Original Hellboy star Ron Perlman is wishing fellow actor David Harbour well as the Stranger Things star takes on the title role in the upcoming reboot of the movie series.
It’s been an eventful year in the Hellboy movie universe, starting in February when writer-director Guillermo del Toro – fueled by encouragement from fans to find a way to round out his trilogy starring Perlman – sadly announced that “100 percent the sequel will not happen.”
While fans of del Toro and Perlman’s are still likely mourning the fact that Hellboy 3 will never be produced, they can at least have some comfort knowing that Perlman was gracious enough to wish Harbour good luck.
With any luck, he’ll use the sense of appreciation he gained from Hellboy and support (with del Toro, hopefully) Harbour’s version of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense detective as it comes together.