continues to fill out, the latest addition is former Game of Thrones actor and Deadpool baddie, Ed Skrein. Click on for more details...
Ed Skrein is in negotiations to join the cast of Lionsgate and Millennium’s Hellboy reboot, THR reports.
The Deadpool actor will play a character named Major Benjamin Daimio, who is a former U.S. Marine who becomes a member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence. After a supernatural encounter, Daimio acquires the ability to transform into a jaguar.
Skrein joins Ian McShane as Professor Broom, Milla Jovovich as the villainous Blood Queen, and David Harbour as the demonic hero of the title.
Hellboy is scheduled to begin shooting next month to meet an unspecified 2018 release date.