HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Reveals New Look At Big Red; Director And Lead Star Talk Pressure To Deliver

HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Reveals New Look At Big Red; Director And Lead Star Talk Pressure To Deliver

A new look at Jack Kesy as Hellboy: The Crooked Man's title character has been revealed, while both he and filmmaker Brian Taylor weigh in on dealing with the high expectations of Big Red's fans...

By JoshWilding - Aug 14, 2024 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Hellboy
Source: Total Film

Like The Crow, there's not exactly a huge amount of excitement surrounding Hellboy: The Crooked Man. With only Deadpool & Wolverine and Joker: Folie à Deux heading our way this year from Marvel and DC, 2024 is a good opportunity for those more obscure characters to draw the interest of superhero fans. 

Unfortunately, neither of them looks particularly good if the trailers are anything to go by and the odds are heavily stacked against The Crooked Man. Guillermo del Toro's movies remain beloved and 2019's failed reboot has already raised questions about whether Hellboy can work on screen.

In an interview with Total Film, director Brian Taylor (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) made it clear he isn't looking to imitate what's come before.

"I don’t think in terms of 'it’s a reboot' or trying to start a new franchise – this isn’t content, it’s a movie that needs to stand on its own," the filmmaker explains. "Nobody wants to see a cheap knock-off of a Guillermo del Toro $100-million movie. This is going back to the young Hellboy where he was really more of the plumber who’s going to fix your monster problem."

"This wandering, sarcastic, soulful, smoking guy who stumbles on supernatural hauntings and occurrences and helps out as best he can," Taylor adds. "If Mike [Mignola] feels like for the first time he sees his guy on screen, then I feel like we’ve succeeded."

The site also caught up with lead star Jack Kesy. The Deadpool 2 actor is being transformed into Big Red for Hellboy: The Crooked Man and has embraced the pressure of following in the footsteps of Ron Perlman and David Harbour as the iconic character.

"You know what, I love a good challenge, I've always been like that so I was excited to take it on," Kesy said. "Everyone, the supporters, the haters, whoever, bring them on. You know it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You always get an opportunity to play people similar to yourself but when do you get a chance to be in full prosthetic, playing iconic characters? The excitement topped everything."

He added, "[I was] definitely not a comic book guy but I definitely learned on the job and I had fans reach out to me right away and they've been telling me things that I didn't know about comic books."

"I love the Hellboy fans. I’ve actually known them now for over a year, I still write them back mostly through some social media and they send me little facts and little photos and just little stuff that I may have overlooked. I'm excited with them."

A new look at Kesy's Hellboy has also been revealed. You can check that out below. 

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.

Brian Taylor directs Hellboy: The Crooked Man from a script by Mike Mignola and Chris Golden. The cast is led by Jack Kesy as Hellboy, Jefferson White as Tom Ferrell, and Adeline Rudolph playing Bobbie Jo Song. We'll also see Leah McNamara as Effie Kolb, Joseph Marcell as Reverend Watts, Hannah Margetson as Cora Fisher, and Martin Bassindale as the Crooked Man.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man is set to be released later this year.

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TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/14/2024, 7:58 AM
A new REVEAL!!!
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 8/14/2024, 7:58 AM
Taylor: Nobody wants to see a cheap knock-off of a Guillermo del Toro $100-million movie

Audience: You’re right.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/14/2024, 8:00 AM
It looks alright imo…

I do like the smaller scale , more horror focused approach to the character but something about it feels generic for lack of a better word (though the atmosphere seems to be there though).

Jack Kesy seems to be doing a fine job though , feels reminiscent of Perlman and Harbour but doing his own thing aswell though I do wish the body suit didn’t look as rubbery as it does at times imo

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Idk if it’s gonna be close to GTD’s movies which I liked but hope it’s better then Harbors take atleast which was a dud imo.
Demigods
Demigods - 8/14/2024, 8:34 AM
I really wish this movie had a bigger budget, just to make Hellboy look better, because that legitimately looks like a cosplay for fan films. I really love the vibe and feel that it seems like they're going for, and it looks like a good adaptation of the comic, BUT it also just looks like a SUPER low budget fan film. I get that horrors, and horror adjacent movies tend to get low budgets and all, but this look is just not the best IMO.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 8/14/2024, 8:35 AM
Could someone who knows what the [frick] they are doing get us a Hellboy vs. Lucha Vampires movie STAT?!?

Even a short or cartoon FFS?
Spidernoir
Spidernoir - 8/14/2024, 9:22 AM
@Batmangina - would LOVE a movie based on “Helboy in Mexico” in the future… hopefully this movie is successful and we can get more self contained stories in the future 🤞🏼
Batmangina
Batmangina - 8/14/2024, 9:09 PM
@Spidernoir - That's EXACTLY what I was referencing - I kill for that kind of shit!!
Spidernoir
Spidernoir - 8/14/2024, 9:20 AM
I for one am really excited for this project and everything I have seen and read about just raises my hype.. I recently read a spoiler free review on Reddit from someone who supposedly translated the movie for his/her country and (if it is true) sounds like they really nailed the tone and atmosphere from the comics.. which was something the Guillermo del Toro movies were severely lacking (I like those movies for what they are but the comics where never really about HB being an action superhero and more about him being a paranormal detective)

And most importantly it is a self contained story that can work by itself and I would absolutely love for there to be a bunch of one-shot Hellboy stories where he just solves paranormal mysteries through the 50s-70s.
Fingers crossed that this is a success and that we can get something like “The Wolves of Saint August” next 🤞🏼
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 8/14/2024, 10:23 AM
@Spidernoir - Absolutely. Guillermo del Toro's take was visually outstanding, but it wasn't in essence the character. The comic also benefitted from giving its audience less access to the day-to-day life of Hellboy, leaving the darker elements of his existance more mysterious.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 8/14/2024, 9:32 AM
He just reminds me of Jeff Bridges.
I wish he had hooves.
Patient2670
Patient2670 - 8/14/2024, 11:40 AM
I do think the criticisms about the production values looking cheap are valid. That said, the two black&white photos above, really do sort of feel like Mignola's art. I'll remain cautiously hopeful, while holding no expectations.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 8/14/2024, 12:07 PM
The only real problem I have with his look are his eyes. Him having normal human eyes takes me out of it. Maybe they'll do them digitally in the movie but hellboy with blue eyes is weird. People complaining it looks like cosplay, most things do now because cosplay has gotten so good. So in a way it's a compliment.
narrow290
narrow290 - 8/14/2024, 12:19 PM
Who ever said you need a huge budget to make a good movie. I'm extremely excited for this and wish we had more story/character driven CBM's
1stDalek
1stDalek - 8/14/2024, 2:03 PM
The second trailer was pretty good, it looks to be doing a lot on a small budget. I just wish it were color graded better
bcom
bcom - 8/15/2024, 12:06 AM
Honestly, I dug the horror vibe of the trailer and I'm keen to give the movie a watch. Although I liked David Harbour as big red, the last Hellboy movie didn't do it for me. This new one looks way more horror focussed and it certainly has my interest.

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