Why is there no hellboy 3

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Hellboy begins at the end of World War II, when Nazis attempt to open a portal to a paranormal dimension in order to defeat the Allies, but are only summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed Hellboy. Superhero seeks employment.

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It too proved to be a project fated to remain in development hell. The knock-on effect, inevitably, is that Hellboy 3 has constantly remained on the backburner, mention of it occasionally emerging in interviews — either from del Toro, Perlman, or Mike Mignola — before it all quietly simmers down again. Excitement briefly flared up again in , when Ron Perlman — charmingly — donned his Hellboy garb to attend a Make-A-Wish event.

At the same time, he told Entertainment Weekly how enthusiastic he was to make a third film to round off the trilogy:. To not do it, particularly in light of the scope that Guillermo is thinking of for the resolve, would be in my mind a little bit of a shame.

If production company Relativity Media — and distributor Universal Pictures — were reluctant to fund Hellboy 3 , then the project appeared to have found a new home one year later. Legendary Pictures, with whom del Toro made Pacific Rim , were suggested as a viable partner in making the Hellboy sequel a reality — something Perlman seemed happy about seeing.

I came in six months into the shoot and he seemed as fresh as a daisy, simply because he was working for someone who appreciated and supported his outlandish visions of what he wanted to put on the screen.