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Back in the early 2000s, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro hitched his wagon to Hellboy, a comic book series about a being from Hell who becomes a paranormal investigator. He brought Ron Perlman into the fold to play the titular character and got to work. Together, the duo and all the other members of the production delivered two critically acclaimed movies. A third was in the cards, but it never came to fruition. All these years later, Perlman is still holding out hope that the band can get back together.
“I thought we owed it to the fans,” Perlman said during an appearance on the Joe Vulpis Podcast after being asked about the third Hellboy film. “I still do. I’ll do it now, at 75 years old. If the right person comes along and says, ‘Okay,’ because, I mean, it was meant to be a trilogy.”
Perlman also mentioned that relighting the fire wouldn’t be simple. “I don’t know if there was ever a script,” he explained. “But I certainly know that Guillermo knew what the third movie was going to be like. It would’ve been epic. That’s why it was a shame.”
As great as Perlman’s passion is, the property isn’t waiting for the stars to align. The train is moving quickly, and it doesn’t seem excited about the prospect of stopping and letting old passengers aboard.
