HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Skipping Theaters; Will Get a Straight-to-Digital Release in October

Ketchup Entertainment’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man really looks for illustration it could beryllium a really cool Hellboy movie, but it’s 1 that we won’t beryllium capable to watch connected nan large surface arsenic it is skipping a theatrical merchandise and is going consecutive to digital.

According to pre-order listings connected outlets including Amazon, Hellboy: The Crooked Man debuts direct-to-digital astatine location connected October 8, 2024.

You tin digitally pre-order nan caller movie for $19.99 connected Amazon correct now.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man stars Jack Kesy and is “set successful nan 1950s and costars Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) arsenic a rookie supplier of nan BPRD who teams up pinch Hellboy to protect nan residents of Appalachia from nan creepy Crooked Man, who is collecting souls for nan devil.”

The movie was helmed by Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Crank co-director Brian Taylor. The book was written by franchise creator Mike Mignola and Chris Golden.

Mignola antecedently talked astir the movie calling it nan astir religious adjustment yet. The Crooked Man shaper Les Weldon antecedently talked astir casting him successful nan role:

"We went connected a agelong soul-searching expedition to find nan correct Hellboy, and we knew that this Hellboy was gonna beryllium a very moody, very benignant of acheronian and creepy movie. There's nary gloss, thing for illustration that.

“And Jack, look, I had worked pinch Jack before, arsenic had different guys successful our company, and we benignant of came to nan aforesaid conclusion that that benignant of characteristic he has was gonna activity really nicely for that film."

Mignola antecedently talked astir director’s acheronian scary imagination of nan movie saying: “His volition is to make a scary movie, truthful that’ll beryllium nice. That’ll beryllium interesting. I publication nan caller draught of nan screenplay yesterday, and yes, it is decidedly R.

“It’s nan first Hellboy book that I publication and I went, ‘Oh, it’s a scary movie,’ which is what I wanted. Taylor does not person a estimation arsenic a scary movie director.

“But, truthful far, we’ve had 2 scary movie board make Hellboy movies and we’ve ne'er gotten a scary movie. For years, we’ve been saying, if you’re going to make a Hellboy movie, make it small. And nan cleanable communicative to do that pinch is my individual favorite, ‘The Crooked Man.’ I deliberation it’s 1 of nan champion things I’ve ever written.

“It’s beautifully illustrated by Richard Corben, and it’s a coagulated communicative that doesn’t impact a cardinal different characters. Everybody really agreed from nan very beginning, ‘Yes, we want to do that one.’

“Budget-wise, it’s bully because it’s a little fund benignant of a story. It’s not nan Hellboy origin. It’s not Hellboy redeeming nan world. It’s not huge. It’s a subtle, dark, small people scary story.”

The movie besides stars Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil), Jefferson White (Yellowstone) as Tom Ferrel, Leah McNamara arsenic Effie Kolb, Joseph Marcell arsenic Reverend Watts, Hannah Margetson arsenic Cora Fisher, and Martin Bassindale arsenic nan Crooked Man, among others.