HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN - Jack Kesy Takes Over As Big Red On New Poster For R-Rated Reboot

HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN - Jack Kesy Takes Over As Big Red On New Poster For R-Rated Reboot

A new poster for the latest live-action Hellboy adaptation has been released, giving us another look at Jack Kesy as a new take on the demonic hero of the title...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 28, 2024 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Hellboy

Total Film has shared a new poster for Hellboy: The Crooked Man, giving us another look at Jack Kesy's (12 Strong, Deadpool 2) take on the fan-favourite demonic hero.

Kesy is the third actor to play the title character in live-action, following Ron Perlman and David Harbour.

Helmed by Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Crank co-director Brian Taylor and starring, the trailers make it very clear that this latest Hellboy movie will lean more into the comic's horror elements than previous adaptations.

The 3-issue Crooked Man miniseries was a period adventure set in 1956 which saw Big Red attempt to retrieve a man named Tom's soul from a powerful demon deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Though this movie may make a few changes, the trailers suggest that it's going to stick pretty close to the source material.

The Crooked Man was co-written by Mignola and Christopher Golden, who has previously with the Hellboy creator on other related comics. We're sure many fans will be disappointed that Guillermo Del Toro (who directed the first two movies) and Ron Perlman aren't involved, but maybe this latest live-action outing for Big Red will still manage to capture the spirit of the character?

Check out the new poster below along with the recent second trailer, and let us know what you think in the comments section.

"Stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent discover a small community haunted by witches, led by the Crooked Man, a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past."

Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) co-stars as a rookie agent of the BPRD (the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) who teams up with Hellboy to protect the residents of Appalachia from the creepy Crooked Man, who is collecting souls for the devil. The movie also features Jefferson White (Yellowstone) as Tom Ferrel, Leah McNamara as Effie Kolb, Joseph Marcell as Reverend Watts, Hannah Margetson as Cora Fisher, and Martin Bassindale as the Crooked Man.

We had assumed that The Crooked Man would be a direct-to-Digital release, but it's set for a limited theatrical run on September 27.

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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 8/28/2024, 1:05 PM
"Witness the beginning of evil".
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NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 8/28/2024, 1:24 PM
@HashTagSwagg - "the fourth installment in the global franchise" 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 8/28/2024, 6:55 PM
@NicolausCopernicus -

That’s some desperate marketing.
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 8/29/2024, 8:44 AM
@NicolausCopernicus - That's low. That's a lie. This is misleading.
Forthas
Forthas - 8/28/2024, 1:06 PM
Hellboy may soon overtake Batman for the most recast superheroes.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/28/2024, 1:41 PM
@Forthas - Calling it now. The "fifth installment" will star Gina Carano as Hellboy.
Necrophiliac
Necrophiliac - 8/28/2024, 1:06 PM
Stop, stop! He’s already dead.
CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 8/28/2024, 1:07 PM
Guillermo de Toro made Hellboy his own as much as James Gun with GOTG.
Snow43214
Snow43214 - 8/28/2024, 1:08 PM
The lack of yellow eyes really throws me off for some reason
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/28/2024, 1:18 PM
I was wondering where I have seen Jack Kesy before…

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He seems to be doing fine from what we’ve seen thus far , remisnicent of Perlman & Harbour (who was the best part of the dud that was the 2019 reboot) while being its own thing.

The movie itself seems kinda generic though I do like the smaller scale & more horror focused approach , the atmosphere especially seems to be working.

We’ll see how it turns out though I don’t think it will do well tbh.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/28/2024, 1:24 PM
I'm honestly looking forward to this. I hope Jefferson White has a sizable role, he's surprised me with his acting ability.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/28/2024, 1:46 PM
@MercwithMouth - in the comic , I think he’s the co-lead so likely
dracula
dracula - 8/28/2024, 1:29 PM
what will be the biggest bomb

Borderlands
The Crow
Hellboy Crooked Man
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 8/28/2024, 2:10 PM
@dracula -
Going by budget it's not a hard call.
Boaderlands - $110–120 million
That Crow - $50 million
Hellboy Crooked Man - $20 to $25 million

IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 8/28/2024, 1:31 PM
It's kind of perplexing that a character like Hellboy has had three separate live-action film iterations. It doesn't make sense at all.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/28/2024, 1:43 PM
@IAmAHoot - plus 2 animated films aswell in I think the same universe as the GTD films

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dracula
dracula - 8/28/2024, 2:47 PM
@IAmAHoot - plus it hasnt been long since the last reboot which bombed

At this point might as well just get Del Toro back to make his 3rd film

Will probably still loose money but at least it will be good

Hellboy 2 was saved by dvd sales

Hellboy 3 didnt happen because 2 didnt do well enough and had a bigger budget

Last reboot terrible and bomb

Clearly not a profitable franchise
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/28/2024, 1:39 PM
wait wait wait. The 4th installment? You can't just say it's the 4th movie in a franchise when that franchise has already been rebooted. Harbours Hellboy was a reboot, it wasn't a continuation or a prequel.

That's like advertising the next Superman movie as the, I don't feel like looking up the actual number, "8th installment in the global franchise" or trying to say The Batman is part of the same series of movies as Burton's Batman.

That's insanity. It doesn't even make sense from a marketing standpoint because every other piece of marketing is trying to distinguish itself from the other movies and this poster is tying it to them?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/28/2024, 2:01 PM
@SATW42 - desperation perhaps?.

Probably just trying to trick the casuals who maybe liked the others to come see this

I don’t normally like to be this cynical but only reason I could see
Toecutter
Toecutter - 8/28/2024, 2:07 PM
The classic direct-to-DVD poster as if things couldn't look any worse for this movie.
Baf
Baf - 8/28/2024, 2:07 PM
Batman/Tim Burton = Hellboy/Guillermo de Toro
The Dark Knight/Nolan = Hellboy/???Is this even possible
Demigods
Demigods - 8/28/2024, 2:51 PM
I really really really want to like this movie... but dear lord, everything we see makes this look like it was a great idea, but terribly executed all around.

This poster legit looks like fan art
MisterKite
MisterKite - 8/28/2024, 3:18 PM
Graphic design is my passion
valmic
valmic - 8/28/2024, 3:54 PM
Everything about it is giving me early 2000 vibes which im kinda liking. Its like a weird feel of nostalgia for a movie I haven't even seen yet.
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 8/28/2024, 4:51 PM
Looks low budget, but I hope it's good. I would love to see more comic book movies that weren't trying to be enormous Blockbusters. It gives them more freedom to take chances and do something interesting
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/28/2024, 4:54 PM
All I can see . . .

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HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 8/28/2024, 4:56 PM
“The fourth installment”??

Seriously. Trying to get del toro fans to watch it I guess 🤷‍♂️
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/29/2024, 2:20 AM

Something wickedly terrible this way comes...
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 8/29/2024, 9:12 AM
Should have just let Del Toro do his thing...

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