Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is a sequel to 2004's Hellboy, also directed by Del Toro. Hellboy II: The Golden Army is written by Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola. Universal Pictures finances and distributes the film, which has a target release date for July 11, 2008.
In May 2004, the sequel to Hellboy entered development at Revolution Studios with the first film's writer-director Guillermo del Toro returning with producers Lawrence Gordon, Mike Richardson, and Lloyd Levin. The comic book creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola, was reported to develop a story with del Toro for the sequel, with actor Ron Perlman to reprise the role of Hellboy.[8] The following September, del Toro expressed interest in making Hellboy into a trilogy with Mignola, with the first sequel slated for a 2006 release.[9]
In August 2006, with Hellboy 2 being orphaned by the now-defunct Revolution Studios, the studio Universal Pictures acquired the project to be slotted for a summer 2008 release. Production was slated to begin in April 2007 in Budapest and London.[10] del Toro, who had been in negotiations to film Halo, instead chose to stay with Hellboy 2 for "artistic and personal reasons."[11] In October 2006, del Toro shared his plan to recreate the classic versions of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man.[12] The director also reiterated plans for a third Hellboy to create a trilogy.[13]
With the success of del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2006), the director was able to fast-track production of the sequel to Hellboy.[14] Guillermo del Toro began filming Hellboy 2 in June 2007 in Budapest and will conclude in December 2007.[15]The official trailer for Hellboy II will be available on Thursday, December 20th, at noon PST/3p.m. EST.[16]
Neil Gaiman spent several days on the set to get pointers on directing from del Toro for use in his own upcoming directorial debut, Death and Me.[17]
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