<![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @ihtdet: Considering the lovecraftian theme of this post, nothing could be more horrifying then Cthulu swooping down, whilst humming "Stayin' Alive" I should think...

*rocks back and forth, traumatised*

Del Toro, mind you, could tackle The Atrocity Archives instead. Just an idea.

Arkestral

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> it i good that there wont be a third we don't want this to go down the road of the jazz dancing, Bee Geez listenin' (shudder) spider-man 3

ihtdet

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @wishnevsky: Yes. It's also the basis for a poor adaptation called the Curse, which I believe featured Wil Wheaton.

I'd argue that "The Colour Out of Space" and "Haunter in the Dark" are by far his two best stories. Some people stand up for "Shadow Out of Time," but those guys can go to Hell.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @Dybbuk: I actually liked the first movie, but had never seen the comics. The character was fun, the Nazis boring.

wishnevsky

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @Ghede: I really liked "The Colour Out of Space." I think that was Lovecraft, no?

wishnevsky

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @braak: There is a theme anthology, "Shadows over Baker St" which is all Holmes and Watson splashing around in sewers, except one or two great stories.. I like Elizabeth Bear's one where Irene Adler goes tiger hunting.

wishnevsky

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> If HELLBOY II does well enough at the box office, I wouldn't be all that surprised if Mignola "pulled a Frank Miller" and got announced as director of a third installment himself. He's certainly spent long enough working behind the scenes on these two, and the first two BLADE movies, and hell, even Disney's ATLANTIS to be a credible choice.

Mark Kardwell

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @Cacafuego:

Yeah. It was great.

FrankenPC

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> when GDT is done with Hellboy 2 he will have been involved in 6 hellboy projects. so he could be board with it. the director two movies the producer of the 3 animated tv movies and the video game. all of this he did with Mike Mignola.

The animated tv movies are much more BPRD then Hellboy.

Hellboy Sword of Storms was great and Blood and Iron was good.

GDT recently said he would love to make HPL MoM but is having trouble finding a producer.

Dybbuk

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @Ghede:
Since the Cthulhu Mythos now includes work by R.E. Howard, E. Hoffman Price, Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, Stephen King, T.E.D. Klein, Sam Rami, and William S. Burroughs, to name just a few, the venue no longer belongs exclusively to its progenitor.

Anyone rent the HELLBOY animated features Del Toro produced?

Cacafuego

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @wishnevsky: Not always. H.P. did some good traditional horror stories, the Outsider is a good example. Pickman's Model has a good deal of lurking, but he doesn't spare on the adjectives and the ending gave me chills when I first read it.

The Cthulhu mythos does have a great deal of lurking and indescribable monsters, but you can't judge an author by the... majority... of his work. *cough*

Ghede

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @wishnevsky: A valid point--partially. Many (really, most) of Lovecraft's monsters were described with a startling amount of detail. One of the clever bits in Mountains of Madness, I think, is the scientific clarity with which he describes the Old Ones, and the juxtaposition of that to the Shoggoth in the basement.

But I'll admit that Lovecraft is a particular and acquired taste.

Maybe the Hellboy movie is, too. I don't think so, though. I think it's just kind of boring.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> Also, I think del Toro is beyond "probably monster obsessed", he started his career in make-up and creature design. So it makes sense that he uses them so well. That and his consistent use of Doug Jones is amazing.

aspiringexpatriate

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @braak:Tedious shit? Odd. That was always my description of Lovecraft. Unspeakable, undescibable, incomprehensible monsters always just off stage...Lurking, lurking, lurking.

How about Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters" for onstage creepy guys?

wishnevsky

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @Falconfire: Jackson has been confirmed as producing the Hobbit. He's said he's not directing it.
I think Raimi is the current favorite to direct it, since he ahd expressed interest at one point. That'd be nice, but I'll wait for official confirmation.

Spiral

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> No! Benicio, NO! You can't have Mountains of Madness.

It's mine.

Seriously, though? Hellboy was some tedious shit.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> Hortense: I was hoping C.H.U.D. IV

Otto-Reimer

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> Oh man, I would love to see Del Toro's take on that story. The director could make all the difference in these things, and I need my fantastic, sublime ice-scape fix, after Chris Weitz actually managed to make Lyra Belacqua's adventures in the Arctic mostly boring. I expect the director of Pan's Labyrinth could do much better with the Antarctic and its nameless horrors.

Crash Launching

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> @hortense: Why would he be? Jackson is now confirmed for it as per 2-3 weeks ago.

Falconfire

]]> <![CDATA[Guillermo Del Toro Done with Hellboy -- No More Sequels]]> Maybe he's making room to work on "The Hobbit"? Maybe...maybe...please god...maybe?

hortense

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