In an interview with THR, David Harbour described the team’s goals with the Hellboy reboot, saying they wanted to follow comic book films such as Logan and Deadpool and not fall into the typical, “popcorn-y” style superhero movies that flood the industry.
Hellboy star David Harbour says the reboot will be following a particular strain of comic book movies – such as Logan and Deadpool – and be staying away from traditional popcorn flicks.
They are making these kind of popcorn-y, somewhat two-dimensional comic book movies and then there is this strain like Logan and Deadpool.
And that level of quality and success is what Harbour and the rest of the creative team are striving to achieve with the Hellboy reboot.