After failing to connect with audiences and critics alike, Neil Marshall's cinematic reboot of Hellboy is one of the biggest box office failures of the year so far, earning $40 million worldwide on a production budget of $50 million. Following its failure to make waves on the big screen, fresh rumors arose online that the bestselling Dark Horse Comics property, created by Mike Mignola, would receive a television adaptation on Netflix instead.After learning of the rumors, Mignola clarified on Twitter that the rumors, at least as far he himself knows, are false.
Hellboy publisher Dark Horse had finalized a first-look development deal with Netflix earlier this month, partially based on the success of the premium streaming service's adaptation of Umbrella Academy. As the current holder of the Hellboy license, this could technically include the possibility of the property being rebooted once again, this time for television.
However, if Mignola's claims are true and with the failed legacy of the recent film still fresh, a Hellboy television series may be a long time coming, if it happens at all.
Director Neil Marshall’s Hellboy stars David Harbour as Hellboy, Ian McShane as Trevor Bruttenholm, Milla Jovovich as Nimue, Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan, Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida and Daniel Dae Kim as Ben Daimio.